My dealer just sent me the attached release from BMW USA. Haven't seen this on the forum yet, so hope it's not a duplicate. None of it seems completely new, but does confirm first quarter of 2014, and says that we should it expect the price to be less than an r 1200 r classic.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6482211/New_R_nineT.pdf
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6482211/New_R_nineT.pdf