BMW R1300GS, what's it like to own and ride, join me on a run around Fife to find out.

Clocking up more run in miles on the GS, talking about the Area (kingdom of Fife) the bike and just general gash while I enjoy this run in process - Find out what it's like to ride two up, does the Quick shifter actually work, does it really handle like a 125! tune in to find out, fast forward to each section if you don't want to listen to my waffle!
The East Neuk of Fife is blessed with many wonderful golf courses, lovely little villages and fabulous roads, the latter, when they aren't covered in farmers muck!
Chapters: (save you listening to all my waffle!)
00:00 Intro
2:21 GS overview
3:00 BMW Car vs Motorcycles
4:05 My riding history
5:20 Why I bought one
6:00 The new GS had arrived in the dealerships
8:24 Golf courses, fife has over 50 alone
8:49 My first impressions on the Demo bike
10:12 My bikes spec
11:30 Why I kept the value below ££££
13:19 Leuchars former RAF base
15:42 Insurance
16:00 Bike Spec continued
16:55 parking brake
17:55 White version vs others
19:55 off-road riding
22:00 Ceramic coating, how much did it cost
23:00 Tayport Fife
25:30 Taybridge cafe
28:40 Seat Height, over 6ft?
29:30 Quickshifter - most talked about component?
32:30 Auto-blipper
34:00 Cycling and another Fife village called Wormit
35:00 Engine Mode and riding the bike two up
37:19 Throttle position and engine braking
40:20 Power the bike has
43:00 Handling - can a novice ride this bike?
44:30 Power again and insurance waffle
47:20 What a view across the Firth of Tay
48:20 Early GS models
50:40 Off-road riding trophy models
54:30 Other (famous!) owners
56:30 Burgh of Newburgh and the local distillery
58:15 Nationals!!
59:30 Girl with skirt caught in car door ;-)
The End, to be cont....... GoPro Battery went flat - argh.....

[@SouthWest-jj8yu]

Had lots of GS’s and love them. What I’ve found is with a pillion rides better in rain mode because it just softens and smooths the throttle out, usually stick it in dynamic suspension as you say can be a bit soft. Lots of people complain about clunky quick shifter but once you get used to where and when to change they are pretty smooth, they do tend to improve with the miles as well.

[@cyclingbikerwholovestotinker]

Thanks for the feedback and taking to to watch 👍 I'm planning to give a more in depth review with my wife on the back when time allows - climbing on and off for a passenger etc Ps my next one won't be as long 🙈

[@cyclingbikerwholovestotinker]

Hi - yes there's is a din charging point on the right hand side below the TFT screen. During run in etc I'm averaging 49.5mpg - the tanks 19ltrs so that should equate to around 200miles per tank - hope that helps 👍

[@arnoldtm31]

Hi, what's the tank range roughly? Does it have a 12v din socket? Thanks