Rapidly falling out of love with my R1250GS

[Lor Enzo]

still in love or not?

 

[Arsey]

Just please excuse the terrible grammar in my reply. Auto correct with oily rubber gloves makes me sound retarded when I type

I’m not sure you can use the word retarded these days ,unless referring to ignition or Tinytim.

 

[JulesDive]

I think it was a rare instance or was deemed to be possible when the carb icing would cause a stall condition like running out of petrol and if the road conditions had poor grip then the back wheel could skid.

I would have got the info from MCN at the time, it was considered a safety issue and prompted complete replacement of all four carbs across the range of Kawasaki bikes.

Yes when you see Kawasaki of a certain age for sale eg GPZ900 from mid 1980s to mid 1990s , they have hot water feed to the bank of carbs. I understand this was a retrofit.


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[SBD]

This is a genuine question as I don't know the answer and don;t have a bike with TC. So how does the BM traction control system deal with a slide/wheelspin from a logic perspective?
I know with 4 wheel systems they will apply a brake(s) to match wheel speeds in order to regain traction. How do bikes do it? I would have thought simply cutting throttle response is a bit crude on the latest systems????

I don’t know how it does it, but early on in my GS ownership, I rather carelessly started to turn left from a stop line at a junction near home over a manhole cover, and the bike stepped out as the rear wheel hit the wet (and probably greasy) metal.

I reacted, but it felt like the TC reacted quicker. Of course I wasn’t going quickly, and a manhole cover is maybe two feet square, so it was never going to be an issue, but I was impressed by the response.

I guess it simply reduced the power, to try to match (within some tolerance band) front and rear wheel speeds? No idea if it used the brake.

 

[mpgscott]

As with everything in this world everything is getting too complicated.

A few years back I took out an R1250gsa and after 2 hrs I just could not gel with it. Lots of single track roads and so gravel in abundance, the bloody thing was horrible. Nanny state bloody warnings on the dash of wheel spinning just so unsettling. Too complicated..

When I got back to garage and salesman asked me I said ‘I’ll stick with my twin cam.’ He smiled and said you’re not the only one to say that. That’s before we mention the £20k it would of cost to chenge!

Coincidently, I went straight back with my R1200GS 2011 and run the same section of road with same pace not one issue.

We’re introducing more BS and aids that makes everything worse.

I was toying with a change as you do, however I would keep the twin cam as well for sure..