2015 connie [pre-release speculation]

[VirginiaJim]

Just found this document....

[tomp]

Just found this document....

Now if you could just find the 2016 document/press release.  We are depending on you, sir.   tp

[maxtog]

Just found this document....

"and a new rear luggage base"     And yet we have never heard of this before and it is not described anywhere else in the document at all.  I think this might be an outright error.

There are also some incorrect wordings in several places (and even repeated a few times).  For example, the section on windshield could be misread that the electronic adjustability and/or 3 position memory are new for 2015 when they are not.  Same thing with the rear suspension- one might read that the remote preload adjuster is new feature, when it is not.  And again with the heat shield- that is not a new feature (all gen 2 have them) it is just revised, not new.

They list "NEW TPMS sensors to warn of tire deflation."  This is not a new feature, and to my knowledge, the sensors themselves are not any different than the 2014 model (the potted ones have been out for quite a while now).

Otherwise it is a good overview of the bike, in general.

[VirginiaJim]

Don't over think it, Max.  We'd have to see a 2015 to see the difference in the sandwich carrier as both the original and replacement are  t.

[tomp]

Max, found a bunch of BMW press releases on new models from 30 years ago, forward, yesterday.  Much of what they presented in them wasn't actually NEW to the bikes, just reintroduced to the media.  Unless the new C14 has the ZX14R engine, with ride by wire, different maps, and C-R-U-I-S-E, the media splash will be the same as BM's in 1986, simply a rehash.  "Bold new graphics and colors schemes".  Makes me desire a 1290  Super Duke R, even more.. tomp 

Sure as hell wish I could afford one.  Oh well...  I do love my '08 Connie. . . tp

FWIW, a new ZX14R sells for $3K less than the SDR.  If the ergos weren't so forward leaning, this old man would be riding the 14R now.  tp