Never has something so big and so comfortable handled so well.
The BMW K 1600 gets a few nice updates for 2022, making the king of the cruisers even better than before.Pricing is way up there among the most expensive bikes on the market: from $23,340 for the B up to the loaded GTL with top case and chrome for $28,540.: They handed the bikes over in the Inland Empire city of Riverside, California, home of that great road course you may remember, which was only about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles.
A quick freeway jaunt up the 215 lead me to the alpine hamlet of Wrightwood and the beginning of ACH, a fabulous feat of engineering that is nothing but twists and turns winding through pine trees and over mountain passes.
I had expected something akin to a big Indian or Harley, or even the Honda Goldwing, vaunted grand poo-bah of ultimate cruiser bikes. Or something like BMW’s own even heavier R 18 twin, wherein cornering was more a question of balancing big bores through biting bends in the pavement. Instead, the K 1600 leaned into the corners and powered out with a remarkably small amount of drama. Maybe no drama at all. This might have to be reclassified as a sport tourer instead of a cruiser.Well, the thousands of previous owners of BMW K 1600s have known, since that bike first came out in 2011 as a replacement for the K 1300 and K 1200 models. New buyers will certainly know, and be pleasantly surprised as soon as they climb aboard and twist the throttle.
With its shaft drive, electronic suspension adjustment that automatically compensates for load and riding style, and unique Duolever front suspension, the K-model eats up curves like
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