Hello,
Thought I'd come and say hello. I actually ordered the new S1000RR for mostly track work and possibly to race it later but due to production problems causing delays Bahnstormers BMW have offered a complementary bike in the meantime. Nothing racey appealed so I decided to take the opportunity to see what the GS was all about as it's not something I would have done otherwise and its supposed to be the ultimate of the genre.
I had a KTM 1290 Adventure a few years ago in the search for a 'do it all' commuter / off road / A road scratcher but realised that a 'do it all' bike simply doesn't exist. It was too massive to go off road effectively and fitting off road tyres ruined it on road. It was a great fast A road scratcher on the road tyres but rubbish on the motorway at any higher speeds so I gave up on the off road thing and traded it in for an S1000RR. I didn't need a commuter in the end and only used if for a bunch of Nurburgring trips and the odd trackday where the noise limits gave me problems with my Ducati. This year I converted it to a full race bike for Sprint and Endurance races.
When BMW offered the choice I initially looked at the XR as I thought I could comfortably get down to the Alps at RR speeds and then smash it around the twisty mountain roads, or even take it to the Nurburgring or a relaxed trackday in Europe and do some laps. Unfortunately the demo bikes had really bad vibrations that put my hands to sleep and when I ran at different revs to stop that it put my feet to sleep! I can deal with that on a race bike but I knew I wouldn't use the bike for long trips so it was off the list.
So I'm coming at this from a different angle to when I had the KTM. I'm putting my hooligan ways to the side and going to try and appreciate the GS as the country shrinker I know it does extremely well but is hard to appreciate from an hour demo ride. It's no where near as capable as the XR in terms of speed, cornering and braking but I can see straight away that it still goes very very well for a starship and I reckon it will be a big improvement on the KTM for covering distance fast so I'm hoping I can jump on and take it to the Alps and enjoy the scenery a bit more but still have fun on the twisties
I'd post some pictures but it doesn't seem to be possible?
Thought I'd come and say hello. I actually ordered the new S1000RR for mostly track work and possibly to race it later but due to production problems causing delays Bahnstormers BMW have offered a complementary bike in the meantime. Nothing racey appealed so I decided to take the opportunity to see what the GS was all about as it's not something I would have done otherwise and its supposed to be the ultimate of the genre.
I had a KTM 1290 Adventure a few years ago in the search for a 'do it all' commuter / off road / A road scratcher but realised that a 'do it all' bike simply doesn't exist. It was too massive to go off road effectively and fitting off road tyres ruined it on road. It was a great fast A road scratcher on the road tyres but rubbish on the motorway at any higher speeds so I gave up on the off road thing and traded it in for an S1000RR. I didn't need a commuter in the end and only used if for a bunch of Nurburgring trips and the odd trackday where the noise limits gave me problems with my Ducati. This year I converted it to a full race bike for Sprint and Endurance races.
When BMW offered the choice I initially looked at the XR as I thought I could comfortably get down to the Alps at RR speeds and then smash it around the twisty mountain roads, or even take it to the Nurburgring or a relaxed trackday in Europe and do some laps. Unfortunately the demo bikes had really bad vibrations that put my hands to sleep and when I ran at different revs to stop that it put my feet to sleep! I can deal with that on a race bike but I knew I wouldn't use the bike for long trips so it was off the list.
So I'm coming at this from a different angle to when I had the KTM. I'm putting my hooligan ways to the side and going to try and appreciate the GS as the country shrinker I know it does extremely well but is hard to appreciate from an hour demo ride. It's no where near as capable as the XR in terms of speed, cornering and braking but I can see straight away that it still goes very very well for a starship and I reckon it will be a big improvement on the KTM for covering distance fast so I'm hoping I can jump on and take it to the Alps and enjoy the scenery a bit more but still have fun on the twisties
I'd post some pictures but it doesn't seem to be possible?
