The BMW 1300GS Adventure Has One EXPENSIVE Problem

[@LongWayHome]

👉 Get 10% OFF on all Cardo products with code "LWH" on cardosystems.com

[@UKDagnar]

Bikes being the same price as a car is killing the industry, they need to do something about pricing before it's too late. Tons of bike showrooms closing in UK.

[@kwakithailand]

Bring a cheaper (with only basic gadgets/safety features) bike to the market and the majority of the younger folks won't even look at it 🤷

[@kseth6992]

and bikes the size of cars ….

[@ioandragulescu6063]

well, it's simple. Don't buy them. Stick to reasonably priced 800s and the likes and enjoy them.

[@dubravkojanusic6996]

You can get a Honda Transalp, or Suzuki Vstrom 800 for round 10.000,00 €. I drive Transalp 700. It's enough for everything. No need to buy BMW for 30.000, €.

[@Deadmouse83]

R1300GS is not for everybody. If you cant afford it, just buy something chinese.

[@akungwelly]

That GSA 1250 in the corner shade looks more appealing then this 1300

[@Dazza-u4c]

it is than this 1300. Why do so many people get than and then mixed up ?

[@Man-In-The-Home-Stretch]

by a mile

[@martintynan4114]

I don't need or want all the electronic gizmo's that run up the price to unaffordable levels. They need to offer a base model without all that frivolous junk at an affordable price. Oh...and include the panniers.

[@gregorymcnear6474]

When this bike breaks down and your service plan has expired, start walking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This will cost the earth to repairs. My 2014 doesn't even have a bull shit service reminder which is a perk for all retards riding motorcycles. My bike is equipped with ALL the critical info 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kostadinpantev]

@@martintynan4114 BMW won't, but the Chinese will.

[@PhilippensTube]

Why do you look at this bike then? Imagine I'd go to a Ferrari dealer and say 'I don't need the V12 and all the expensive thing, just give me a practical town car'. I'd be sent away to another dealer, another brand. BMW doesn't make simple and cheap bikes. Go elsewhere.

[@23DuDe]

I personally love the smaller exhaust. Smaller the better!

[@KevInTheAlps]

This is the only design feature on the gsa that is attractive! 😂

[@markust8904]

I would assume that the smaller exhaust would be more compatible when you add the luggage design on that side so it fits without ovelapping.

[@dimekoza]

Why would anyone want a bigger muffler?! That's stupid, it's just takes room and makes one of the panniers smaller. I would prefer it if it doesn't exist at all.

[@shanebrooks9247]

Looks like the 1250gs is my last BMW. Done with the distracting technology overkill and the weight.

[@adinovak2352]

Buy a basic model then. What’s the problem??? Aaaa, you’ll be the only one in the world. 😂

[@shanebrooks9247]

@@adinovak2352 The problem is the older I'm getting the heavier these bikes feel. I'm sure the big girl will sell by the ship load. Cheers

[@someguy9520]

Funnily enough the 1300 is lighter than the 1250 But yeah i get that Th GS is becoming more and more a goldwing

[@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC]

@@adinovak2352 Biggest problem is that thing is hideous. My 1250GS will obviously be my last big BMW for a while. I aint riding that abomination.

[@AndyPat239]

too big too expensive trying too hard..

[@neighborsgoat]

4:33 "It's a big BEAUTIFUL rhino of a bike". Yeah, just as beautiful as a rhino can get :D

[@andeanrider6355]

And if you dont pay the annual sudscription to up date the soft ware every year the bike wont run. BMW have got you.

[@elithegreat6463]

Looks like a Toaster over with wheels......No Thanks

[@jamesonpace726]

Although I heartily approve of your choice of band t-shirt....

[@kwakithailand]

Exactly, I rather wear his tee instead of riding that hideous bike 😂

[@jsprite123]

At first I thought BMW had placed an old K-bike "Brick" engine where the gas talk would be!

[@gregorymcnear6474]

I owned a 2004 K 1200GT, the most uncomfortable bike I have ever owned, even the position of the foot pegs were stupid

[@Boxer1250RT]

Only the actual sales numbers will tell if this design is successful or not. Until then everything else is meaningless.

