n0other
biker wannabe
Hi folks,
Anyone here has/had the pleasure of owning this bike or R1100GS? I know you can do a lot of touring on FZ6 and that for dirt the GS are considered too heavy but I've brainwashed myself from reading advrider and horizonsunlimited that I need this bike no matter what. For long range two up travel with some gravel roads. R1200GS is out of my price range and I'm not too keen on having CAN-bus on my bike where simple services might require computer intervention to diagnose/reset.
I have no option of test driving it either at the moment and comparing it to FZ6 is not apples to oranges, apples to fish rather..but still, anyone willing to share their opinion on these bikes? Is the weight a problem, are they fast enough to have fun? What's the dry clutch feel like, is slipping the clutch with throttle application a big no no there? How is reliability on these? Some people swear by them being uber reliable but they are usually Japanese bike bashers and I don't take them too seriously, however you can find others who say BMs are expensive junk anyway
Anyone here has/had the pleasure of owning this bike or R1100GS? I know you can do a lot of touring on FZ6 and that for dirt the GS are considered too heavy but I've brainwashed myself from reading advrider and horizonsunlimited that I need this bike no matter what. For long range two up travel with some gravel roads. R1200GS is out of my price range and I'm not too keen on having CAN-bus on my bike where simple services might require computer intervention to diagnose/reset.
I have no option of test driving it either at the moment and comparing it to FZ6 is not apples to oranges, apples to fish rather..but still, anyone willing to share their opinion on these bikes? Is the weight a problem, are they fast enough to have fun? What's the dry clutch feel like, is slipping the clutch with throttle application a big no no there? How is reliability on these? Some people swear by them being uber reliable but they are usually Japanese bike bashers and I don't take them too seriously, however you can find others who say BMs are expensive junk anyway