BMW fit standard indicator switch to new K1300S

Posted: 07/10/2008 at 17:39

Heresy..

Burn the unbelievers. And the design team.

Posted: 07/10/2008 at 17:45

"VISORDOWN have taken an exclusive image"

 Honest? It was you or....

Posted: 08/10/2008 at 15:24

VISORDOWN HAVE taken an exclusive image at the Cologne Show of the new 'push-to-cancel' 3-way indicator switch, which will be fitted to the company's new K1300S.

This dramatic move means the company will drop their controversial, long-standing, three-switch design, which uses controls mounted on both handlebars to operate the indicators.

After giving this carefil thought ,I have decided the only reaction I can have is

Fuck me!!!!!

Posted: 08/10/2008 at 15:34

Posted: 08/10/2008 at 15:50

They have the three position switch on the K1300R too.

I don't see what the fuss is all about. All it does is separate the control over three buttons, rather than one combined slider and button. I can't see it being any more difficult to operate.

It's probably just lazy journalists who don't want to have to spend time adapting to a different set of controls.

The worst ones are the Harley switches. They've got one on each side (like the Beemers), but an auto-cancelling tilt switch. The trouble is that they don't always auto cancel, so you have to press the indicator button on the side you turned to kill the indicator.

Posted: 09/10/2008 at 14:04

oh FFS.

Talk about pandering to the media.

 The 3-button system worked very well and is far less intrusive to your riding than the "standard" (read CHEAP!) 3-position button that you have to lift your palm away from the grip to use.

Posted: 13/10/2008 at 10:47

Posted: 13/10/2008 at 13:22

Three months in, on a Beem-eer and it was one of the things I thought would be a problem (three switches). Not in the least, I think it's great, nice and easy and I can keep my grip on the bars.

 Here they go, just like the rest........Fixing something that ISN'T broke.

Posted: 15/10/2008 at 17:28

Hairy Ben wrote (see)

Heresy..

Burn the unbelievers. And the design team.

Posted: 16/10/2008 at 20:56

BMW finally catch on to what the rest of the world has been doing for donkeys years and it makes News.

They'll be ditching the opposed twin next.

Posted: 16/10/2008 at 21:12

Having tried both systems I much prefer the 'traditional' BMW 3 button method as I haven't got gorilla hands or a prehensile thumb, thus can't work/slip/control the clutch while using the push-slide indicator single button thingy. In a small way I think that the one-button method can lead to accidents because of either (a) loss of control or (b) failure to indicate or cancel.

This may be a backward step by BMW but I'll reserve judgement until I've had hands-on. This and the use of cheapo Tupperware urine-sample pots, perched on Meccano brackets, on the 'bars, to hold hydraulic fluids, are things that would/do stop me buying a bike - really!

What would be useful, on bikes with screens, would be a fibre optic device that brings the indicator repeater light nearer the rider's eyeline. I've not yet ridden a bike with automatic indicator cancelling that works satisfactorily.

Posted: 24/10/2008 at 18:41

Posted: 24/10/2008 at 20:31

Perhaps the 3 button should be an optional extra for those of us that prefer it. I spent 29yrs riding bikes with the single control.

It took a few weeks to get used to the 3 button BMW system but I prefer it now.

Posted: 25/10/2008 at 19:11