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TFT Screen, etc....but NOT a K1600.
TFT Screen, etc....but NOT a K1600.
The 2021 model details were released back in July, and my White 2021 K1600GT is due delivery early November. I held off changing last year as I was hoping for the TFT to be introduced, but 3 years and 130,000km has arrived and I’m not waiting any longer!The 2021 B and the 2021 GA are listed on the official BMW Motorad website with the updated colors, etc. The GT/GTL not yet...in support of @Gunnert, if the B and GA are in the mix for 2021, why not the GT and the GTL? I'm going with cup half full. They will be available.
The site is not up to date for the new RT, FWIW.
I noticed that too when I built mine up. I still bought the 2020 and took the 0%- 60 month financing instead. I think they are just referring to the screen now that has some TFT or thin film technology in the cluster. If it does at that, I may be wrong. Just an assumption from me based on a photo I found somewhere saying TFT and showed the screen now. The current changes I found on the 2021 were a color upgrade and some items that were dropped individually are now included in the packages. Other then a color change, I didn't think there is a so called TFT like the RT has. Need the experts to chime in if they have any info. I really love this 2020 GA though!I'm with Gunnert the K1600 will be with us for 2021 and beyond. I still think we might see updates in 2021, I just came from the BMW Motorrad USA site and caught a small change in the standard equipment listed. I built a 2020 B and it's listed with a multifunction display, the 2021 B shows a TFT multifunction display. So will we see a new display? View attachment 146560
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I think the new GW dash is fugly, but to each his own. I'm not yet decided on this new RT dash- will probably have to see it in person. One thing that stands out to me is that with the large TFT completely unshrouded, sunlight washout and reflections are going to be hard to combat. I would like to see the display moved closer to the rider (bigger visual sense of the same size display, and easier to reach for touch-screen functions) and deeply shrouded to minimize the effects of sunlight, etc.I don't like the new version of the combined brakes one bit. The current version allows me to use the rear brake in hairpin turns to modulate speed and load of the engine without affecting the steering, with the new version I am afraid that it will lead to some unpredictable behavior when attempting hairpin turns with the rear brake. I could be wrong though.
The lack of integration of the display into the dash is all too visible and reminds me of some car application with an alien object sticking out of the dash. Why does it have to look like somebody forgot an iPad in the docking station or somebody forgot the diagnostic panel in an electrical cubical? Look at the stylish integration of a large display on a Honda GoldWing and you have a reference point.
There maybe a case for some (misplaced?) optimism.The development timescale and cost to achieve Euro5 compliance is significant, so if the K1600 were to continue in Euro5 guise that work would have had to have been under way many, many months ago and it makes little sense to leave it this late in the game to bring that work to market.
My gut feel remains that the current K1600 is the end of the line.