Should this bike have engine bars as standard?

[oddshapedballs]

Hi all
I'm looking at a 2012 GS Adventure.
It's got black spoked wheels and the 1st taller gear.
I'm just not sure if it's missing the engine bars?
Do all adventures come with engine bars as standard?
Many Thank in advance
Richard

It's wrong, walk away!

 

[Bendy toy]

I have tank protection bars but no engine bars on my GSA but I do have proper head protectors from MachineArt X-heads. The OEM engine bars protect nothing but bend back in a crash and risk damage to the cylinder head.

I also have black alloy wheels but the OEM wires are in the garage.

 

[SteveM]

agreed, outrageous, no surprise they have not sold it, great bike though I had it for three years.

Hi Pablo, did you order the bike with the taller 1st gear that Ruby has stated this bike has.
I can't understand why BMW would offer the GSA wither a taller 1st gear, or indeed why anyone would want this option.

 

[Pablo1]

Hi Pablo, did you order the bike with the taller 1st gear that Ruby has stated this bike has.
I can't understand why BMW would offer the GSA wither a taller 1st gear, or indeed why anyone would want this option.

never heard of this, the only option I know of was enduro 1st gear ???, anyway bike was a demo with 1k miles when i bought it a couple of months after first registration, there was nought peculiar about 1st gear.

 

[Martyn H]

Hi Pablo, did you order the bike with the taller 1st gear that Ruby has stated this bike has.
I can't understand why BMW would offer the GSA wither a taller 1st gear, or indeed why anyone would want this option.

They don't. They did offer a lower (enduro) first gear option.

 

[Neil W]

Awful lot of either careless tyre changing marks or off road scrapes on the rims , if it is the latter it could account for the lack of engine bars and head protectors if they were marked

 

[Bendy toy]

Cast alloys look good in gloss powder coat black but wires have anodised rims so any scratches will be expensive to sort.

 

[Ruby]

Yes I noticed the rims too. It's a pity as they offered me £600 more than anybody else for the part exchange. (Maybe that's why they did though?)