[@jamesdumas6602]

71 here with a bad knee (from kick starting bikes old Harley's and dirt bikes for 40 years) still riding an 2008 KLR and a 2010 FLHTK. What I'd like to see is a Dual Sport bike with Shaft Drive like the BMW's or the Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 with a REVERSE gear. Why wouldn't BMW instead, of adding all the electronics and radar crap put a reverse gear into the GS's? When I'm out trail riding, when you get stuck in the mud or sand a reverse gear would be so helpful.

[@ConcoursOne]

I think a shaft drive ADV Bike with tubeless tires in 750-800 cc With CC , ABS , and forget rest of the not needed electronics , would fly off show room floors. Right Now Moto Guzzi TT85 only bike in this arena and their dealer support is just too small

[@noelbowerman1562]

A face only a mother could love

[@gregorymcnear6474]

Spot on

[@onecookieboy]

I would have one in a heartbeat, love it, just can't justify the cost right now. I imagine it would be amazing to ride.

[@otlndsh]

Here's an idea. The rear lights should be EVEN SMALLER. 🤨

[@staudio]

Maybe it's one of those "looks better in person", will be interesting to see how it sells in its maiden year.

[@thor8640]

The GS definitely shrunk, I am 6.3 and it felt small - doubt this would feel much bigger. Due to it's ugliness I could never bring myself to buy one, same for the HD Pan AM. The all in one tail lights are a huge SAFETY ISSUE to me and NEED TO BE REPLACED BY BMW ASAP. Turn signals MUST be separate from the tail/brake light. This all in one nonsense must stop now.

[@Bikerbug2020]

Now the PanAm actually looks better than the GSA and GS

[@limadelta2]

Totally agree with the idiotic turn signal/brake light combo. I have a Clearwater Billie light on my RT just because of the cagers that text while driving. Why, oh why, would you want to have such small tail lights?

[@Dazza-u4c]

You sir is just about the only You tubers that can pronounce Akrapovic correctly. 👍

[@Lecruque]

Are

[@h22atransplant]

Just a correction ,Harley Pan Am lowers itself AUTOMATICALLY you dont manually do it yourself

[@wraymogg]

The ride heigh is 790/810mm -895/915mm (depending on seat and suspension options). The comfort option you mentioned is not the low seat. The normal adaptive heigh control, lowers the bike on stop with 30 mm. The comfort adaptive height control has another 20 mm of fixed lowering. The lower seat height option gives you another 20 mm. You also have an option under the seat to lower it more, or change the angle of the seat. When you add all of these you get a minimum of 790 mm. This is 10 mm lower than a normal 1300 GS... Also the price in Romania for a full option is even higher than 27k. Mine is 29.588 EUR...

[@TheZanshen]

Il stick with my 1200x V4 cross tourer DCT .

[@Alexanderpaal67]

The mighty Crosstourer! Am on my second DCT model & it suits Me perfectly. (Am 180cm tall) Great comfortable Tourer that You can take offroad just mind the 300kg weight, suitable tires & protection… Am wishing for a new & upto date Crosstourer one of these fine days. Whishlist: Name: VFR1300X Crosstourer DCT Weight:Max 260kg including DCT & Fuel. All goodies from the current Honda Adventure flagship the Africa Twin AS & more. Adaptive cruise control & Electronic Suspension. The Power Of Dreams ❤️

[@___SSS___]

My brain can't understand why there is no storage space in rectangular side tank shrouds.

[@jeanjacques9980]

The main issue for me these days relates to security, 20-40 years ago you could park your bike anywhere and it would be there on return even parked overnight on the streets. Insurance is incredible due to theft risk and cost of bikes, look at how security on cars has improved since 1970s. RT has had an electric screen since at least the mid 1990s and still the switchgear is not illuminated. I’d rather have a twin spark 1150 GSA with cruise control, less likely to be stolen, who needs all the electronics which will probably fail and with 1200s onwards you can not afford for the bike not to be covered by a warranty, although bmw are now changing drive shafts every K60km.

[@DavidRodriguesOfficial_]

In fact the lowest you can get is 790mm seat height. With low seat plus adaptive height control system.

[@rthoc71]

In many ways BMW trying to compete with the market leader in sales in Europe, Honda out sells BMW even in Germany, as a DCT convert myself it's brilliant system. U get impression that new Honda E-Clutch on CB650R is also been copied with options on this BMW bike, the Saftey about alert to obstruction or cars approaching seems similar to Radar system fitted on Yamaha Tracer 900 GT

[@Man-In-The-Home-Stretch]

I can imagine the staff meeting at BMW where bikes are greenlighted.. President: "It's been a long time since we've had a bike on the Top 10 UGLIEST motorcycles of all-time list (R1200C), so what do we DO about that?" GSA lead-designer: "Don't worry, boss - I got you!" R-20 concept paint manager: "Hold my beer!"

