Tried a 1250 rallye today, and I thought it would have more bottom end torque. Compared to my 2015 it felt fluffy and under powered at the bottom end, admittedly my GS is hill topped with a full akro, but even 80mph top gear roll ons, my GS still pulled harder and faster. Plus points is that the 1250 is really smooth at the bottom end pulling top gear down to ridiculously low speeds, mine will pull 30mph in top ok but I think the 1250 would go even lower! Not that you would but it is a gauge of how tractable the motor is. The suspension is awesome compared to mine, the semi active works really well. I personally like the TFT screen and didn’t find it a distraction but informative.
The question is would a hill topped 1250 be that much better than my 1200? personally I think not, I think with the low valve lift of the shift cam at low rpm it will always be wanting at the bottom end. But time will tell, but I honestly don’t think it’s worth me up grading just yet.
The question is would a hill topped 1250 be that much better than my 1200? personally I think not, I think with the low valve lift of the shift cam at low rpm it will always be wanting at the bottom end. But time will tell, but I honestly don’t think it’s worth me up grading just yet.
