zeger
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Hi all,
about ten years ago I bought my first motorcycle , an R 80 GS (slash somewhere paragon ?) , enjoyed it a year or so and then jumped to a TDM ( for higher speeds mainly) . Later , I moved on to a VFR and after that - till just recently - an RT 1150 ( which was IMO the best I ever had).
I never forgot about my first bike though and when the 1200 GS appeared this year I thought that this really could be the bike that I've been looking for.
So when a friend of mine asked if would like to try his for two days I eagerly accepted .
My first impression was very positive; it shifted lighter , steered lighter , was a lot faster .... in two words : great bike !
But on the second day as a grew a bit more familiar with it and riding it at really high speeds (over 200 km/h) I began to miss that secure feeling, planted you call it I think, that I had with the RT.
So when I handed it back I had some serious doubts about it but still kept looking at -and drooling over - every GS I saw.
I thought to myself that a combination of the two would be ideal : light riding , a possibility to do a little off road here and there , combined with the long distance at high speed qualities of an RT.
When I went to my dealer to have my RT serviced , I couldn't help myself circling around an 1150 adventure and wandering how it would be to ride that one . My dealer must have sensed something because suddenly he proposed to take a second-hand standard 1150 out of his showroom to let me test it.
One week later (that's two weeks ago) I took delivery of a beatiful silver adventure ....
rode it for about 2000 km (a little dirt included) and know it was the right decision, there's only one minus : driving faster than 160 km/h puts a lot of pressure on my neck , I ordered some tobinators today , hoping that with those mounted it will become the really perfect bike.
Next week we're going on a 8 day trip, presumably to the alps (or the pico's , depending on the weather)
about ten years ago I bought my first motorcycle , an R 80 GS (slash somewhere paragon ?) , enjoyed it a year or so and then jumped to a TDM ( for higher speeds mainly) . Later , I moved on to a VFR and after that - till just recently - an RT 1150 ( which was IMO the best I ever had).
I never forgot about my first bike though and when the 1200 GS appeared this year I thought that this really could be the bike that I've been looking for.
So when a friend of mine asked if would like to try his for two days I eagerly accepted .
My first impression was very positive; it shifted lighter , steered lighter , was a lot faster .... in two words : great bike !
But on the second day as a grew a bit more familiar with it and riding it at really high speeds (over 200 km/h) I began to miss that secure feeling, planted you call it I think, that I had with the RT.
So when I handed it back I had some serious doubts about it but still kept looking at -and drooling over - every GS I saw.
I thought to myself that a combination of the two would be ideal : light riding , a possibility to do a little off road here and there , combined with the long distance at high speed qualities of an RT.
When I went to my dealer to have my RT serviced , I couldn't help myself circling around an 1150 adventure and wandering how it would be to ride that one . My dealer must have sensed something because suddenly he proposed to take a second-hand standard 1150 out of his showroom to let me test it.
One week later (that's two weeks ago) I took delivery of a beatiful silver adventure ....
rode it for about 2000 km (a little dirt included) and know it was the right decision, there's only one minus : driving faster than 160 km/h puts a lot of pressure on my neck , I ordered some tobinators today , hoping that with those mounted it will become the really perfect bike.
Next week we're going on a 8 day trip, presumably to the alps (or the pico's , depending on the weather)
