In the test – BMW R 1200 GS Old against New: Is Germany’s most popular bike even better?

In the test – BMW R 1200 GS Old against new

Is Germany‘s most popular bike now even better?

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The Great BMW Enduro has been a bestseller for years. Now there is the BMW 1200 GS new. How much better the boxer with water cooling was really, the direct comparison with the R 1200 GS Adventure, which still drives with the old technology.

Rarely there is an opportunity to compare a newly introduced model directly with its predecessor. Because BMW, in addition to the fresh R 1200 GS, continues to have the predecessor as a Adventure Edition in the program, asked our colleagues from the journal Motorrad News the two more than 18 000 euros expensive boxers to duel.

The new looks evil

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Final with Klack – The gearbox is finally soft

Higher compression, larger valves, clever injection, makes 92 kW / 125 hp on the test bench. 15 hp more than the air / oil-cooled. Despite the paralyver swing extended by good five centimeters, the new also wants to constantly on the rear wheel in the second gear. Due to reduced flywheels and a short-stroke gas grip with extremely appealing ride-by-wire, it gives themselves under full load like a GS on coke. But a board electronics, with which one could probably land space ferries, of course also takes a boxer motor loose to the reins. If you invest at least 890 Euro surcharge in the active package, will be rewarded with the FahrModi "Normal", "Dynamics", "Rain", "Enduro" and "Enduro Pro". However, in order to be fully enjoyed the electronics power managed by two control units, at least the good two thousand euros expensive "dynamic package 2" is required. This mixes every driving mode its own combination of the aggressiveness of the gas grip, the hatching tolerance of traction control and ABS and the damping of the dynamic ESA suspension.

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