So soon we get spoiled. John Burns is old enough to know about bikes without counterbalancers, Sean has probably put a lot of miles behind one of those little combination bug deflectors/helmet buffeters, or a bike with poorly placed lights and clocks and a low seat to catch the turbulence, but now it's *****, *****, *****..
Though for the money, BMW ought to have their act together a little better.
At least the ride on the "slightly improved" rolling brick didn't cause them to complain about surging. That's biggest sore point among us owners of BMWs with the CORRECT number of cylinders, of course. One problem I did NOT read in the reviews. The front and rear suspension on my particular oilhead suffered from expensive-to-cure problems at each end, namely lousy but non-adjustable damping which could best be cured with "brand O" installation. One in front and one in back. No mention or rear squat due to overenthusiastic rebound damping, or front end hobbyhorse due to flaccid low speed damping in their review. Did BMW finally see the light, or get threatened with mutiny from the factory test riders?
Also, no mention of the traditional bugaboo of rolling bricks, namely the smoke cloud you get when the top end fills with oil while the bike is parked on the side stand. Did BMW turn the engine around?