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Nice..
How's the heated grips, better?
How's the heated grips, better?
It looks more interesting upside down
Thanks! My iPad seems to turn phots upside down when I attach them.
Nice one. Where did you pick it up from?
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Nice..
How's the heated grips, better?
..............and a gear box that works
Andres
Nice..
How's the heated grips, better?
I let you know next Winter too warm for them at the moment
Gearbox still clonks into 1st when warm, maybe a little sweeter changing from 1st-2nd than my 2013 bike.
No major differences, feels a little taughter because of new suspension and tyres?????
More buttons to press than the old one, oh and got a Nav 5 thrown in on top of an already pretty good deal.
Heavier flywheel not very obvious, maybe a little smoother at low revs in 1st gear?
LED headlights look funky.
Steering damper seems to take away a tad of the sharp steering, slowing it a bit but could just be the new Anakees, never had them before.
Only used Road mode so far so can't comment on the other modes or say much about the active suspension other than so far it feels good.
All in all feels like a nice new bike, done about 60 miles so far and am very happy
Balderston - this is my 4th 1200GS from them since 2005 always been very happy with them as a dealer.
If that means a quickshifter, then no I didn't want one of those because I like to change gear in a variety of ways depending on the conditions
I just got the stuff that comes with a TE as standard.
Nice..
How's the heated grips, better?
Ooh ooh can I guess the answer?
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So...............than man who's made it his mission to tell all and sundry how they were stupid getting all the bells and whistles on their WCs, how his was vastly superior because he had the least elctronics on his bike and the least to go wrong has gone for active suspension and "more buttons" to press.
Interesting.
Andres
Interesting.
Andres
Somebody else did that too PaulS IIRC
Made a big fuss of getting a 'Yorkshire' spec GS and bought a fully loaded GSA TE
Selective interpretation on your behalf there me thinks - I have always preferred the vanilla models and still do BUT if I want a GS I can no longer choose not to have ABS (bloody European bureaucrats and Bosch vested interests), I want heated grips and have been convinced of the benefits of cruise control. By the time I add these requirements to the vanilla bike the price differential between it and the TE was not that great (my dealer gave me a good deal on the trade in and the new price). Also my mileage is creeping up year on year (currently about 11,000) so probably won't keep this one more than 2 years so out of warranty expenses are no longer a consideration.
I don't think that I have ever seriously called anyone stupid for getting the bells and whistles, I still think they are unnecessary and add very little to the riding experience but if you like bling then go for it.
Four GS's in Ten years?
It's a warranty thing. Be interesting to see how long the rear pads last, Engineer being a top rider and all that.
Only had one set of rear pads in the previous bike think the front ones were the originals after 22,658 miles.
Four GS's in Ten years?
2005 bike 5 years and 45,000 miles
2010 bike 3 years and 29,000 miles
2013 bike 2 years and 22,600 miles
I could probably have kept them for 100,000miles each with normal servicing and a bit of maintenance, but fancied a change and I don't have a car so why not have a new bike?
2015 bike, we shall see, but guess 2 years and 22,000 miles - if I am still gainfully employed in 2 years and still fit enough at 60 to ride then I will have another
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