R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:54 pm
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Well, there are 4 cylinders, 'cause both the wife and I picked up R1250GS A's.... Totally stoked! This makes 10 bikes between us, so we're "culling the herd" as the GSAs are replacing at least four of them, a pair of KLRs and a pair of baggers.
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Nice!
KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS
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I was offered a GSA as a loaner yesterday while my RS was being serviced. It’s fricking huge. I mean just massive! I turned it down and asked for something smaller and got a 40th Anniversary edition GS with 719 option 170 miles on the clock. I live 60 miles away and had it over night. |
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Zitat von Oscarguitar im Beitrag #5 This is helpful info. I'm wondering if you can hum a few more bars relative to my situation. I find myself with more bikes than I have time to ride, so I'm trying to consolidate. The best candidates are combining my K1200GT and my FJ-09. I do much more solo riding than two up, but I really like the ability to take my wife every once in a while. My original thought was to swap them both out for a R1250RS, since I tend to enjoy the K bike more than the FJ. Then I created a problem. I took the FJ-09 on a multi week, multi state trip, and it turns out that the upright sitting, exposed to the wind, riding position really agreed with me on 10+ hour days. So I started thinking that perhaps instead of the RS, that I'd swap them out for the GS. And then I sat on one at the showroom, and it felt like I was straddling a camel, it was so big. But then again I hear that they carry their weight low and the size disappears once you're underway. So here I am, hemming and hawing on which would be the better option. I need to go ride both of them to be sure. But in the meanwhile, do you have any thoughts on my dilemma? |
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Zitat von Maximo im Beitrag #6Zitat von Oscarguitar im Beitrag #5 you sound like a candidate for the S1000XR. I have one as well as the R1200RS. My XR is factory lowered which makes it very good for me. I really appreciated how much of a difference it makes as I was given a regular height XR as a loan bike this week whilst mine was serviced. Over the summer, I have enjoyed riding the more upright XR as the RS sometimes seems to cause twinges in my back (herniated thoracic discs don't help). I recently took the RS out for a ride into Mid Wales and really enjoyed the ride, so I am conflicted about which is the better bike, should it come to downsizing to a single bike. For me, two 2016 bikes is better than one new one whilst I have the garage space and means to cover their running costs.
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I think for any of 'us' on the correct side of the pond our mileages, cars and bikes, tend to be lower than usa. |
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Zitat von Maximo im Beitrag #9 The early S1000XR bikes had a mod to add a rubber damper to the bars. The later bikes have a totally redesigned engine & frame. My 2016 bike does not suffer from excess vibrations. I have done some long trips on mine, including Scotland and Alsace. Next week, I am taking it to the Pyrenees.
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