BMW GSM 1200 Adventure.

Me and my fella's new bike!

You've probably seen it on my Idle Banter thread previously but he's going for a test run this week and then its ours!
£9,999 '09 plate second hand absolute mint condition and with the top box and paniers. Were trading in SV as part ex (goodbye suzy you will be missed dearly)

Anybody got any experiences from these bikes? Are they good for long journeys and touring?

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Originally Posted by femaleacid

Are they good for long journeys and touring?

Utter crap for that kinda thing

http://www.longwayround.com/journeys_long-way-round.htm

Hope you get a reliable one, reliability problems seem to be hushed up on these for some reason.
My next bike is going to be an adventure bike, but unfortunately, I couldn't trust one of these, shame as I actually like them.


I'm considering a tiger 800xc instead.

Were not planning to cross the world or anything...
We like to do at least 200-300 mile for a good day out and i just hope this is more comfortable.

Compared to the SV you wont be hoping for much longer. Try not to fall asleep on the back, you'll miss all the scenery thats on view as a result of sitting higher than the hedgerows. The 1200 does have a few reliability problems, but you'd hope on a 2009 bike they'll have been ironed out already. Enjoy!!

As mentioned on the other thread, I've had two. Over 14,000 on the '09, no problems at all. Just over 10,000 on the DOHC '10 red one. Slight problem with it at first but this was sorted by a BMW recall. TPS fix was done on all the early twin-cams. Among my friends there have been two 12GSA's, nine 12GS's and two 1150GS's. Some very low mileage, some very high mileage.

My wife was happy to spend all day perched on the GS, surveying the scenery. I had the soft backrest fitted to the Vario top-case for her. Not sure if BMW do one for the GSA topcase but www.touratech.co.uk will.

One of the best mods for GS's and GSA's is the little perspex spoiler that fixes to the top of the screen (Touratech) I'm 6'5" and with one of those I could ride visor up, travelling at autobahn speeds.

The GS's seem to weigh rather a lot though. Even though, at around 240kilos, my GS was 100kilos lighter than my ElectraGlide, the 'Glide was easier to shunt around the garage because the weight was way lower down.

Have fun with it, they're ideal fast A-Road bikes, especially with Road Attacks or RoadSmarts or just for nipping off for a week-ends WSB at Monza.

Just realised my phones corrected.my thread title to GSM instead of GS lol.

Im glad to hear people saying good things about the GS! Most people saying that its not reliable which is now making me edgy but im never going to change my mind about it because it's a beautiful bike and thinking about the nice and comfortable rides we can go on keeps getting me more excited.
We've had the SV for 3 years now and its never broke down its been a loyal bike to us but we both knew it was time for something new and we saw a Super Tenere bike and that's when we fell in love with the touring bikes and we found Bernard (Beemer) I've named it already

Just hope its a whole lotta' fun!

i love the gs1200...well not the adventure it weighs a bloody tone due to the big ass fuel tank!!
but i always steal the dads R version all the time, comfy, alot quicker than youd think, handles like a dream and after a few hundred miles it feels like youve been sitting in a armchair.

Also does wheelies with ease in 1st and 2nd off the throttle alone.

BTW, look at these forums

http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

BTW, look at these forums

http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/

Yesss, more forums i can annoy