Own up if you're getting high downloading all of those pictures.This clouds my purchasing thinking.but I like it.
BMW GSW ADVENTURE PRESS LAUNCH
- Thread starter ATG
- Start date
Bike looks great but the crash bars just look wrong
Gottta say I agree. Matt bars would be much better....Bound to be an awesome bike but I can't gel with the looks...not growing on me but I am sure will look good in the flesh.
Deleted account 181015003
Registered user
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2012
- Messages
- 13,017
- Reaction score
- 4
Matt might look better its the loop going forward just looks strange it might be more to protect the radiator than the tank.
Me too, that looks fantastic!
May just be me but it looks a bit like a hump back whale
Must get round to ordering a new liter, faster, nimbler standard GS - decision now made for me
LOL Hump back Whale or not I think it looks great! Mines ordered in Olive Oil! well had white don't like blue so Olive it is .........We will see it at NEC and get bike 15th March 2014
Big D
Big D
LOL Hump back Whale or not I think it looks great! Mines ordered in Olive Oil! well had white don't like blue so Olive it is .........We will see it at NEC and get bike 15th March 2014
Big D
Good work, Derek, I thought you'd get one!
Don't forget the Akra!
Me too.... big tits, slim waist and a nice arse..... perfect
I wonder what's behind the flap in front of the fuel filler?
its a handy cubby holder read penultimate paragraph..........
Restyled GS Bodywork
The special R 1200 GS Adventure styling with new bodywork features emphasizes the big GS model’s leadership qualities as the ultimate enduro bike for world travel and the authentic design idiom underlines its outstanding technical credentials.
The fundamental architecture of the R 1200 GS has been retained for the Adventure version, with the characteristic lines running in customary fashion from the GS beak over the fuel tank and bench seat to the functionally styled rear.
Thanks to an even more distinctive composition of body and frame components, the new R 1200 GS Adventure uncompromisingly fulfills the high standards expected of its supreme suitability for world travel along with the targets of maximum robustness and optimum protection from wind and weather.
Compared to the outgoing model, the new R 1200 GS Adventure now has a unique sense of lightness about it. This is mainly down to the open design of the tubular space frame which, together with the newly developed raised rear, makes it possible to see virtually right through the machine. The feeling of lightness expressed by the rear end gives added impact to the agile and dynamic character of the new Adventure model.
The vertical air flow through the new boxer engine produces a vertical flow of lines as well, starting from the cooling air intake in grained matt black and continuing via the kneepads on the redesigned, 30-litre aluminum tank (R 1200 GS: 20-litre tank) to the engine, conveying a sense of aerodynamic lightness in the process.
At the front, additional crash bars form a protective frame around the front section of the new R 1200 GS Adventure. Together with the standard hand protectors and the protective grilles for the two restyled air intake ducts on the left and right, they give further visual confirmation of the bike’s outstanding robustness and off-road prowess.
Its increased everyday practicality is also reflected in more minor details, such as the storage compartment in front of the fuel filler cap for small items like change or road toll cards.
The undeniably high-class visual appeal of the new R 1200 GS Adventure is also rooted in its skillful blend of differing surfaces. Besides the select paintwork finishes and grains, numerous naturally anodized components such as the upper fork bridge and axle clamp blocks underline the high technical prowess of this globetrotting enduro bike.
shortywilliam
Registered user
Surprised no one has mentioned the fact that they've put a different fly wheel in, which I imagine would change the characteristics... in a good way.
Liking the look of it, very much
Well I like the engine characteristics of the Standard LC engine.
I hope that the extra weight of the fly wheel does not destroy that nice free revving engine. Because the engine is the best yet by a long way.
The only thing I want to see is a massive improvement in the gear change department.
I can't believe people order bikes before anyone has even ridden one
I'll have one for a full day at least on demo and rag the arse off it for a few hundred miles before I sign up
That's what I'll do next time round!
I can't believe people order bikes before anyone has even ridden one
I'll have one for a full day at least on demo and rag the arse off it for a few hundred miles before I sign up
+1
I've only ever bought one bike without ragging the ass off the test bike, and that was the HP2 Sport.
And if i had, i doubt that i would've bought it..
Similar threads
