unrefined as a sport tourer
Because BMW never intended it to be a sport tourer,contrary to chuckhawks opinion.That was my point in the first place.
I am sorry your dead set on it, at 19K there are much better choices at far better prices.
Apparently you didn't read my last post,or you would have seen:
I chose the BMW r1200st,which is considered to be a very good sport touring bike by several motorcycle magazines,and although it weighs only 450lbs dry,and handles quite well,it can travel over 400km on a tank of fuel,and it does come with optional 33 liter side cases and a 28 liter top case.So yes a sport tourer can have good fuel range,and a fairly good luggage capacity as well.
I was in the market for a sport touring bike,so I never even considered the K1200S,since it was never designed to be a sport tourer,and would make a very poor sport tourer as a result.
I bought the R1200RSTand after recently completing a 4500km trip through the mountains,I am very pleased with my purchase.It isn't as fast or as light as many sport bikes,but it is lighter and handles better than many other sport touring bikes,while still having plenty of fuel range and luggage capacity for longer trips.
I currently race about 5 different bikes, my personal one makes 250+ hp on the spray.
I was never in the market for a race bike,so I could care less about 250hp or nitrous,since neither would be of any use for touring or for riding the twisty mountain roads.
I do have a bit of exp. in this department.
Experience racing 250hp nitrous bikes is worthless to someone in the market for a sport touring bike.