I mean how the peripherals can support such a strong engine...in motorcycles...A major project in BMW motorcycles (for the last two years)is to increase their gearbox durability .Tests(by BMW)have shown that their gearboxes are last on the list by far of the next competitor.These are my latest informations by someone who works for BMW Germany to the development dep.Concerning Europe all of those K 1200 S's have been disappeared like magic or they are forgoten unsolded to some dealers with a sign "special offer" on them.....while older busas selling like madness