BMW k 1300 gt User Manual

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1.  The new BMW K 1300 S.
1.1  Overall Concept and Features.
The signifi cantly updated and upgraded successor to the BMW K 1200 S is 
proudly celebrating its world debut at the 2008 INTERMOT motorcycle show: 
the new K 1300 S, the most powerful and fastest BMW the world has ever 
seen. As a milestone in the BMW Sports Encounter World and with engine 
output of 129 kW (175 hp) combined with overall weight of 254 kg (560 lb) 
including fuel, this truly supreme motorcycle offers the utmost in dynamic 
performance and sporting riding features. 
Launching this new model, Europe’s largest and most successful motorcycle 
manufacturer is once again increasing its leadership in the topmost class of 
sporting high-performance machines.
Even more sporting and dynamic.
Conceived consistently as a sports machine, the K 1300 S has not only 
maintained, but in many areas even enhanced the qualities of its predecessor. 
As a result, this new high-performer combines fascinating and innovative 
technology of the highest calibre with outstanding all-round qualities and 
safety. On the road this means even greater riding precision and agility, 
even more dynamic power and performance, and, at the same time, 
the superior safety and ease of control in all situations so typical of a BMW.
Like its predecessor, the K 1300 S does not make any compromises, but 
rather brings together even more consistently than before all the virtues of the 
most dynamic motorcycle in the K-Series: sporting and dynamic performance 
combined with superior comfort, playful and easy handling in combination 
with absolute riding stability, supreme top performance in conjunction with 
perfect everyday riding qualities, an even more slender and sporting look with 
optimised protection from wind and weather, plus sophisticated ergonomics. 
Taking up a great tradition of BMW Motorrad, the new K 1300 S stands 
out through qualities typical of BMW such as a long service life, ease of 
maintenance, optimum emission management by means of a fully controlled 
three-way catalytic converter as well as maximum active safety when applying 
the brakes ensured through the most progressive brake system currently 
available in the market: BMW Motorrad Integral ABS featured as standard.