Rushy,
Well you aren't the only GSer with one of these fine gentlemens expresses
I live in London and you don't see them here either, though I did see 3 in one day last Summer out and about on the GS in Kent, go figure?
I too have the same GPR exhaust on mine, have you "de-snorkelled " her yet?
I don't know how much difference it made, or it could be just using mine more over the summer on a long B road only trip down through France and back (well, the French equivalent of B roads), but I don't find the small throttle sensitivity a problem now?
I agree about the standard tyres, lovely and sticky, but not really needed with the nicely-pokey-but-hardly-a-1198 levels of performance? Besides, I am quite quickly wearing the edge of my boots away on my favourite roundabout! I'll go for something more Sport-Touing next I suspect..
On the handling, it's not as erm, intuitive as the 1200GS imho, (but then what is), but seems fine to me, it ripped the headlamps of a CBR1300 Honda and Yam XJR1300 in a Performance Bike magazine test a year or so back, not saying much maybe, but they hooned it round a track without any complaints and loved it, and that's hardly a guzzi friendly publication? I suspect the standard suspension is a notch below say the Griso, but the all day comfort, reasonable weather protection, decent panniers etc, and that horny snorting engine that is about the same performance as the GS but feels waaay more exciting, well that's good enough for me
Cheers and happy Guzzying
Dave
Well you aren't the only GSer with one of these fine gentlemens expresses
I live in London and you don't see them here either, though I did see 3 in one day last Summer out and about on the GS in Kent, go figure?
I too have the same GPR exhaust on mine, have you "de-snorkelled " her yet?
I don't know how much difference it made, or it could be just using mine more over the summer on a long B road only trip down through France and back (well, the French equivalent of B roads), but I don't find the small throttle sensitivity a problem now?
I agree about the standard tyres, lovely and sticky, but not really needed with the nicely-pokey-but-hardly-a-1198 levels of performance? Besides, I am quite quickly wearing the edge of my boots away on my favourite roundabout! I'll go for something more Sport-Touing next I suspect..
On the handling, it's not as erm, intuitive as the 1200GS imho, (but then what is), but seems fine to me, it ripped the headlamps of a CBR1300 Honda and Yam XJR1300 in a Performance Bike magazine test a year or so back, not saying much maybe, but they hooned it round a track without any complaints and loved it, and that's hardly a guzzi friendly publication? I suspect the standard suspension is a notch below say the Griso, but the all day comfort, reasonable weather protection, decent panniers etc, and that horny snorting engine that is about the same performance as the GS but feels waaay more exciting, well that's good enough for me
Cheers and happy Guzzying
Dave