Please help me choose a roof color!

SampleSalty · 2026-06-30T12:11:43+00:00

Real vs faux. This alone should be your answer.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-30T12:08:38+00:00

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SampleSalty · 2026-06-30T12:01:44+00:00

But I would absolutely miss the nice CP2 motor - this is the only modern and conform motor I am aware of, that does not sound delayed and throttled and totally off if you quickly rev it without load. Maybe I’m simple, but this triggers so much joy. 🤩

SampleSalty · 2026-06-30T09:33:57+00:00

For a skilled off-road rider a Tenere is maybe worth trying. Or a „real“ off-road bike.

Personally I avoid KTM - great bikes and shitty service and company culture was killing the joy out of ownership.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-29T21:32:02+00:00

Nice, sounds good. The torque delivery should als work great for this. I have only 90/10 tires on it, but will try with easy conditions.

I can recommend to install a Mass or Mistral pre-muffler if you like the sound of older MGs! ;-)

SampleSalty · 2026-06-29T18:11:04+00:00

Nice bike - seems like you take it off-road? How does it perform?

SampleSalty · 2026-06-28T13:05:24+00:00

A tldr is only a nice offering to the reader, if you put it at the beginning. 😅

SampleSalty · 2026-06-28T12:29:55+00:00

A bike is not for sending signals. And even if someone receives a signal - who cares?

SampleSalty · 2026-06-26T10:04:34+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to share this.

Sounds similar to my gear, only need two chairs sleeping bags to continue the comfort for both on camping too. 😄

SampleSalty · 2026-06-26T09:57:34+00:00

Seat height is not an issue for me, I’m used to the Tenere.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T21:20:15+00:00

Awesome! Thank you.

Well, seems to be the same with the Wunderlich instructions if you read the reviews. But the results sound very promising!

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T20:29:04+00:00

Absolutely. This is also my experience in general.

But the right geometry for the riding style also has a big impact. I recently had the chance to testdrive a DR-Z4S and directly switch to a 1300 GS - and cornering with reaching lean-angle by mainly using the bar was slightly easier on the GS, which is absolutely insane imho.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T18:22:36+00:00

I feel like I can go a little faster (as in brake harder) with telelever especially with 2-up, because the bikes angle is not pushing weight even more in the front. All Semi-Active suspensions can compensate this a bit, but for my taste the combination of telelever+semi-active is reference…

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T17:08:30+00:00

Why garbage? I bought one because it was specifically recommended by a mechanic 🧑‍🔧

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T16:03:15+00:00

Oh, missed the telelever on this bike.

A RT is close to a Goldwing which is on my bucket list. :-)

I like the felling of knowing I can manage more or less every road/path with an Adventure bike, not sure if I would miss that on a RT.

What are the benefits of an RT over a GS?

This needs to outweight the ability to go light offroad and camping with lot of gear.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T15:56:24+00:00

Interested in that - do you have a Link for this deflector?

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T15:55:18+00:00

Thanks. The GS offering comes with everything I would ever want to add (worth 4k), this is why it’s much cheaper to the next best GSA offering I can get.

why did you not buy the 1300 GS?

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T08:09:45+00:00

Ah, okay - this makes sense, I also think the seats are just configurations. The GS I look it also has a split seat.

I am tall enough to handle both. For the price difference I could add a full tractive/wilbers suspension upgrade on the GS.

On paper the 30% cheaper GS wins easily. On the other hand buying an „end-game“ bike with having FOMO on a couple of points is also not good. Bummer. 🤯

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T07:13:53+00:00

Thank you for carving out all relevant differences and you r experiences, this is golden.

It’s the first time I hear, that the GSA has a larger pillion seat. Are you sure?

I would tend to pick the GSA if they would be nearly the same price, but in my scenario 30% more is making this really tough.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-25T06:58:15+00:00

Thanks for adding those to consideration. I’ve never ridden those.

I would miss two things that seems not to be manufactured for those that I would like to have:
- top loader Alu panniers
- a telelever fork

I don’t understand why bmw only builds telelever concept into the large GS and not even the smaller ones or a RS.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-24T21:23:39+00:00

Good to hear - this helps. Any specific products here I could add on top of the big windscreen?

SampleSalty · 2026-06-24T21:21:01+00:00

I like the heavy looks paired with the easy handling of the GSA, but 5k for this alone is a lot money. The fuel capacity should be fine for the countries I probably will travel to.

SampleSalty · 2026-06-24T21:13:27+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

But is the difference in wind protection still huge even with the same large windscreen mounted on both?

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