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#1 | GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:01 pm (Last edited: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:01 pm)

Perhaps there is a rule that says no one must mention a GS on this forum? Oh well. My usual RS is a 2015 Lupin, which was in for a service, and they lent me this new R 1250 GS.

I did not want to comment on the general ride (didn't like it) but I thought the engine was a real disappointment. Oh it revved and pulled (the GS seemed lower geared than my RS?) but all the flat twin character seemed missing and it felt like it could have been a parallel twin or even a four. The sound was full of odd clatters. buzzy engine noise. Yes a silent first gear engage was nice, but I was delighted to get back on my RS and enjoy the better riding position, the vastly better handling (for the road), and an engine that had character and made nice deep noises.

Are the 1250 GS engines different from the 1250 RS ones and am I being unkind? Yes I should try a new 1250 RS but I am more than happy to stay with my ancient Lupin for a bit longer.

Norm

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#2 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:08 pm

Thanks Norm, all such reports help me view my Lupin 1200RS as the keeper I always hoped it would be :-)

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#3 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:54 pm

Zitat von sunshine247 im Beitrag #1
but I was delighted to get back on my RS and enjoy the better riding position, the vastly better handling (for the road), and an engine that had character and made nice deep noises.

orm

Sounds like you would love a Ducati.

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#4 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:08 pm

Zitat von sunshine247 im Beitrag #1

Are the 1250 GS engines different from the 1250 RS ones and am I being unkind?

Yes, the 1250 motors are the same across the line. The GS final drive is slightly lower than the RS.

The 1250 is vastly superior. Revs quicker, pulls harder. You're just putting off the inevitable.

I ride 2019 R1250GSA, 2016 Honda PCX150, 2013 Piaggio BV350
my wife rides 2020 R1250GS, 2015 Honda PCX150
Both proud former owners of a pair of 2016 R1200RS

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#5 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:28 pm

Don't stand in the way of progress

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#6 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:45 pm

Topic moved to other bikes.

I didn't like the LC GS whether in 1200 or 1250 guise. When I had my R1150GS I used to think the Telelever front end was excellent. Since riding a Triumph Explorer with dynamic WP suspension and my current BMWs with dynamic suspension, I think the Telelever makes the bike feel a bit woolly.

The 1250 boxer engine is fine. I have ridden a GS and a RS with it. It's just other factors that convince me that the mk1 versions of the RS and XR are great bikes and I have no reason to upgrade and see thousands of pounds evaporate in depreciation.

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#7 | RE: GS1250 engine is not nice datum

Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:21 pm (Last edited: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:22 pm)

Zitat von sunshine247 im Beitrag #1
... all the flat twin character seemed missing and it felt like it could have been a parallel twin or even a four.

A 1250 boxer compared to a four is not something you hear every day. What do you mean, exactly? What character does the 1200 have that the 1250 does not?

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