New 2025 BMW R1300GS Adventure First Impressions: 9 Best Features!

[@tompGA]

Sorry but this was just a long commercial for the GSA. You mention the toggle switch several times but not that it can handle only 1 function at time so you have to go into menues to do other common things. Also no mention of the Pannier debacle. Nearly a year after launch and recall, they are still not available and no 3rd party luggage options. Finally, the base price mentioned is a unicorn bike, BMW does not make it. I spec'ed a US based bike with the options mentioned and it priced out at over $32k, so a bit over the $18k base.

[@VS666]

Good luck finding a base model of ANY bmw 😂

[@rcknrog1]

Mine spec'ed for just under 30K in California. Triple black fully loaded with ride height adj and ASA I opted out of the double Akra can. OTD will be near 33K. This will be my 3rd GS...

[@wraymogg]

The rocker button has primary and secondary functions that you can program with the burger button, you just keep pressing the wheel to assign the secondary function. A bike can have just so many buttons before turning into a space ship :) Also for the luggage, you are talking about the GS not the GSA since there isn't 1 year since the launch. I don't know what are you talking about, but in Europe there are multiple 3rd party luggage options. About the price, never moan about the price. You either afford it or not. There are WAY more expensive bikes than this...

[@cmpmendes]

Shad produces the BMW luggage. Don't they have kit for it?

[@tompGA]

@@cmpmendes Shad is the manufacturer of the BMW OEM cases that were recalled with still no solution. Note, the recall was because the bags may open by themselves while under way.

[@AnthonyJoh]

Feels like there are 2 sponsors in this video.

[@Zenrising_YTCM_President]

This entire channel runs on perks, free trips and sponsorships. That's why you'll never see any actual reviews. It's basically an advertising channel.

[@debragoodger4972]

Hi 👋, it was great to meet you yesterday at Motorbike Live. Your channel is amazing, very professional and informative. D&P

[@motobob]

Great to meet you too! Thanks for saying hello 👋

[@ThisAndThat-l4p]

I couldn't find a way so I'll settle for one day to believe in you. Tell me, tell me, tell me lies. Tell me lies Tell me sweet little lies. Love this Song.

[@sphyrnidus]

Thank you for your review, nice! I test road one a couple of weeks ago. It's more agile than my current 1250GSA of 2023. I really liked it. I would most certainly get it when I have convinced my wallet it's time to upgrade (again)

[@jacquesnel8384]

I’ll be keeping my 1200 GSA thanks. 🙏

[@gabrieliface1350]

Thank you for the nice summary, I appreciate the intelligent delivery and the lack of over-the-top theatrics. I’ve owned this motorcycle in full equipment for three days now, and I agree with everything you said.👍

[@motobob]

Enjoy! 🍻

[@hgv1883]

Lucky you I saw and sat onthe bike at the nec absolutely fantastic

[@samhill3496]

Down the road not too far I'll have one. I liked it from the beginning. A lot of protection from the big front for doing super distance in adverse conditions. All good from east Kentucky USA

[@davidjackson148]

Coming off a 1200GSA for the last 10 years, I tried one other day, typical BMW ride and feel, faultless. Its a really nice bike, but it just didn't grab me at all. I instead got a good deal on a brand new 1250GSA. Maybe I'll give it another look in a few years. I didn't get that auto ride height thing going which made it feel really tall, I was properly on my tippy-tip-toes, I'm 5'7"(170cm).

[@1glopz]

That is the smartest way to purchase a great bike my friend a few years from now I will be in the market for one of these that has been purchased with all these options and has sat in a garage for most of its life with the engine hardly broken in ( under 90K ) and now its is almost totally depreciated when the 1350 comes out

[@davidjackson148]

Lol yes. I'll give it a couple of years. Then auto trader will be awash with them

[@michielvandepol6765]

At 7:12 you state that the weight is minus 1 kg to previous generations. That's not correct. The previous 1250GSA was 268 kilogram, so the 1300GSA is plus 1 kg.

[@djidan1466]

I also think the standard exhaust looks better than the twin Akra setup

[@rcknrog1]

Me too. I ordered the single can and will put a single Akra can on the triple black in black!

[@olafmoon329]

Love it just love it. I can do without the glasses. But the bike, I will take. Love the looks too btw. We have the luggage available here in Australia - now I am looking for smaller stuff from BMW - please? A half sized tank bag and narrow panniers?

[@LordHolley]

What a beast!

[@lucky55slevin75]

I'm still in Love with my GS1250 Rallye 2022, She would be Heartbroken if i traded her in.....lol Great video btw...

