JDH
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If so, would appreciate your opinion please, happy with change or regretting it? Contemplating such a change myself, but not without some reservations.
Cheers,
JDH
Cheers,
JDH
Toured with a chap to Garmisch, in last 2 weeks.
He'd gone to a R1200S (with Ohlins option etc) from a GS1150, I think
After following us for 10 days...........he's selling it and going back to a GS
He just couldn't keep up in the wet (even my lardy 1150Adv and had to wave me through), especially on the Stelvio and other Passes
Plus........ he was in agony after the 250-300 mile days and he was a very fit climber/mountaineer
Shouldn't bother with one
I considered & indeed paid for a R1200S as my second bike, not having ridden when placing the order.
I subsequently road a test bike and was left with serious doubts regarding its riding position.
Mercifully the dealer having received the money in full for the quoted price, then changed the amount & agreed spec.
Even here in Thailand this amounted to breach of contract & having tried to argue otherwise, refunded me in full.
I immediately put a down payment on a Triumph Scrambler [see my post "GS"ing a Scrambler].
The first Scrambler sold by an official dealer in Thailand!
Well apart from the hassle, which is SOP for BMW in Thailand, I am mightily relieved,
as it would not have been the traffic buster I was looking for.
Indeed the riding position for me, compared to my GS, was so radical I believe I would have had to sell it on almost immediately.
If you are looking for a motorway muncher cum track meister then this bike is for you.
The engine is truly a peach.
But if this is to be your only bike and traffic is an issue, with riding on your wrists sometimes a problem,
then you may want to look at other options.
It is rather focussed to be an only bike in the stable especially if you do any travelling with kit.
Here's a potential luggage solution:
http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/915/658/
The company's German so you should be able to source them easily.
It was an answer to the conundrum I considered.
Do try & ride b4 buying.
Keep the rubber-side down
Rhodie