[@motorcyclistfromholland8856]

I have a 1200gs “c and loving it. As one of the few I do like this GSA design BUT come on the pricing has become insane.

[@beaulunawolf1198]

The screen complaint makes no sense. It's sharp, easy to read, and has a ton of features packed in. You might as well forget the Carplay thing. HD stopped offering it, and more will probably follow due to regulations.

[@DonGoldstein-b7q]

The Swiss Army knife of motorcycles!

[@neilbradshaw8008]

I agree about the exhaust, it looks too small

[@cozysouth]

Can’t wait to see the Lego model

[@ErikR1979]

All that wind protection is on the standard 1300GS. I have it standard on mine.

[@jamesonpace726]

At 1/2 the price & 1/4 the weight of a used car, it's hard to get excited about the NewEss....

[@dkw1254]

An around the world bike and it weighs 269kg wet+ plus luggage. I don't think so. Make sure you ride with a weight lifter

[@TheInterflex]

I looked at a PCP on the non adventure version. £3500 down and 36 payments of £200, that's £10,700 over three years of ownership (or non-ownership since you have to give it back at the end). £10,700 divided by 3 (years) divided by 15 (about how many times I get out in the summer) = £237 per ride. Make your own mind up but I think that's expensive for a Sunday afternoon out in Derbyshire dales.

[@adinovak2352]

Wow, so rational… I guess you must have a very boring life. Wonderful moments in life are priceless, remember that.

[@peterdane9138]

This is why Voge and CF Moto are exciting. Look at their price. If they are reliable and don’t fall apart. Other makes need to look out.

[@johnoconnor5581]

My 05 GS standard is 495 lbs fully fueled and that includes a center stand, hand guards, bash plate, rear rack, and tubeless spoke wheels. I can’t see anything about the 1300GS that would make me want to pay for one or own one

[@lS-xv6qn]

Adaptive ride height comfort with low seat is a seat height of 790mm lowest setting.

[@splodge57]

Dont like it. So I just saved myself €27,000. 😂

[@KevInTheAlps]

Not me. The MultiStrada now beckons. And that is just as pricey, but so much better looking. 😎

[@carlarthur4442]

Wow that's serious money .

[@m.f.m.67]

"Robo Cop helmet." Ha! I heard that.

[@danielbuchanan5327]

I thought the Harley Davidson also lowered automatically?

[@roncoleman8351]

The beak is too square…waiting for the after market to fix it.

[@ErikR1979]

The Harley Pan America will automatically lower at a stop and raise at speed, just like the BMW... or should I say the BMW will do like the Harley as the Pan America was the first to introduce this.

[@SaxUpYourLife]

BMW should have dubt it the LEGO GS 😂

[@akungwelly]

Downfall of Harley was because of its stubborn nature , BMW should learn something out of it and accept that they have done a big blunder to its ADV design.

[@Bikerbug2020]

Both the 1300GS and GSA are awful…The 1250GSA definitely looks 1000% better than the new version.

[@martinhughes9769]

This bike is a crazy piece, too expensive for most riders, can't see many being sold in Wales 😢

[@saddle8bag]

Wrong tee shirt. Heaven and Hell was Black Sabbath. The only part of that discombobulated conglomeration that doesn't offend my retinas is the little exhaust can.

[@Alexanderpaal67]

🤘

[@mikedignum1868]

It's better in the flesh than in the photos, but I still wouldn't buy one over my 1250GS. It's too expensive and has too many bells and whistles. There are some great prices here in the UK on used 1250GS/GSA as people change over to the 1300s.

[@daveb2wright]

It's ugly as....! I see they have used some of the design cues from their electric range.

[@OV-1]

Anyone who has seen the new GS 1300 Adventure in real life will quickly forget the old 1250 Adventure.😊

[@UltimateDazzle]

I have seen it up close and frankly to my eyes it’s just about the ugliest motorcycle I’ve ever seen

[@JordyStone]

The 1300 is as ugly as ugly cash get the 10 1250 looks easily to best the 1300 is ugly not much can beat it in how ugly it is.

[@dundonrl]

Till you look at the price tag!

