1200 GS Exhaust Off Road Warning!!

[Spout]

If people have bought the GS because it's a capable on-off road dual bike..............then IMHO they're mad.

woof............

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

woof............

No offence meant Paul............hope Legger's GSA is going strong under your command.

 

[Dahoum]

woof............

Woof..........

 

[Howard Millichap]

I'm reasonably capable off-road (though probably not in your league Bob.........well in your younger days and before your accident) and I wouldn't dream of taking a 1100/1150/1200GS offroad on anything more than a gravel fire - break.

Bogs/Rivers/Rocky trails.............forget it - no fun whatsoever on a 250kg bike for me.

For me it's more enjoyable to load up the Yam Majesty Twinshock or my new HRC Montesa 315R trials bike up in the van and head for a Trial or a spot of practicing for a couple of hours on a really capable bike............
than an overweight and poorly suspended (off-road) mammoth GS and struggle wallowing around in the mud.........no bloody thanks

If people have bought the GS because it's a capable on-off road dual bike..............then IMHO they're mad.

The GS is a superbly capable road bike with excellent and enjoyable touring capabilities..............on the black top.

But for me....... anything more dirty and it's a bloody waste of time!!!!

Don't listen to this man. He claims to have a GS but this is the bloke who led the "Hawes" off-road ride on an XR Honda! All us GSers had a whale of a time....slipping & sliding, wheel spinning & crashing. Great fun. Johhnyboxer just rode round, didn't even break into a sweat.

Johhny, IT'S TOO EASY ON A PROPER DIRT BIKE!

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Don't listen to this man. He claims to have a GS but this is the bloke who led the "Hawes" off-road ride on an XR Honda! All us GSers had a whale of a time....slipping & sliding, wheel spinning & crashing. Great fun. Johhnyboxer just rode round, didn't even break into a sweat.

Johhny, IT'S TOO EASY ON A PROPER DIRT BIKE!

Ah Howard...................

Seem to remember you were on the Airhead GS and my point in this thread refers to the Oilhead 1100/1150/1200GS being too lardy off-road and way too expensive to drop off-road (ask Paul Young...........was it at Llangollen in 2001/2002)

Now I would take an Airhead or a 650 off road...........but I will say it again..........it's not too easy on a proper dirtbike (try some Trails in the Dales or a local Club Trial........I assure you I do 'break into a sweat') and the rideout I did @ Hawes contained no 4 valve GS's as non of the terrain was really suitable and only the 80/100GS's and 650's were ok.....

Would you take your Tiger on serious dirt..........!!!!!!!

 

[basil]

Jonny get real,just taken my 1200 over middleton moor ,part of ilkley grand national time trial course ( 2nd only to scott trial)on road tyres.Some guys on ktm,s were talking to mi mate mick who took me ,said to him ,that lad on1200 turned back (bollocks he said) he then told mi that tos pots stuck in ,plus 1 had gone arse over tit big style, i had to laugh got tkc80,s now we can play.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Jonny get real,just taken my 1200 over middleton moor ,part of ilkley grand national time trial course ( 2nd only to scott trial)on road tyres.Some guys on ktm,s were talking to mi mate mick who took me ,said to him ,that lad on1200 turned back (bollocks he said) he then told mi that tos pots stuck in ,plus 1 had gone arse over tit big style, i had to laugh got tkc80,s now we can play.

Translation?

 

[HMR]

Just be warned on the 1200GS a minor incident can seriously deplete your bank account!!!

Regards Paul Mac Yorkshire UK

Well, a few dents on the pipes I can live with. More serious is that hitting something with the gear shift lever may damage the mechanism inside the gearbox. That's really expensive!

gearlever
gearbox

Protection device therefore built:

protection

Conclusion, the 12GS is great, great & great. But it is not built for the enduro track.

 

[basil]

Sorry jonny.Went out with mick ,neighbour on his ktm 200 ,i think he was paying me back for bollocking him for is dog shiting in mi frt garden.Over keighly gate to ilkley to middleton moor ,not easy going but we got accross . Over a59 end stopped to talk to some lads from leeds,had go on ktm 450 ,not impressed.Whilst doing this another bunch went past ,got stuck ,one went arse over tit big style.Following weekend mick went out with trax club up at skipton,they promtly said i turned round and cud,ni make it HE SAID BOLLOCKS HE WAS WITH ME,turns out these were tossers stuck in mud . Mick told dazzer ,who looked in disbeleith ,so we are go in back with camara . p/s one hell of away to get hopper lane ,plus proberly another dent in front pipe