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Is this the new 2025 R1200 G/S ?
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HP2E 195kg wet weight, 175kg dry.
No doubt the extra weight is for Euro emissions, noise and safety gubbins.
Have to say it looks good. Is there a seat height given anywhere?
From that desert picture it looks pretty low.
860mm with 17” rear wheel
880mm with the 18” rear wheel
Johnny
The original g/s was advertised without a starter motor and large battery to keep the weight down. In reality they all had starters.
Those Bosch starters were seriously heavy
I am sure the 80 G/S were heavier than they stated on paper (mine was)
The new 12 G/S looks great and looking forward to seeing one at a dealers
Option 719 already in German dealerships (pictures from Facebook).
Some close ups
You can’t leave a headlight on for that long on an airhead it’ll never startIn flesh, with the CEO in the saddle. And the new RT to the left in the background.
190K views · 11K reactions | And so the legacy continues. #R12GS | Markus Flasch
And so the legacy continues. #R12GSwww.facebook.com
For me, a lot of the very desirable links with its heritage come through mimicking the white / blue / orange paint scheme. I think the khazi brown scheme loses much of that.
If this was a Chinese bike, we'd be saying that quality control like this is why they're so affordable...
The MCN mock up photo has a bit written at the bottom of the pic.... "BMW R12GS Parked off-road"
Just in case, when reading their article about a new BMW R12GS and seeing a picture,...I didn't connect the two and mistook said pic for something else......and also incase I mistook a dried mud track for Cadwell or similar. Fuck me....it really is The Beano of Biking.
MCN stands for More Crap (than) News…..
Was always so….only useful for putting in the bottom of a budgie cage imho
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100% this. The 1300 GS is a ridiculous motorcycle, great for cosplay "adventurers" and flexing, but not for what it was originally designed for back in the day. This new G/S is still a bit too techy and no doubt expensive, but is a bit of a reset almost back to what a more rounded adventure motorcycle should be. all IMHO of course.
Love how it sounds and looks, I know I said I would unlikely to buy another new BMW Motorrad, but this (subject to test ride) might be the one, albeit, it’ll be ex demo or with one registered careful owner.In flesh, with the CEO in the saddle. And the new RT to the left in the background.
190K views · 11K reactions | And so the legacy continues. #R12GS | Markus Flasch
And so the legacy continues. #R12GS
Interesting!
Rear shock looks like it might be giving the rider less of a spine jarring comfort levels, it is also a Marzocchi as are the forks (once upon a time I had a fork on my MTB by them). So BMW partnered with Italians. The phone mount is by SP connect. Personally (having had first hand experience) SP Connect is even worse than quadlock IMHO.
I really hope that rear indicators are just that and haven’t got the brake lights integrated into them.
Bike otherwise does look very nice.
I dropped into Halliwell Jones today
Excuse the really crap video with me mumbling (people were looking at me like a was a dick)
I really liked it in the flesh
Excuse the really crap video with me mumbling (people were looking at me like a was a dick)
I really liked it in the flesh
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