as a matter of interest

[happy pilgrim]

whats your next bike going to be???if like me you like what you are riding but at some time will change? i would not buy another gs purely because i have bin there done that! so whats next?possibly come back to gs two bikes on but do not wish to buy identical bike again?? whats your views?????????

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Having ridden bikes for 25 years plus I have at last, with the GS, found pretty much my perfect bike and could not envisage replacing it unless [1] mine wears out/falls apart (and then I'd replace it with another) or [2] it is developed 'significantly' into a better/more suitable bike for my needs

Now that doesn't rule out suplementing my GS with other bikes, currently have a T3 Calli and A4 KH400 and, funds allowing, I'd need a wharehouse for all the other bikes I'd like to own

Andres

 

[GSmonkey]

I've been riding for a few years and do heavy mileage. I like to flip from one style / manufacturer of bike.

Unreliable and expensive as the GSis, I can say that it is the first bike that I'd consider buying the same again. They're strangely addictive.

I still habour a like of sportsbikes and when finances allow, I may well have a litre bike for special occaisions. Would never own a sportsbike exclusively again.

 

[Humbug]

I'll probably keep the GS so long as it remains reliable (100% so far).

However, I wouldn't mind adding one of these to the stable.

Andy

http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/purchase/961b_gallery.asp

 

[dickie]

can't think of one bike to do all the things i enjoy on the gs...so the fantasy garage would be...

KTM superduke for hooning around backroads
guzzi griso for cruising - because it looks sooo nice
Triumph 675 for trackdays

and a mountain bike for when the KTM runs out of gas, the Guzzi breaks down and the 675 eats the license...

 

[Brian ROSEN]

A difficult question.

I have had a number of 'ideal' BMW's - or so I thought until something else came along. I read a magazine report on the R80ST just recently. I thought that was marvellous when I had one a few years ago - and now it is a collectors' item! Why did I change it for an 1100R, then an 1150GS, then a 1200GS????????? (I am not extravagant - I even still wear the same dinner jacket that I bought when I left the army x years ago - even if a little dieting is required before the very occasional events when I am obliged to wear it.)
It is not possible to be rational about these things! (But I rather like the idea of belt drive - although that was (just) out of fashion when I started motorcycling.)

 

[Jimb]

Pilgrim

Not a BMUU of any kind, theyr'e shite, and BMUU GB is worse.

 

[wilbjr21]

Oh dear, fishing for controversy again. Trolls are usually ignored so go away.

 

[Flip]

Mine's not shite!! it's Ace.

 

[NeverRodeBefore]

erm?

I've not really ridden that many, or sat on that many come to think of it...

I don't like the sportsbikes (my bruv in law offered me his K5 GSX-R1000, whilst he was having a quick go on my R1200GS... I said no!)

I've got the big adverture sport type bug sorted with the GS... but I suppose a classic has certain appeals to me, but I think with mechanical numptiness, a retro Triumph might be just up my street?

Have to try a Scrambler some time...

Mind you I wouldn't mind a loan of a Lardly Davidson...

My instructors kept saying they wouldn't teach anyone who wanted a Hog... you should have seen their faces when I took the GS round....

They came out of the cabin, and spotted this R1200GS, then looking round saw me sat in the shade... you should have seen their faces

 

[Den]

They came out of the cabin, and spotted this R1200GS, then looking round saw me sat in the shade... you should have seen their faces

Born to be wild.

 

[NeverRodeBefore]

Aw come on Den, it was the middle of summer, and I'd only had the bike for about a week, and my license for one week more than that...

Just need some more practice