After owning 3 gs,s I recently swapped for a new 1250 te model . I’m now in Austria with about 1500 miles on it. Here are my words of wisdom on it.
Mostly it is a better bike such as a better gearbox. Smoother engine and that bit extra power does seem to help when cruising down the Autobahns at about 90-95 mph. It has better suspension and seems more comfortable overlong distances ( 460 miles day).
There is one down side though. I think that the TFT system is a bit of a faff and some functionality has been lost over the previous system. Foreinstance, you can’t have fuel range and tyre pressures showing at the same time. Also the on the old one you had trips 1,2,and A so could could have total mileage for a trip, daily mileage and I reset trip 1 every time I refuelled. These are minor points I know but it is s definite step back.
That said, I do like the TFT system on the whole.
Is it worth changing from a 2016 model. Probably not, but I did as mine was getting high mileage for its age and it is a definite improvement in most areas.
Mostly it is a better bike such as a better gearbox. Smoother engine and that bit extra power does seem to help when cruising down the Autobahns at about 90-95 mph. It has better suspension and seems more comfortable overlong distances ( 460 miles day).
There is one down side though. I think that the TFT system is a bit of a faff and some functionality has been lost over the previous system. Foreinstance, you can’t have fuel range and tyre pressures showing at the same time. Also the on the old one you had trips 1,2,and A so could could have total mileage for a trip, daily mileage and I reset trip 1 every time I refuelled. These are minor points I know but it is s definite step back.
That said, I do like the TFT system on the whole.
Is it worth changing from a 2016 model. Probably not, but I did as mine was getting high mileage for its age and it is a definite improvement in most areas.