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BMW Bikes that are engineered to be ridden... just sayin'... |
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2012 GS Adventure final thoughts
It's been gone for 48 hours.
The Good: - Amazing motor. Great torque curve, great responsiveness, great fuel economy, and not a lot of heat. - Amazing suspension. The Paralever/Telelever is eye-popping. Nothing, and I mean nothing upset that suspension. The anti-dive of the front end made cornering almost too easy. Trail-brake into a corner and power out properly and it was like being shot out of a cannon. - Great brakes. Awesome feel with easy modulation. Seamless ABS. Linked brakes are the shiznit. - Storage capacity better than a family of Sherpas. - Easy maintenance. The oil filter points straight down. Between the center stand and the height, everything is easy to get to. Back wheel comes off in less than 2 minutes. The Bad: - My knee just couldn't take the riding position. Left leg was fine, not so much the right. - The suspension geometry that made it so entertaining in the mountains made it not quite relaxing on the highway. Not necessarily "busy", but it was a much more involving riding experience. - I have a 34" inseam and couldn't flat-foot it. There's something to be said for flat-footing. - Dry clutch. Utterly nonsensical to have one on a bike built for crawling off-road. - Speaking of which, it was just too damn big and heavy to really get comfortable off-road. The Ugly: - Oil usage. Holy $hit! Almost 19,000 miles with 6,000 mile service intervals. I added 16 quarts of oil between services. According to the dealers, BMW, and the interweb gurus, that's acceptable. F*ck that. - I didn't ride it. The year of the wreck, I rode 31,000 miles between the two bikes. I rode 10,000 miles less this past year, and that's including Cortez. I did the 12k service in late August, the 18k two weeks ago. Sure, there were other factors, but I sure found a lot of excuses not to ride. Overall, it was a really good bike. I tend to think mine was an outlier regarding the oil usage, but that's cold comfort. I do think that I needed it to get myself comfortable with really riding again. I don't regret the purchase a bit. Sent from my iPad, probably while I'm pooping.
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Wait till you start breaking sh!t on the Harley junk!
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At least there's no Von Douche here to tell me I'm the problem.
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There's always me to break your balls
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BAAAA BAAA BAAA "Blame Russ in 2012" "Can We Still Blame Russ in 2013" who's to blame in 2014? OH THIS IS SO NOODLES FAULT Chitty Chitty |
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Russ? Mark my words.......................
You WILL ride more. You WILL enjoy it more. And although you may miss some of the traits of the BMW, overall, you won't miss the bike. Re-visit this in a year, and see if I'm wrong.......................................... I don't think so.
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Why yes, I am Randy, since you asked! just a big ol' Doof..... I MARRIED me a PIRATE!!!.... ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM
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No more power ranger?
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So, where did 4 gallons of oil go?
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Out the tailpipe, 'cause it never leaked a drop. You hear a lot of BS on the forums about BMW's extra-special, super-duper, harder-than-diamonds cylinder walls, and how long it takes (vith mineral oil only dummkopf!) to seat the rings and break the bike in.
Then there's the "all boxer engines burn oil" BS, to which I point to over 150,000 miles on our Subarus with no oil burned. Then there's the "air cooled engines have looser tolerances" BS, to which I point to over 100,000 miles on our three (now four) Harleys with about a quart burned between them.
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To which you get the heretic label?
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It's like one of them mugs with a pic on it that changes when you fill it with hot coffee. Looks about half-full.
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And I bet that looks purdy next to the leetle Subaru.
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Just another damn "Dave" Decidedly unpleasant, does not play well with others. Fluent in Pidgin Cigar Spanish. http://sherlynpopelka.net/ Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. *Usual manly disclaimer applies, if applicable.
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Oh yeah, that statement on a BMW forum goes over like a fart in church.
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