Test ride today

[Flip]

Hi all, Today i test rode a 1200GS WAS i surprised!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i never expected that it would be that good, i was blown away with how well it did everything. Testing a GSA next and then i'll buy the one i prefer. Just thought i'd share that one cheers..

 

[(RIP) Dennis]

Ah! Nice to see your testing a real GS next......No contest.

 

[Schtum]

Ah! Nice to see your testing a real GS next......No contest.

Quite so. The Adventure is an "also ran..." when compared to the 1200.

 

[(RIP) Dennis]

The 1200 may be a great bike ..........but it will never be a true GS

 

[Wraithwrider]

The 1200 may be a great bike ..........but it will never be a true GS

R1150 R1200

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Looks like the graphic infers that the 1200 GS is a monkey having a wank!

 

[franco]

Ach

Quite so. The Adventure is an "also ran..." when compared to the 1200.

Dinna be daft laddie... Ewan and Charley would never have made it on 1200s...too lightweight

 

[Schtum]

Re: Ach

Dinna be daft laddie... Ewan and Charley would never have made it on 1200s...too lightweight

I think young Sir needs tae be mair respectful tae his elders.....

It might have been interesting if they'd taken a 1200 and a GSA to see which did, in fact, fare better and which one they found easier to haul out of a Mongolian bog.

 

[franco]

Re: Re: Ach

I think young Sir needs tae be mair respectful tae his elders.....

It might have been interesting if they'd taken a 1200 and a GSA to see which did, in fact, fare better and which one they found easier to haul out of a Mongolian bog.

Sorry Murdoch I think they started with a 1200 but the gearbox clapped out in Lewisham...
Wonder why BMW never gave them at least one to try? Definitely be easier to yank out of a bog, but would it be as robust as the ADV? They did take some helluva beating..and still came out of it in better nick than mine

 

[Schtum]

There's a guy planning a RTW trip on a 1200 here...... His initial route doesn't include Mongolian bogs, but it was probably drawn up before the tsunami....

 

[njgt]

Looking at the Route its a hell of a long way round the world.