Belgium Police unveil R1200GS Police bike

[Mike Werner]

Not a Belgium joke, but the Belgium coppers unveiled their new R1200GS-P motorcycle....

What's the world coming too...

Belgium Police GS

 

[Tricky]

Their not interested in catching speeding motorists then…

 

[Mike Werner]

Their not interested in catching speeding motorists then…

Depends on the colour of the GS.....

 

[Andrew Lodge]

The roads over there are so crap it is the only thing that will do over 30

 

[luke scott]

They are all broken down ! No pictures of the cop riding them / Must be the ews.

 

[Tim Cullis]

Do these bikes have the extra low first gear (walking pace) of the R1200RT-P? This is something many existing GS owners would love to have.

 

[casperghst42]

The roads over there are so crap it is the only thing that will do over 30

As we say in The Netherlands, you do not need border posts to tell you when you cross into Belgium... the road surface will take care of that.

And then one should hear the Belgium's complain about the roads....

Casper

(no offense to Belgium, which is a nice country, nor the people from Belgium)

 

[BigAlMacMac]

vaguely off topic but having recently had a 6 country European jaunt I can categorically state that Belgian roads are by far the worse.

What a joy to enter Holland and better still in Germany, Denmark very good too as was Norway, though Norway wins in pure engineering marvels, corkscrew tunnels expecially.

 

[richie]

I rode 80k KMs in belgium on my GS....

The roads are very good, compared to Ireland anyway

 

[Mike Werner]

I rode 80k KMs in belgium on my GS....

The roads are very good, compared to Ireland anyway

Not fair.... we're talking about roads here. Ireland only has 2 roads, the rest are tractor trails

But the roads that are available in Ireland are better quality than those of Belgium. Belgium is the only country in the world where I lost a tyre because of road surface.

There.... I've insulted 2 countries..... good start of the day for me...

 

[davegs]

Not fair.... we're talking about roads here. Ireland only has 2 roads, the rest are tractor trails

But the roads that are available in Ireland are better quality than those of Belgium. Belgium is the only country in the world where I lost a tyre because of road surface.

Luxury, try Nicagragua, Sunny down town Mexico and all stations south!. So, Russian police have GS's, no wonder so many get stolen
got to keep them running somehow.

 

[TrickyWoo]

Disagree - last year I worked in Brussels for 7 months and so I spent each month in various towns both Flemy and Froggy (Levuen, Anvers, Brugge, Namen etc) and the roads were fine. Used to commute from all over the country on a Busa and ZX9 with no problems at all.

Terribly dull people though, on both sides.

 

[Trippy]

If one ever trys to stop you just keep on riding.

It's sure to breakdown before you run out of fuel

 

[richie]

Disagree - last year I worked in Brussels for 7 months and so I spent each month in various towns both Flemy and Froggy (Levuen, Anvers, Brugge, Namen etc) and the roads were fine. Used to commute from all over the country on a Busa and ZX9 with no problems at all.

Terribly dull people though, on both sides.

Disagree, once you get to know a few people its a great place. Would never move back to UK. But Belgium, maybe...

 

[gfspencer]

The roads are very good, compared to Ireland anyway

I was riding in Ireland several years ago. I looked at the map and it showed a major road but when I got to the road it was dirt! Good thing I was on a GS!

By the way, Ireland is a beautiful country.

 

[JohnnyOldBoy]

I thought it was just me. For a number of reasons our group does everything it can to avoid Belguim.

Crap roads
Litter and rubbish
Smell of piss and industrial strength toilet cleaner
Grumpy people

However, the roads don't improve much when you get back to Kent