[@mohammedalawadhi5093]

You are lucky there in our country they sell for $35000 without boxes 😢

[@Alexanderpaal67]

What is a short rider exactly ?

[@cipryan96]

les than 1.80

[@frankspeakmore7104]

It's missing a Turret and two tracks.

[@UltimateDazzle]

😂😂😂😂

[@GreyBeardOnTwoWheels]

Hello from Norway. Thanks for taking the time to show us around the bike. I do agree with you on every point about the pricing of the new R1300GSA, Since I have a 2022 R1250GSA 40 year anniversary with most of the 719 aded you can't stop the configurator on the new basic bike. If you configure the new bike with all the options like my bike and of course with the new ASA the leap up to the new bike is like looking at the stars trying to reach it! YOU WILL NEVER GET THERE! In Norway a fully loaded, option 719 new R1300GSA costs 503.000,- NOK and that's 41.900,- EUR. That's more than many would pay for this kind of bike! If I win the lottery it might be the next bike for me!

[@billsinclair6515]

I have had an 1150 GS, 2 x 1200 LC GSA and a1250 GSA i dont want a 1300 sorry. wait til they run out of warranty? KTM have had a decent 1300 for years and recently updated it and it will what this thing does for raod touring and with luggage

[@TwoGoTouring]

Call it ugly now but in a years time or sooner you’ll look at the old GSA and see it as dated. Cars, motorbikes … they’ve all changed over the years and our attitudes with them. Says he who has just traded my GSA1250 for the new 1300 with ASA 😂

[@Fatcatztravel1250]

Gross bike, always will be..

[@richard3803]

Surely only a face a mother could love! 😂

[@kwakithailand]

Your T-shirt is better than that overpriced Bavarian crap 😂

[@sandwaves5642]

Have you noticed if the gear - foot lever - is made of metal, or plastic ?

[@fabiena1787]

5:22 Oh, buddy... 10 liters of fuel certainly don't weigh 10 kg!

[@LongWayHome]

7kg. Fair enough.

[@godfreytomlinson2282]

Long way home guy is best motorcycle reviewer, excluding fortnine

[@MrFlowerfred]

And motobob

[@godfreytomlinson2282]

@@MrFlowerfred Nah, Motobob pisses me off

[@cp4512]

Yes it’s expensive, but it’s also ugly as sin 🤮

[@richardwitherstone7396]

To expensive, to complicated, pcp only? No ones going to want it past warranty, good luck to anyone that wants one 😉

[@hardcorerider4341]

Main question is... How the hell did they bring that behemoth upstairs 🤔 🤔 🤔

[@MH-xd2nd]

Square and blocky never works around the front end of a bike. Bike designers have been producing beautiful curved designs for decades. Bikes look better with curves. It seems that modern designers have forgotten this and are inheriting the sh*tty blocky ugly square SUV car design into bikes. Who cares how good it is or not? The sheep will hoover it up on finance and it’ll hit the top of the sales charts. I can’t think of a more pointless bike in production… and I have thought long and hard 😂

[@berticusmaximus8381]

Why would you want a bigger exhaust? That make no sense to me.

[@alrightdave6135]

Plenty of recalls already.

[@splodge57]

It's a BMW, what's new.

[@erezyoal]

The most expensive part in bmw Motorcycle is the warenty (or Lake of)

[@wilduc7302]

Price isn’t a problem; just finance it…..lol.

[@timothyupleger7007]

Butt ugly! My R1250GSA's value just shot up.

[@alrightdave6135]

Doubt it

[@adinovak2352]

Only in your head😂

[@Waldo1122]

Yet the 1250GSA value is at $14k...

[@Jungleland33]

Absolutely hideous.......but that won't deter the people who only drive to Starbucks from buying it.

[@MrFlowerfred]

I'm buying one. I can guarantee I go further afield on it than you.

[@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff]

The Harley Adaptive Suspension is automatic?

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

It is. No difference function-wise. He should do more research.

[@KevInTheAlps]

Oooh the meerkat posers are going to be posing, happily standing on the footpegs, feeling the adventure in the urban jungle 😁 Let them be happy I say. But sorry, this bike is hideous!! The 1300 is by far the better looking bike now. The gs has been struck off my short list now, and the multistrada moved up into top spot.

[@mb3952]

Not too worried about the looks but I think BMW product planners might have misread the market with both 900 and 1300 GSAs being way too heavy. Think there is a big market for a 190-200kg GSA. Bring it on!

