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Very nice! I have mine arriving in May. Same color as yours. Don't know if I will paint my top box, but I will just have to wait and see.Here's the picture at the dealership and.. Here's the story why we have a new bike... John has an R1200R, Karen has a F650GS twin. In 2011 We rode 2up on the r1200R 3,000 miles across Canada and had a blast. We love to each ride our own bikes but we also found we loved touring together. We decided it was time to get a touring bike. With all the changes in the 2014 model we decided put down a deposit and wait till they arrived. We got a call on Friday the 21st a Blue one was in the back for us and would be ready for pick up Sat afternoon.
Last Sunday we took a long ride around the local mountains to get acquainted with the bike. Since it poured rain this past weekend we didn't get out but we spent time in the garage learning all the features. Still working out some bluetooth issues between bike, Nav5 and 2 helmets.
I can say its an incredible machine, totally different than the 2013 we test drove and I know I'm not getting on the back of that R1200R again. John feels he still has the sporty feeling of R1200R with the dynamic mode, its extremely powerful and Road mode 2up is quiet and smooth and oh so comfortable This touring bike is phenomenal. We are still waiting for some additional accessories to arrive and would like to know the consensus on painting the topcase to match. It seems odd with all that $'s spent they don't have the prepainted to match.