[@goldilocks913]

But it looks so ugly- and I’m ok with some amount of ugly but that’s just too much for the money for me. Enjoy the ride anyone who thinks otherwise 👍

[@marwanabouljoud2411]

Nice quick review. I am always into quiver between BMW, Triumph and MSv4S GT. Maybe a nice comparo ?

[@motobob]

Would be a great vid if I could line it up!

[@XLAdvRider]

Great video. I’ve got three concerns: plastic shift lever; change in function panel/buttons has reduced usability, the ACC or radar or whatever kicks in when you’re passing cars and should be permanently turned off.

[@candyman1800r]

I don't know how to put A picture on here , but we have a gs650 twin which we've got twin tanks on. front tank looks bigger than that front tank and obviously the tank under the seat as well . I went from Lincoln to the South west coast of Wales for a wedding and got back to Lincoln on one tank. Well two tanks hadn't hit reserve yet. The best I've got is 540 MIles without refilling

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

Could do with one of those slow starter button reverses 🙂

[@merkel2750]

Motobob seems to just be a marketing soldier for the bike companies.

[@ralphwarom2514]

No big deal really. He explains what the bikes have to offer clearly. I dont mind him being paid for it.

[@vfarias]

Just unsubscribe the channel. Problem solved.

[@AB-kc3hg]

Test one, 3 minute is enough to understand he's not necessarly a 'marketing soldier'.

[@jayremi4384]

A 14 mns ad. I hope they paid you well.

[@tomblewomble3369]

Thoughts on riding this from outside London to central?

[@motobob]

Could be done but obviously you'll get stuck from time to time filtering, where other bikes would fit through. Also would only do it with secure parking, unless you get ASA so it can't be pushed away!

[@tomblewomble3369]

@motobob Thanks, yeah I can accept not always being able to filter. Will be moving to the sticks 20 miles outside of London so need something robust for carrying my wife and I over fast windy country roads in all weather and then the last 10 miles through to central London. I'm 100% getting the asa version if I go ahead. Really want to start touring too.

[@rcknrog1]

@@tomblewomble3369 I've ordered the ASA Triple Black

[@ShakyStevens-nc8td]

Unless you have somewhere secure to park it and chain it, I wouldn’t bother venturing into London as it will disappear very quickly. Trust me, I speak from experience.😮

[@j.h.arnold]

For me, it’s the plastic brake and shift levers. The Austrian YT channel “1000 PS” has a video where this amazing machinery slowly tipped over, severing the plastic shift lever and leaving the rider stranded in the middle of nowhere with no recourse. Great bike. Great review.

[@alpha9315]

The more I see it, the more I love it.

[@sandwaves5642]

What's the story with the plastic gear shifter ❓❓🤔🤔

[@ruudschut6286]

Thanks, I like this bike. Big, Bulky an Beautifull. 😎👍

[@charlesbradley2943]

Still can’t stop from seeing the BMW key fob slab side tank.

[@pierremartin9048]

Likely a great street bike, please do a video of picking it up yourself from a fall since taking this monster off road, you will fall off. Is it top heavy, just really heavy or is obscenely heavy. Load that bike up with another 80KG well good luck. Sales show, sorry.

[@AB-kc3hg]

10 kg more than an AT - DCT. So what is the point?

[@djidan1466]

What about the 9 things you don't like or have BMW insisted that you stick to the script?

[@motolover5697]

You never owned a GS, right?

[@rcknrog1]

@@motolover5697 BINGO

[@djidan1466]

@@motolover5697 Hahaha... might do very soon but not the GSA.... I do own a 6 month old BMW car and it's a bit hit and miss to be honest and I've not found the customer service to be great.... so at the moment unsure.

[@motolover5697]

@@djidan1466 BMW Motorrad is a different company than the one that does cars.

[@geoffbroderick403]

yammie noob review a honest opinion of the gs ,he was critical i guess his last bmw review

[@MV-XD2]

Bob. Repeat after me: A KRA PO VICH 😂

[@thomashoffmann9435]

What adventure helmet do you wear ? I like the look and the Visier :)

[@motobob]

Premier Discovery 👍

[@BillCook62]

It's so ugly you would park it in the dark and never look back. For my money i would buy the MG V85TT.

[@reginaldhenry3688]

I wish you mentioned the ASA option.

[@rcknrog1]

Plenty of vids out there...

