BMW R1250GS Adventure Review - Around the UK in 48hrs
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2019
- I've been dying to do the new BMW R1250GS Adventure review, so when Coopers BMW in Tonbridge Wells offered up their spanking new demo bike, I jumped at the chance and decided to tackle the 'Full Monty' - around the UK in 48hrs ride.
This is an Iron Butt Association class ride, similar to the RBLR1000 I do most years but on steroids, so I thought it was the perfect way to test the new BMW R1250GS adventure.
However as you can see in the vid, things didn't quite go to plan.
Hope you enjoy the vid folks, keep SUBSCRIBING, keep SHARING, keep LIKING, and keep letting me know what you think in the COMMENTS section below!
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GUTTED! Utterly gutted for you! Another great video, thank you for sharing the adventure! I was rooting for you, especially through the service station rest stops! Cant imagine how tired you must have been! Your determination is inspirational! Ride safe, Buddy
Cheers lads, glad you enjoyed it.
Hope we manage to sort that meet-up this year too 👍
@@teapotone As soon as I back on the road we will be in touch to arrange something! Looking forward to your up coming trip to Spain!
Can't believe this is only a year ago - it's a fantastic video, but the quality of your videos is just another level now. Amazing progress is such a short space of time - love your work mate!
Hi again Bruce, quite an inspirational vid! You just came off night duty and then went to tackle a 48 hour ride round the UK in the middle of winter is no mean aim! In that weather too! The fact the bike (even the new 1250 BMW Adventure) packed in first gives you enormous credit. How you kept your cool is a miracle. I’ve joined the Clan now and continue to look forward to your various adventures. All the very best Bruce. Yours aye, Alan
Alan thank you very much bud, really do appreciate your support.
Yeah the plan wasn’t to have done Nights the night before but unfortunately work must come first at times so that’s that.
I don’t know if I’d have succeeded in the challenge but would have given it my best shot.
Looking forward to trying again soon 😉👍
Well it remains quite an adventure and I wish you well as always. Looking forward to your Torro Adventure trip with the other guys. I’ve met TMF (who has been extraordinarily helpful with advice on bikes - I’m a 2018 back to the biker after a 27 year gap) and Rich Vida (Wildbad Xmas Party!!) and they both appear to be great guys. Stay safe. Yours aye, Alan
Truly a warrior, especially after a night shift!👍(know 'em well) Well done given the circumstances Bruce. Be safe.
Just watched this again Brucey ... great stuff !
Awesome video, I was tired just thinking about this challenge. You done well to do what you did, pity the bike played up. Enjoyed this, cheers.
Great video. Gutted about the last part
This video just highlighted my biggest fear of these BMW motorcycles. I too, was stranded due to electrical problems on my BMW R1200RT once in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico. I have lost my trust on that bike and was planning on picking up one of these. Now I am having second thoughts on BMW's. Their long term reliability has gone down the lower end of the totem pole due to electrical issues across their whole lineup. What a shame. :-(
Personally I’ve not had a single issue with my last 2 GS’s having ridden them solid almost everyday, all year long. In any weather and in over 50,000 miles.
Until such times that I do have an issue and resulting customer service that I feel is unsatisfactory, they’ll continue to have my business and customer loyalty.
Thanks for giving your real feed back ,I did booked 1 but will cancel the idea now.
Thanks for your input of putting these great videos together Bruce 👍👍 like m a lot! I’ve just ordered my 1250 adventure Hp and so looking forward riding it here in Spain (where we have sunshine..) minimal 6 weeks till delivery 🤪 all the best and hope to see part 2 of you completing the trip🍀🍀!! Regards Dennis
Thanks Dennis, that HP paint scheme is beautiful 👍
Bruce you are the MAN! This is the thing that makes you feel alive (very tired but alive) last year i got up at 3am, do my shift, got home, maybe a quick nap, meet up with a friend and rode 300 km to meet some other guy, go to sleep at midnight, woke up at 5, do 600+ km of Lazzoduro (wich is a pretty cool thing!)! Exausting but really cool!
