BMW R 1200 GS Adventure
Lost the fear of big bikes, this was a logical move. Not pretty, not fast, heavy and overpriced, it was not calling me the way that the VFR did to me. But was a serious tool for traveling. Amazing packing possibilities, extra big fuel tank (my record is 650 kms with a single fill) and a way more relaxed position.
My group of friends already moved to this bike some years before. I saw what this bike could do in good hands (hola Isaac, ValentÃ, Francesc & Juanma), and the expectations were high. When I got it between my legs I felt like an ant over a monster. I took it from the dealer and the first kms was a twisty road, that she traced suprisingly good. What? Such a monster draws like this? Interesting...
She has owned me little by little. I did hundreds of kms a day without even noticing. I followed my crazy friends offroad, where she behaved better than me. Portugal 2014, Transpirenaica offroad 2014, Millau-Colliure offroad 2015, Alps 2016, Alps 2017, Germany 2017, Montenegro 2018, Carpathians and Balkans 2019, Alps 2020 (and 2022 & 2025), and thousands of kms of curves, broken tarmac, unexpected offroad in Ukraine and Romania... Gosh she is the definitive traveling tool, packed like a bus and driving like a bicycle.
I crashed her offroad uncountable times, and never had an issue that stopped her. I even got bumped from the back in Bosnia, but she still gets up an stays hungry for more. I can't imagine a better partner for traveling.
But it's a BMW. That issue with the back wheel sensor, that crappy pressure sensors, these expensive parts and accessories... I learned to do the service maintenance on my own with her, as long as electronics allow me. But she lets me do so, she appreciates the love I give to her.
| Bike from | 2013 |
| Owned | from August 2013 |
| Kilometers | ~83.000 |
| Current status | owned |