[Apologies in advance for those that love it - rant follows.]
Well this seems like the main topic - just watched 44t's review, it think it must be Chris's most serious review ever. Not the normal 44t - very sensible. Not commented on any other discussion but IMHO it is extremely fuggly, abandons the traditional GS look as much as the LR Defender did and as with so many SUVs, cover the badge and you're hard pushed to tell them apart - or in this case side-on, cover the GS silver below tank trim and it looks like every other middle of the road twin Honzuki.
However, the absence of a rear tail light is insanity. It was a dangerous enough set up on the last 1250s but this is pushing boundaries of cr@p even more. What on earth were they thinking. Any cheap scooter has hugely better rear lights. Seems they are determined to screw up the traditional BMW 'look' with their bikes as they have with their cars.
Similarly and very sadly it seems the madness of further car design is infiltrating into bikes. When we have the worse current driving standards on UK roads we've ever seen and designers (or 'officials') have an obsession with auto-braking, radar, blind spot this and that to create a false sense of security but on the other hand making vehicles much more dangerous in real terms with the unbelievable distraction of total touch screen control and pathetic little indicators that on some cars (Nissan Juke etc) are as small as a Christmas tree light and virtually impossible to spot. LEDs have allowed designers to 100% push form over function - compare to 70's/80's/90's cars when light size and position was strictly regulated and indicators were so much safer and more visible.
I'm sure as ever thousands will buy them but thank goodness there is an endless pool of traditional GS's out there.
Well this seems like the main topic - just watched 44t's review, it think it must be Chris's most serious review ever. Not the normal 44t - very sensible. Not commented on any other discussion but IMHO it is extremely fuggly, abandons the traditional GS look as much as the LR Defender did and as with so many SUVs, cover the badge and you're hard pushed to tell them apart - or in this case side-on, cover the GS silver below tank trim and it looks like every other middle of the road twin Honzuki.
However, the absence of a rear tail light is insanity. It was a dangerous enough set up on the last 1250s but this is pushing boundaries of cr@p even more. What on earth were they thinking. Any cheap scooter has hugely better rear lights. Seems they are determined to screw up the traditional BMW 'look' with their bikes as they have with their cars.
Similarly and very sadly it seems the madness of further car design is infiltrating into bikes. When we have the worse current driving standards on UK roads we've ever seen and designers (or 'officials') have an obsession with auto-braking, radar, blind spot this and that to create a false sense of security but on the other hand making vehicles much more dangerous in real terms with the unbelievable distraction of total touch screen control and pathetic little indicators that on some cars (Nissan Juke etc) are as small as a Christmas tree light and virtually impossible to spot. LEDs have allowed designers to 100% push form over function - compare to 70's/80's/90's cars when light size and position was strictly regulated and indicators were so much safer and more visible.
I'm sure as ever thousands will buy them but thank goodness there is an endless pool of traditional GS's out there.
