RE: BMW 1200GS: Review
Discussion
Finally got to ride one today and came away pretty under-whelmed and was quite happy to get back on my Street Triple even though it makes my arse hurt after only 50 miles and gives me dead fingers.
OK I'll give the new GS it's due. I loved the riding position, the heated grips, the screen that works and makes it easy to wear my flip-lid in open position up to NSL (I'm 5' 11") and keeps most of the blast off and made easy work of 1.2 Leptons in order to catch up and surprise the bloke on the K1300S
The handling is great and confidence inspiring and the motor is quick to react, it's everything you need for blasting, back roads, the highways and M-roads but I then took it into town, OK SW London and suddenly my years as a dispatch rider and my ability to shoot through the jams was all but gone. The usual London gridlock just stops the Beemer from making progress. Well in my hands anyway.
I suppose it's something you get used to and build up confidence with but I used to dispatch ride on a GPz900R so I'm no stranger to heavyweights in traffic. Yeah I know! the traffic was a lot lighter back in the 80s
Oh and the engine, it sounds like a bag of nails. Maybe it's all the bodywork channeling up the mechanical noise straight to your head but I don't remember not liking the engine note of the 2009 GS I tested last year.
OK I'll give the new GS it's due. I loved the riding position, the heated grips, the screen that works and makes it easy to wear my flip-lid in open position up to NSL (I'm 5' 11") and keeps most of the blast off and made easy work of 1.2 Leptons in order to catch up and surprise the bloke on the K1300S
The handling is great and confidence inspiring and the motor is quick to react, it's everything you need for blasting, back roads, the highways and M-roads but I then took it into town, OK SW London and suddenly my years as a dispatch rider and my ability to shoot through the jams was all but gone. The usual London gridlock just stops the Beemer from making progress. Well in my hands anyway.
I suppose it's something you get used to and build up confidence with but I used to dispatch ride on a GPz900R so I'm no stranger to heavyweights in traffic. Yeah I know! the traffic was a lot lighter back in the 80s
Oh and the engine, it sounds like a bag of nails. Maybe it's all the bodywork channeling up the mechanical noise straight to your head but I don't remember not liking the engine note of the 2009 GS I tested last year.
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