[@RobertDevine-rg6uo]

Great video. Very informative

[@motobob]

Thanks for the kind words 🍻

[@kevinroark5815]

The toaster on wheels 😂

[@ujangjay6703]

Need time to Like it as 1200/1250 adventure

[@VelkePivo]

I like the looks from the side, but from the front it looks like you're carrying a pizza oven on the tank

[@simonbowen6653]

Saw one in the flesh today at Motorcycle Live. The stand was busy and it'll probably sell in big numbers but in my opinion in its massive, ugly and overpriced.

[@VelkePivo]

"I'm not exactly massively tall"? lol = "I'm a bit short."

[@frankspeakmore7104]

He should be trying to deliver that Ring to Mordor.

[@hookmaster1109]

Fitting you filmed this in amongst a bunch of cars since the bike costs and weighs about the same as a car.

[@SeanFisk]

You do some of the best reviews. Bravo sir. Thank you.

[@motobob]

Thanks Sean - appreciate the support! 🍻

[@drewmartinezart]

Triple black please.

[@mickhep]

284kg fully fuelled, good luck picking that up.

[@vstm3950]

this video should be called ADVERTISEMENT we don't take you serious and give credits when you just jizz around this bike not talking about flaws and issues. Every bike has do's and dont's. Fair enough if you informed at the beginning that this material is sponsored or comes with other benefits your way.

[@JohnJay1745]

Effusive!

[@rajatanand9120]

BMW commercial?

[@jag1963]

This felt like a commercial not a review.

[@mariuszuk79]

I don’t think they will sell many of them. Seems very focused machine. If you’re not doing lots of touring I’m sure how many rich people wants to wrestle with this one 😅 Personally would go for MG Stelvio as lighter and so much cheaper

[@sphyrnidus]

They sell like cookies in the Netherlands, there is a 4 months delivery time already.

[@ridgebackpilot]

It looks like a hippo mated with a microwave oven! 🤣

[@viktorkatona7521]

This is not a review, but marketing :-)

[@onecookieboy]

Welcome to KZbin, that's what these reviewers do. It's up to you to wade through the marketing blurb and make your own mind up. PS, the video does say '9 best features' so you were warned.

[@AB-kc3hg]

So why wasting time looking and commenting if it's just marketing?

[@viktorkatona7521]

Actually i stopped watching after a few minutes…:-).

[@marton_horvath]

Berlin to Paris in one tank!

[@iancharlton5530]

Fantastic machine 😊

[@michaelhall6930]

Ugliest production bike in history. Boo.

[@SarvanDhadhich]

So expensive Still it doesn’t have backlit buttons

[@philmccabe6196]

This is a great observation. Why don't they do it. The Multistrada does and it looks great!

[@affordsled]

How come motorcycle journalists so often says things like "It costs X thousand euros/pounds/crowns which means most bikers cannot afford one". I mean BMW and other large manufacturers spits out new bikes in the +20 000 Euro price level. I may be delusional, but at least in the area I mostly ride in brand new premium large capacity bikes are certainly no rarity.

[@logangodofcandy]

They sell a few thousand a year across the planet. Nobody really buys them in a single year.

[@Enviouslordshaxx]

The actual numbers show your anecdote is simply not the general experience. The vast majority do not spend or cannot buy modern bikes brand new. The average age of motorcycles in the road continues to get older and less young people are riding than ever before.

[@petewatson9866]

I agree with @Enviouslordshaxx, most people who buy these bikes get a PCP. Young riders will never get the insurance or the money to buy them. Another factor is that they can get in a car at 17, 21 for A2 license

[@affordsled]

@@petewatson9866 Well, I do not see how it is relevant if the buyer is 28 or 58. BMW and others still sells heaps of premium bikes. Financed money or not. Just because you finance a bike does not mean you cannot afford one. Of course economic conditions vary from country to country, but if you are 30 with a stable job and somehow cannot afford to buy 20 000 Euro motorcycle one should probable consider doing something about ones economic situation. If not cash, why not just extend the house mortgage by a small amount? It is barely noticeable on your monthly payments.

[@Tim_Tusk]

I don’t want one but I have to this made me hate it less. I know they are probably great at everything my issue is BMW lacks a soul when you ride them in general except the R18 that nobody wants

[@GenghisKhanrad]

This will make you the coolest guy at the local coffee shop.

[@frankspeakmore7104]

and also a full tank of fuel will last all year.

[@Rainer.M67]

Much cooler, if BMW offers a coffee cup holder for the left or right tank plate to make the automated highway ride still more cozy 😉

[@stalbansbiker]

Or maybe an around the world trip after your coffee

[@stalbansbiker]

I think this bike will become another icon

[@ZinoAmare]

What about 9 things you hate.

