gr8
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I am thinking of buying a bike. Its twenty years since I last owned one so I need advice. Have three/four bikes in mind so what would you pick?
650 GS, 1150GS, 1200GS or 1150RT?
I like to travel long distances, I frequently drive 250miles from Dublin to Dingle on a Saturday Morning and sometimes even come back that evening which is over 500 miles in the day. Is that feasible on all the above bikes?
My main purpose with the bike is for long weekend runs. It will seldom be used during the week. I would like to do some serious long distance work with it that is the Alps etc in Europe and I do like back roads, green lanes etc… Getting lost on narrow single track roads is very enjoyable to me.
Given that it is such a long time since I had a bike – a Honda 400 4 – and the power difference etc with modern machinery what would you recommend that I buy? I am a “shorty” but have sat on an 1150RT recently with no problem. I am slightly afraid of the RT with full bodywork as it would be damaged very easily with the slightest drop. The 650 may not have enough grunt for the kind of distances that I like to do. This is leaves me with the 1150/1200 question. I can afford a new 650GS but if I decide on either of the others it will be for a used model however I may go on the never/never for a 1200.
I have gone on the RT website but they all seem very subdued folks over there and even though I am fifty years of age I don’t think that I am really ready for that group just yet!!
650 GS, 1150GS, 1200GS or 1150RT?
I like to travel long distances, I frequently drive 250miles from Dublin to Dingle on a Saturday Morning and sometimes even come back that evening which is over 500 miles in the day. Is that feasible on all the above bikes?
My main purpose with the bike is for long weekend runs. It will seldom be used during the week. I would like to do some serious long distance work with it that is the Alps etc in Europe and I do like back roads, green lanes etc… Getting lost on narrow single track roads is very enjoyable to me.
Given that it is such a long time since I had a bike – a Honda 400 4 – and the power difference etc with modern machinery what would you recommend that I buy? I am a “shorty” but have sat on an 1150RT recently with no problem. I am slightly afraid of the RT with full bodywork as it would be damaged very easily with the slightest drop. The 650 may not have enough grunt for the kind of distances that I like to do. This is leaves me with the 1150/1200 question. I can afford a new 650GS but if I decide on either of the others it will be for a used model however I may go on the never/never for a 1200.
I have gone on the RT website but they all seem very subdued folks over there and even though I am fifty years of age I don’t think that I am really ready for that group just yet!!