Hi Dave, and welcome.
Well it's a funny old world !!!!!! After having had a couple of bad experiences with the early Hinkley Triumph's in the 80's I moved onto BMW, and for my main bike have been there up until last year.
After having a very bad experience with an early watercooled gs I tried an Explorer but didn't like the suspension or the ergonomics, so ended up with a Guzzi Stelvio. Lovely bike but did just lack a bit of grunt when really needed.
So, tried the gs again but still wasn't enamoured. After some soul searching and hours of thought I decided to give the Explorer another go. Two mates have them, both big mileages and still look like new with only minor issues in their 3 years of ownership.
I came away thinking that it was almost but not quite a good bike. It's problems being suspension and riding position. I decided to purchase and see if I could sort the problems.
New Hyperpro springs, Rox risers. I couldn't believe that for £250 I'd completely transformed this bike into what I wanted it to be.
Whichever way you go... enjoy...and always remember, one mans meat is another mans poison.
If you go down the GS route... don't let the collective sway you into thinking the Adventure model is the better bike...it's not.
Happy hunting,
Steve
