Here are some shots of the relevant pieces and some data.
1 The swingarm is an aluminum/carbon hybrid. Aluminum with carbon wrap.
Its not an aluminum lug/insert bonded insert. It is not a true CF piece like the BST item. I am told BST will have a full CF version of this out in 2017.
2 The Airbox is a full CF piece with an aluminum stiffener. I do not have anything positive or negative to say about it. The weight difference between this and the SL Mag frame is minimal. They chose to keep the mag fairing stay from the stock 1299. This frame is a bit of question mark. You really do have a hard time seeing it. You have stickers on both sides and even closing in on it, it looks flat black. 90% of the frame is not visible and I am hard pressed to see a performance benefit so I guess it there to say "we have a CF frame". Ok. Looking inside the airbox, there is nothing new (fueling etc).
3 I wont go into the wheels. Everyone has seen them. They will be available from BST early 2017.
4 Electronics. You have an upgraded ECU/IMU with some traction control features.
5 Paint. Not sure if this is the final version if is is all I can say personally is that on some things the flat paint looks nice. On other things, not so much. That it for this category.
6 Exhaust. The exhaust that was on the bike is the street version. Standard 1299 full akra kit. The racing exhaust that was at the show is from the WSBK effort. Not officially they say the bike ships with an additional "racing exhaust" system. They did or would not confirm that the WSBK system used in the photos was indeed the system you are going to get. All that was said is that it is "like system". No idea what that means and no one would elaborate. Im guessing your not getting the tuned pipe version that Aruba is running but thats just a guess.
Other than that, your getting an 1199SL with 100 additional CCs. All the components are identical to the 1199SL. Personally, I would but an 1199 SL and some wheels and a swingarm (if you really have to have that) from BST and call it a day. Your saving 30K plus and your not ever going to know the difference. Smarter yet would be a low mileage R and 70K to play with.
1 The swingarm is an aluminum/carbon hybrid. Aluminum with carbon wrap.
Its not an aluminum lug/insert bonded insert. It is not a true CF piece like the BST item. I am told BST will have a full CF version of this out in 2017.
2 The Airbox is a full CF piece with an aluminum stiffener. I do not have anything positive or negative to say about it. The weight difference between this and the SL Mag frame is minimal. They chose to keep the mag fairing stay from the stock 1299. This frame is a bit of question mark. You really do have a hard time seeing it. You have stickers on both sides and even closing in on it, it looks flat black. 90% of the frame is not visible and I am hard pressed to see a performance benefit so I guess it there to say "we have a CF frame". Ok. Looking inside the airbox, there is nothing new (fueling etc).
3 I wont go into the wheels. Everyone has seen them. They will be available from BST early 2017.
4 Electronics. You have an upgraded ECU/IMU with some traction control features.
5 Paint. Not sure if this is the final version if is is all I can say personally is that on some things the flat paint looks nice. On other things, not so much. That it for this category.
6 Exhaust. The exhaust that was on the bike is the street version. Standard 1299 full akra kit. The racing exhaust that was at the show is from the WSBK effort. Not officially they say the bike ships with an additional "racing exhaust" system. They did or would not confirm that the WSBK system used in the photos was indeed the system you are going to get. All that was said is that it is "like system". No idea what that means and no one would elaborate. Im guessing your not getting the tuned pipe version that Aruba is running but thats just a guess.
Other than that, your getting an 1199SL with 100 additional CCs. All the components are identical to the 1199SL. Personally, I would but an 1199 SL and some wheels and a swingarm (if you really have to have that) from BST and call it a day. Your saving 30K plus and your not ever going to know the difference. Smarter yet would be a low mileage R and 70K to play with.
