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Yep the Telelever Boxers surprise so many with their road handling and holding. After trying many newer conventional forked bikes

I don't think I could ever give up the Telelever set-up for road riding

johnnyboxer wrote:Yep the Telelever Boxers surprise so many with their road handling and holding. After trying many newer conventional forked bikes, I don't think I could ever give up the Telellever set-up for road riding

Stop it....you'll start me pondering again :laugh:

SteveW wrote:

johnnyboxer wrote:Yep the Telelever Boxers surprise so many with their road handling and holding. After trying many newer conventional forked bikes, I don't think I could ever give up the Telellever set-up for road riding

Stop it....you'll start me pondering again :laugh:

Surely you can't be considering returning to a "twat's bike" ..... (your words not mine) :whistle:

Tonibe63 wrote:

SteveW wrote:

johnnyboxer wrote:Yep the Telelever Boxers surprise so many with their road handling and holding. After trying many newer conventional forked bikes, I don't think I could ever give up the Telellever set-up for road riding

Stop it....you'll start me pondering again :laugh:

Surely you can't be considering returning to a "twat's bike" ..... (your words not mine) :whistle:

No, I'm over it.....for now.
I'd still pick a GS/GSA1200 with road rubber fitted over any bike on the market for a Euro/British Road Trip.
I like the flexibility of the 800. It's more of a Jack-of-all-trades than the 1200. It'll cope with the miles and it's less of a handfull on rough roads/gravel/dirt.
But the 1200 is an epic road touring platform. I love riding them.

johnnyboxer wrote:Yep the Telelever Boxers surprise so many with their road handling and holding. After trying many newer conventional forked bikes

I don't think I could ever give up the Telelever set-up for road riding

+1

SteveW wrote:GS/GSA 800.
Cruise at 100mph tops out at 125mph, so probably fast enough, I met a couple out in Romania on their way back from China two-up on a GS800, no issues.
Lighter and way more economical than any make of 1000/1200.
They lack a bit of road presence over say a GS1200 and some top gear stomp, but they are physically more manageable both on or off road.

I did a 6 000 mile trip in the Summer out to Turkey and back on a GS800 covering dirt roads, autobahnen, Alpine roads, up and down mountain passes; the works.
Average mpg was 65 and that was two up with camping gear, with the whole kitchen sink. On the way back from Prague-Hannover it stayed at 100mph for 8 hours without missing a beat. The only time I wished that I was on anything else was in the high winds down the Aegean coast where a 1200GS would have felt more 'planted', apart from that it did everything and anything asked of it.

Yep, this year I did 8000 miles in six weeks on my GSA 800 around the USA.....deserts, high mountain passes, gravel/Dirt and miles and miles of Black Top. One puncture and a blown headlight bulb which was replaced FOC by El Paso BMW.
At no time did it feel underpowered.
I'm a big fan of the new 1200. My GSA800 goes into Williams Motorrad Manchester on Thursday for a service....the Buggers have given me a GS1200 as a courtesy bike.....I must resist!!!!

Didn't especially like any of the 800GS models I have ridden. They are a bit cramped for us two up and I find them a bit revvy but I do like the conventional fork.

I appreciate the telelever resists diving under braking but on poor surfaces transmits a lot of the the srface roughness up through the handlebars which I find very tiring on country lanes.

Never owned BM, let alone a GS ! If I did though ? it would have been the GS 1150 ,to my mind the best of all GS's ever (thumbs) (thumbs) (thumbs). If I had the money ( and all the other bikes I'd like first) I'd add one to my garage fo' sho' !

I've ridden all models of the standard GS, plus the 2010 GSA TC. I'm not interested in off-road ability (that's what my mountain bike's for )

The current GS LC is the best by far in terms of performance and handling, and they're all pretty much the same in terms of comfort and versatility. The older bikes better built.

Which is the most fun? I loved the original 1100, found the 1150 and earlier 1200's a bit dull, the TC was a good improvement, but the LC is a keeper for me (thumbs)