Got Her!

[scopevale]

I picked up my R1200 GSA at 1:00pm today!

It was meant to be 9:00am but the dealer rang me at 4:30pm yesterday and said it wouldn't be ready until next week (having told me on Wednesday that it would be ready 1st thing today).

I said, "If it's not ready tomorrow I'm canceling the order & want my deposit back! I've been looking at KTMs you know!"

They called back & said it would be ready @ lunchtime.


I just love it, it feels even better than the demonstrator & the hired one I had back in May.

Briefly hit 5000rpm (for like 2 secs.) following an R6 round some very twisty bits on the way home tonight, but have kept it below 4000rpm all day.

 

[scopevale]

here's some pics

 

[scopevale]

and here are some pictures of her naked

 

[TheStig]

V.V.Nice .. and bottomless as well .. Next the topless shots !!!
A good choice indeed !!

Steve

 

[GS TRV]

lucky boy

 

[scopevale]

question...

should the -ve terminal have a rubber sleeve like the +ve has?

 

[EggChaser]

Nope - only really nead to protect the positive from something like a spanner drop so cover is only on + connector.


BTW nice clean bike - when's it gonna get dirty

 

[Deleted Member I]

Why was it going to be delayed .. and how did they get it to you on time again?

quite brave thing you did there .. I would be suspect as to whether they would have prepared the bike properly just to get you off their back and bike out of the door.

If things goes wrong I can imagine them blaming you for rushing them ..

 

[dazchallenge]

beautiful machine, your just like my youngest son who loves taking new things to pieces, have you stripped down the engine yet?
enjoy its a great piece of engineering!.

New bikes, old bikes, clean bikes, dirty bikes even broken bikes .........its a passion.

Daz
Whiter than white

 

[shadude]

I'm looking at a GS or GSA, I hadn't thought of hiring one. Where did you hire your GSA from? Is this expensive?

 

[scopevale]

I'm looking at a GS or GSA, I hadn't thought of hiring one. Where did you hire your GSA from? Is this expensive?

Got it from these people ...

http://www.superbikerental.co.uk/bmw-r1200-gs-adventure.htm

it was an 07 GSA with full alu luggage - very nice

 

[Arsey]

Lovely bike,just wished they still did the white/red option like my 06 bike.

Hopefully they'll re-introduce it or something similar for 09.Or a white/black or all matt black ?

Just not over-keen on magma red.

 

[scopevale]

Why was it going to be delayed .. and how did they get it to you on time again?

quite brave thing you did there .. I would be suspect as to whether they would have prepared the bike properly just to get you off their back and bike out of the door.

If things goes wrong I can imagine them blaming you for rushing them ..

All they had left to do was the PDI, but they said that they had a lot of urgent work come in suddenly (repairs I suppose) and didn't think they would be able to get mine ready on time. I said that mine had to take priority because I had been promised that it would be ready for Saturday morning.

To be fair to them they were very good about it, they had a problem & really were just testing the waters to see how badly I wanted it and whether they could re-prioritize their workload. On Saturday there were no hard feelings & they understood how keen I was. To be honest I really don't think I would have canceled, but I would have been VERY pissed off to have the bike delayed.

 

[scopevale]

Lovely bike,just wished they still did the white/red option like my 06 bike.

Hopefully they'll re-introduce it or something similar for 09.

Just not over-keen on magma red.

I like the red/white too, the one I hired back in May was red/white.

Also, though I really like some of the GS colours, esp. the blue & the namibia orange - can't see why they don't offer the same colour options on the GSA?

That said, I think mine looks beautiful!

 

[Green Man]

Well done that man As a fellow "runner-in" I know just how excited you must be. Bit of a bummer keeping the revs down but I was assured that the occassional burst of enthusiasm was well within tolerance

 

[GSTourer]

Luverly bike......................Just like the new one owned by the person who's old bike I bought.

They never wear out they just get recycled !!!!!!!

Great stuff.

ian