[@an-shunlin2473]

a 800 boxer shaft drive round 10k that woud be a killer bike

[@kwakithailand]

​@@an-shunlin2473shaft drive doesn't make a bike really appealing to many 🤷

[@adinovak2352]

You only have an opinion, they have data, analysis, research outcomes

[@shanebrooks9247]

@@mb3952 It's called a HP2 and I was really hoping the GSA would be something closer to that. How good would an updated 800 be with top line suspension.

[@ck166666]

A litre of petrol weighs about 0.75kg not 1kg

[@KirkAnderson-l3i]

I think I’ll stick with my trusty 2008 1200gs. Don’t need or want electronic gimmicks and dramas. Bad enough the Government is hell bent on dumbing down society, now more and more of our bikes / vehicles are thinking for us. BMW please bring back a bare bones GS with none of the crap you keep adding.

[@muhammadibnkilab7026]

I agree with you, its a pile of junk on wheels....

[@Fatcatztravel1250]

Such an ugly bike...

[@raycollington4310]

There is nothing about this product that appeals to me or makes me want one. I wouldn't take this bike far away from the dealer. The university automotive design graduates, creative thinkers and cost reduction specialists have been given too much rope on this one.

[@lold6130]

That's one fugly bike.

[@stevelawrie9115]

Totally disagree with your assessment of the exhaust can. Personally I hate bikes with huge garbage cans.

[@brianwilliams3231]

It really is an ugly duckling

[@SKYRIDER675]

Harley drops automatically as well.

[@josech]

🤮🤮🤮

[@stevenjones6975]

So What's the expensive problem then.

[@enricohagn]

How about that shaft drive?

[@rodneydoak]

Bike shops need to sell more than just bikes ,while you have stupid reviewer's telling people to buy their accessories from companies like Temu you are going to lose more .If you don't want to see them go support them.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Theres no way anyone will pick this monster weight up, if they drop it , in the middle of nowhere, on their own, in deep mud! So calling it an "adventure bike" is quite app! Don't get me wrong BMW make excellent bikes, but they are way too big, heavy and expensive!

[@m.f.m.67]

The one problem is it's Expensive! (Well, that and it's kinda ugly, even for a GS!!🤣)

[@celsoescobar9630]

WOW ! That's really UGLY ! I'll keep my 2022 GS 1250 Sport for some more years...

[@jimthompson717]

BMW's claim to fame, what makes them distinct, is the ugliness of their cars and motorcycles.

[@ruimiguelteixeira4058]

Naaaa. Sorry I'll either go to something austrian or italian. Wiedersehen ...

[@Ljbuddy12]

The entire design team should be fired! Ugliest redesign I have ever seen.

[@rthoc71]

Been about weight saving as emissions get strichter having bigger engine compensates but u have be careful not increase weight of the bike. Big weighty bike no fun off road, plus BMW know how successful Honda been with reintroduce Africa Twin very popular off road bigger capacity bike.

[@Waldo1122]

@@rthoc71 The Africa Twin is successful because of the DCT...

[@MandelloUK]

Ditch the GS and buy a quad bike instead lol...if you want a fun bike, buy a Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello S...adventure bikes are just pointless!

[@mojo4376]

The problem is it’s hideously ugly

[@a9503128]

Looks awesome, the older GS will look pretty aged pretty quickly when these hit the roads

[@starionsylvestre131]

This BMW is completely the opposite of what I would want for riding. If you want something like this get into a car! I am not a BMW hater, I own an older model, which I can maintain a lot by myself. This is too complex and way to expensive.

[@GPR111]

As a " serial GS owner" I can say I have no desire to have this or even the std version. I think they are just so ugly and a bit cheapo looking, putting aside the big prices. The new safety tech is very good but if you are relying on sensors to watch your blind spot and look out for being rear ended, maybe you should consider an advanced rider course... This technology and the auto transmission or clutchless shifting are making everyone quite lazy I think. I prefer to really "ride"the bike myself but its getting to be like you are just a passenger who is monitoring rather than being very active anymore... 🤔 I cant help but feel that biking is becoming very sterile with all the gadgetry now on offer. I rode one of my 20 year old bikes the other day and it felt great and really quite refreshing ( not even abs or cruise.... I actually had to think a bit more which is FUN )

[@ADVnarrator]

Kol