Wazzock, reminded me of my Dad he used to love the word lol, great video as usual, I was following your progress at the time , shame you didn't get to complete , did check the challenge out and might have ago at it later in the year myself , have a great time in Spain
Great Video Bruce, was impressed that you managed to bump it off given the electronic failures. Hope you can attempt Iron Butt 4 corners ride again at some future date.
That was a top effort, fair play. looking forward to the rematch!
So good Bruce love it and incredible effort. Shame the battery went fubar 😖 looking forward to round two!!
Cheers Chops! Come with me if you want? 😉
Great ride video, glad to see you enjoyed the new 1250. They are very deceptively fast & smooth. Great attempt after & swing of nights. I see you r still in "the job".....20yrs was enough for me. Keep the reviews coming.
Cheers Johnno, aye I’m still in, thought about leaving quite a few times but a job is a job and the mortgage needs paying no matter what. 😉
Brilliant video again mate love the 1250 gutted it didn’t work out,roll on the summer when you try again.👍
Cheers Mark 👍
oh what a spirit man, what a spirit..... keep it up!
Dunno how a stumbled upon this channel but I’m glad I did, it’s an absolutely gem, just got my CBT after 19 years of driving, like starting from scratch 😅 keep up the great content
Cheers Dozer, welcome to the channel bud and welcome to the biking world 👍👏
@@teapotone thanks mate
Loving your vids dude!
Keep em up A*
Class tunes too 👌
Cheers Paul 👍
Loving your commentary 👍. Just a tad damp out there, nice and homely feel for us Picts 😂
Well done for being so fair with your review in terms of giving BMW the chance to explain the fault. It was so icy in Scotland on the days you were doing the challenge it would probably of slowed progress down to much anyway. Looking forward to your vids in 2019
Cheers Stuart, aye I doubt very much I’d have completed the challenge ride anyway due to the weather.
Better luck next time though 😉👍
Good effort teapot like you say it wasn’t meant to be 💪. Look forward to the next attempt.
Good effort and an enjoyable video.
Thanks James 👍
Another great vid. Fair play to you undertaking that journey, serious effort!
Pity the bike didn’t make it, lucky you weren’t out in the desert in Morocco! If you’re ever doing a trip around Ireland put the word out 👍👍
Thanks Chris, I’m hoping to get to Ireland this year so will make sure I let everyone know on the various platforms I use - here, stories, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook 👍
Mad. Just watched your video on 9th February and had the same breakdown yesterday (10th) on my 1250HP Rallye. Luckily, Ocean Plymouth were FABULOUS as ever. They set up a job card ready for my arrival and within the hour, all was rectified. Knackered battery changed at BMW's expense. Thanks Olivia, Bill and the mechanic. I would also agree that backlit buttons would be a great addition. I'm not sure why they wouldn't be. One minor issue is nothing when you have experienced the ride that this is lol. Great video btw.
Great effort dude. Technical difficulties especially electrical ones are buggers. Favourite bit is you saying about your RWT and that bike managing it fine but new BMW struggles to do 1 days riding.... our trip to Germany last year... my 18 year old Zx6R was faultless but mates brand new R1 sooked all the life out of the battery whenever we stopped.
Great video Bruce. It is really emotion provoking when these things happen, but these things do happen with a very small percentage of new bikes/cars etc (across all manufacturers). Sometimes all the tech is a downfall when something as simple as the battery fails so all systems shut down to a "safe mode". Look forward to the re-attempt!!
Thanks Reece 👍
Good effort Teapot and better luck with the _battery_ on whichever bike you use next time 👍
Enjoyed the vid. Thanks.
Does the Tft screen auto dim at night ( or change to night mode) ??
Heated Gillet,life changing👍
gutted for you mate, a great trip and was going so well up until the bike failed, i really feel for you. was pretty hairy when the headlight went off.
great video though and looking forward to seeing the future adventures!
