ROAD TEST: 2006 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure-Brutal Adventure

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ROAD TEST: 2006 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure-Brutal Adventure

Written: 14/09/2006 : 12:17. Read 17940 times (30/day).

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R 1200 GS has been a huge success for BMW and time was right to introduce the Adventure version in 2006. My adventure ended brutally in a farmer’s stone wall.

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People seemed desperate for a little adventure of their own after seeing the Long way around TV series that featured actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on BMW R 1150 GS Adventure bikes travelling the world. BMW sold something like 1.400 R 1200 GS in the UK in 2005 following the media circus surrounding the GS in various shapes. So UK was then chosen by BMW-Motorrad as the place to launch the new Adventure featuring the 1200 Boxer engine. At the same time everything got bigger and better, but also lighter than the 1150. When it comes to global endurance riding the GS Adventure stands virtually unchallenged and remains the choice for globetrotters on two wheels.

With a 33 litre fuel tank as the single most outstanding feature over any other bike, BMW has calculated a 465 mile (750km) cruising range! It’s even three litres more than the old R 1150 GS Adventure. Handling full versus empty fuel tank is a bit like Dr. Jekyll and Hyde as you have to get used to two different bikes basically.

There should not be a single place in the world where you can run out of fuel before you have found the local petrol station. Compared to the standard GS the Adventure is a big beast of a motorcycle, much down to the size of the petrol tank and taller seat height. It certainly does not present itself as the ideal enduro bike and it isn’t. Due to better ground clearance and knobbly tyres it can handle much more variations in the terrain than the standard GS. But only the brave or stupid would try to follow a full on enduro off the beaten track. Some capability is there for emergency use in Mongolia or where the old Soviet commies used to hide away the intellectuals.

The latest we heard was that one was ordered for Bin Laden so that he could nip over the Pakistani border more easily to fetch bread and 9mm AK47 ammunition for his Taliban fighters back in old Affie. Bleedin’ better than a camel and with BMW’s touring gear and helmet it’s just thought it’s that Hollywood actor and Boorman out escaping family life again. I’m sure there is a hairy bikers joke here somewhere too.

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