Lovey
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Having plodded around on my F650gs for the last nine months I found myself wanting, particularly when riding with friends on their extremely powerful sports bikes. After much deliberation and prolonged negotiations with the wife (who incidently is 5 months pregnant with our first child) I persuaded her that I needed to upgrade to something a bit bigger.
I had a day down at Rydale cardiff where I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to test ride a number of machines including the 1200GS, K1200s and the 1150Gs Adv. Prior to this I has all intentions of purchasing the blindingly fast K1200R merely for it's awesome front end.
After just a few miles on the K1200s I realised that my licence and I would be sure to part company (hopefully there were no mobile speed camera's on the test route) and so I took it back, thankfull for the experience but realistic about the practicalities of riding such a bike on a daily basis.
I'm pleased to say that the Adventure was the last machine I rode during the day, taking it out for several hours and experimenting on a variety of roads. What a bike! I'd never had the pleasure of riding one before and couldn't believe how the enormous bike felt once you got it moving!
I promptly returned to the dealership where I placed my order the special edition model equipped with a set of alluminium panniers (the price of the latter almost causing me to fall from my chair).
Delivery is set for the 5th September when my motorcycling shall enter a new era and I will become a true Gs owner! No more shall I feel like a wanna be on my single cylinder chugger!
I had a day down at Rydale cardiff where I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to test ride a number of machines including the 1200GS, K1200s and the 1150Gs Adv. Prior to this I has all intentions of purchasing the blindingly fast K1200R merely for it's awesome front end.
After just a few miles on the K1200s I realised that my licence and I would be sure to part company (hopefully there were no mobile speed camera's on the test route) and so I took it back, thankfull for the experience but realistic about the practicalities of riding such a bike on a daily basis.
I'm pleased to say that the Adventure was the last machine I rode during the day, taking it out for several hours and experimenting on a variety of roads. What a bike! I'd never had the pleasure of riding one before and couldn't believe how the enormous bike felt once you got it moving!
I promptly returned to the dealership where I placed my order the special edition model equipped with a set of alluminium panniers (the price of the latter almost causing me to fall from my chair).
Delivery is set for the 5th September when my motorcycling shall enter a new era and I will become a true Gs owner! No more shall I feel like a wanna be on my single cylinder chugger!
. Only three available in Ireland 
. Put the words GS Adventure in the subject.
We're not all hard of hearing despite our ages.