[@marcelisujecki4707]

What? No mention of the ASA?😮

[@motobob]

Got a separate video coming with the standard GS with ASA, but this GSA was manual 👍

[@Angelos_yu]

34k euro plus 3k for cases. R they nutz. Btw i found out few weeks ago that full spec 1250 GSA was 15K euro price for dealer, everything else is dealer markup.

[@motolover5697]

You never found a new R1250GSA for this price.

[@rcknrog1]

It's pricey but you are exaggerating the base price by thousands of euro... You are also lying about the 1250 price

[@Angelos_yu]

@@rcknrog1 Read again.

[@Angelos_yu]

@@motolover5697 It's dealer/distributor price as i said.

[@Angelos_yu]

@@rcknrog1 I ve got mine for 26k, my friend got his for 23k. So distributor made 8k profit.

[@MotoRiderTube]

Such a boring scenario, surrounded by cages and everything is grey and dull - a true brand image if I've ever seen one.

[@J.Harry.T]

Sorry, but it is ridiculous.

[@jorgecgonzalez9976]

It's ugly from the side, front, it's just ugly.

[@urbanstrencan]

BMW lost it with design, RoboCop vibes to me

[@WheelieGoodTV]

Enjoyed that overview Bob. This is a bike that is really growing on me. 👌🏍️

[@_Archambaud]

Is it a diesel because it sounds like one,my old air cooled runs sweeter

[@MrVijay0611]

I think I will stick with my old donkey (Himalayan 411)

[@frankspeakmore7104]

No doubt on the move the weight is not noticeable. But two up, three box's, at petrol stn forecourts, cafe car parks, Alpine hairpins, that's when this bikes weight will lose to gravities sense of humour.

[@TwoGoTouring]

I’ve done everything you said with my wife on the back of a 1250 GSA which is only 1kg lighter than the 1300. Just saying 👍

[@motolover5697]

Boxer BMWs have low center of gravity, no problem to ride for someone that has some basic skills.

[@rcknrog1]

You can't ride!

[@MotoRiderTube]

This bike is great for people who love driving a car

[@cruze86]

What’s the difference between 1300 GS and 1300 GSA?

[@nslrdz]

1300gs (good lookin) for the cool people and 1300gsa (ugly looking) for boomers

[@lampara453]

Hi, hope you notice me ...

[@extraordinarywolf320]

I will look really cool in Starbucks telling the people I just came from the Himalayas! lol

[@geoffbroderick403]

will never be stolen ,to heavy to lift ,to ugly to steel

[@theopapathanasiou1261]

From £18800… yeah right…. What you are showing is more like £25k

[@peterconnell3162]

Looks like a microwave on wheels!.

[@DouglasRosser]

Neat motorcycle but who the hell wants to wrestle 296kg!?

[@rcknrog1]

269

[@savr1200gs]

I do

[@AB-kc3hg]

296? it's 269: 10kg more that a AT with DCT. Wrestle? Buy a trial bike then!

[@theflyingyetti_666]

Yes it’s not the prettiest bike but none of the GSs are pretty

[@elithegreat6463]

A Toaster oven with Wheels...BMW need to make a V-4 perhaps, to finally let this agricultural Motor End gracefully.

[@user-ge2it7do7g]

So ugly 🤢🤢🤢

[@kbach2946]

It seems like a very capable bike with a lot of features, but it’s ugly - especially the tank. Looks like a 2 wheeled tractor.

[@Jungleland33]

If this was the only bike in existence, I'd walk, cycle, or get a horse first. Belongs on a building site rather than the road. Pig ugly and will be due a recall before New Year no doubt.

[@Enduro-Life]

You obviously never had one or ridden one , your comment says a lot about your lack of knowledge . 😂

[@rcknrog1]

This bike will be my 3rd GS and you are full of it.

[@carlosspena03]

💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸 commercial

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

Worse bike on the market today.

[@geoffbroderick403]

the most ridiculous bike it's huge top heavy ,ugly,overpriced, overweight, it's not a bike lost all diffenision of motorcycle riding

[@SBO-sbo13]

How much have you been paid for that pub, sorry, review...

[@igorcepkow5529]

Pure propaganda..:-(((

[@budgiebee7530]

the design is very unique ... which is good!

[@philjoreilly1]

That's one ugly bike

[@UHTMK3579]

Useless bike waste of money

[@deanchan1053]

first!