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Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:17 pm
by Steve in Golden
justoneoftheguys wrote:Yeah, with all that electronics on it, it had better NOT engage the starter if it's already running!
Especially since, on at least one wethead GS (mentioned earlier in the thread, complete with well-deserved chastisement from Softie) the starter mechanism seems to be rather fragile.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=877412
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:57 pm
by dougie
New BMW bikes -
Definitely overpriced.
Probably a PIA.
(But that's just me.)
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:26 pm
by Sibbo
Except the G650 Cross Country ... I'm seriously tempted , I test rode a 2009 model the other day and it was VERY nice.
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:55 pm
by Major Softie
Sibbo wrote:Except the G650 Cross Country ... I'm seriously tempted , I test rode a 2009 model the other day and it was VERY nice.
Sibbo, I'm not even sure that was released here in the States. It does look nice though.
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:57 pm
by Sibbo
It's essentially a stripped down F650 GS, it weighs 136 kg / 300 pound dry. It's light, very light and runs 50 hp so of course BMW discontinued it !
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:28 am
by Chuey
Oh man, I read that whole thread on advrider. I tried to join that forum a couple years ago and somehow, it wouldn't let me do so. Evidently, it was some kind of cornputer glitch. Rob Valdez tried to help me with it. It was not meant to be. It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
Chuey
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:35 am
by ME 109
Chuey wrote:It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
Chuey
I tend to bob around on the surface amongst the flotsam.
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:55 am
by Major Softie
Major Softie <<<<<< Flotsam
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:07 am
by Major Softie
Major Softie <<<<<< Flotsam
Re: Rode the new GS1200
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:13 am
by Deleted User 62
ME 109 wrote:Chuey wrote:It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
Chuey
I tend to bob around on the surface amongst the flotsam.
"No man is an island. He's a peninsula...!"
Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand