120 BHP GS1200

[g.s.john]

I made the same comment about the 24k service on a similar thread. It'll be a mistake to have big service costs embedded in the schedules for the GS. The exotic HP2 can justify such costs, but it'd effect used prices for a vanilla GS with 20k on the clock.

Either way BMW will have already made the decision re the engine. I think chasing more power is a real mistake, although there's always people who go ooo and ahhh whenever bhp is mentioned.

And, whenever a manufacturer says "detuned for more midrange" they actually mean just "detuned".

I think the power/torque/weight of the current model is fine - if you need more, you really need a different bike.

BMW do need to develop the GS/GSA - they need to stop it rusting and breaking down, anything else is just window dressing.

I think I'm beginning to sound like a fekkin 1150 owner now.......

correct, could not have put it any better (did not see this before last post)

 

[John Armstrong]

My 100GS can get to over 100 mph, plenty enough for a ban in this fair isle takes a while though and cruising above 70 takes some effort to keep the speed up.

The 1100GS has a top speed of 121 mph according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_R1100GS cruising above 80mph isn't too hard.

How much quicker to 80mph is the 1200 compared to these bikes? And how often do you hold the throttle fully open on a 1200 (or equivalent, as this isn't a 1200 bashing post) not much.

IIRC there was a theory at bike that the smile factor on a bike was how often / much time you could hold the throttle fully open, more often = more

IMO more powerfull = more power at engine speeds you don't use.

 

[Myke Rocks]

Please get your tenses correct!

I made the same comment about the 24k service on a similar thread. It'll be a mistake to have big service costs embedded in the schedules for the GS. The exotic HP2 can justify such costs, but it'd effect used prices for a vanilla GS with 20k on the clock.

Either way BMW will have already made the decision re the engine. I think chasing more power is a real mistake, although there's always people who go ooo and ahhh whenever bhp is mentioned.

And, whenever a manufacturer says "detuned for more midrange" they actually mean just "detuned".

I think the power/torque/weight of the current model is fine - if you need more, you really need a different bike.

BMW do need to develop the GS/GSA - they need to stop it rusting and breaking down, anything else is just window dressing.

I think I'm beginning to sound like a fekkin 1150 owner now.......

On the second line of the above quote you say It'll.
Surely you mean It is, because the present servicing costs (with a BMW dealer) are, in a word, Extortion.
Myke.