BMW R1200GS Review

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BMW R1200GS
3.5 stars
Average rating for this product is: 3.5 out of 5

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Stoopido's Review of BMW R1200GS Motorcycle

15th Jun 2007

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Length of ownership
    1 Year
  • Reliability
    5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2006
  • Build quality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Does everything. Excellent, commanding riding position. Superb handling.


Bad Points

Extras are expensive, buffeting with standard screen, BMW personnel, uncomfortable after long periods.


General Comments

The BMW R1200GS is an all-round fantastic bike. Feels like a bike used to, handles like it's on rails. I took mine through the Alps last summer and she was great fun. There is a problem with wind buffeting with these bikes, and there are whole websites dedicated to the problem. I partially cured the problem with a taller screen (ironically it works best in the lowest position) and things called "winglets". It's not the fastest bike I've ever owned, but amazingly it is the quickest! I've been out a few times with mates on sports bikes, and there's nothing more satisfying than creaming pocket rockets through the twisties on a big trailie.

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