Cheers Viking 👍
Great vid Bruce just a pity it went pear shaped mid journey, you were also lucky that the light chucked it when it did cause that looks like a national speed limit sign where you finally stopped, dread to think what could have happened otherwise, all the best for 2019 & your possible upgrade of Helga.
Hope you are going to give it another go. I opted in for the GSA HP after giving it a good tesdrive, watching Your and TMS's reviews. It will be handed over sometimes late Aug. It will be my 4th Bimmer. I am aware there might be issues, but I have my faith in the system. I had no major problems on my previous ones (F800S, K1300S, C650GT), smaller ones have been properly taken care of.
Your welsh sounded like me over Christmas..when everyone forced booze down my throat 🤪..excellent video Bruce 😎👍👍
Ha Ha, good effort. I bet you resisted as best you could too though right? 😉👍
@@teapotone 😜resistance is useless Bruce 🍺👍
Bad luck Bruce good video you didn’t let around the world set you back so we will be seeing some more of the iron butt 👍
Great video. Everything happens for a reason as they say!
Beautiful bike Bruce
Unfortunately out of a lot of people’s price range including mine but it’s nice to dream
Fantastic video editing by the way 👍🏻
Stay lucky 🏴💪🏻🏴
30:27 “vehicle voltage low”. This was where all sorts of warning ⚠️ lights and failures went on. Feel bad for you, Bruce. Glad to know you finished the trip with a big smile!
Cracking video Bruce, I really enjoyed that , shame about the battery tho , the positive is you will have another crack at it , hopefully during better weather
Cheers Craig, yep I’ll give it another go ASAP bud 👍
Well against all odds you was going well,shame about the bike giving up 😢 I think you were just to hardcore for it fella 😂 look forward to seeing you getting it done at some point soon. Ride Safe & Enjoy
Great video and looking forward to you having another crack at the challenge, later in the year.
Never owned a BMW and wouldn't mind a test ride on the R1250R 👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Better luck next time Bruce and hopefully the weather gods will be on your side too
Great vid mate shame about the battery issue .sure you will smash it on your next attempt .maybe when it's a bit warmer 😉 enjoy Spain looking forward to the vid with everyone say hi to Lindon 👍
Thanks bud, will do 👍
Bike looks as utilitarian as your accent.
Love your video 😀👍
Tea pot one, you are brilliant sir. Your vids and commentary are highly entertaining. =oD
That’s very kind Craig, thank you 👍👏
What a lively debate this has opened !! You might get your own back when I do Pyrenees with you next year. Love a bit of banter
Looking forward to it bud
I have to do the power naps these days. My eyesight would let me down on a trip like that. You must have good vision Bruce. Great edit 👍
Just goes to show how vulnerable you are with all this high tech!! Good back up by BMW recovery, I have been recovered once by them and the service was very good, but it does make you think. Sometimes simpler is better. Hope you get to have another go, with some better weather.
Damn!! Bruce, perhaps that was a sign from the Gods ... they were saying "Don't do it now! Give it a go in summer when the conditions are much more favourable!" :) Looking forward to the next one. Btw, my mate and I were just at Loomies this morning - great breakfast.
Oh Dear Bruce. We have all been there fella but out of your hands. I would not even attempt that trip any way so a big up for trying. Look forward to your coming Spain jaunt with some of your fellow Vlogers so onward and upward.
Thanks Paul 👍
That blows mate, good effort though esp after a night shift you mad barsteward!!
Thanks for that , i was thinking to get one but that video very disappointed me if it was me on somewhere remote area 🤨you did well thanks.
True brother that was quite disappointing from BMW part. Me too canceled the idea of purchasing one.
Excellent review of the New GS ... 👌
Thanks Shane 👍
Oh, how I miss that weather :). Down to 15 deg C at night here and I wake up shivering!
Ha Ha, honest I’m not jealous.
🤬👍
Bruce you should do a 2nd part just with the most recent GSA just were you left this one. I think this is the 3rd time I am watching this lol ! COVID lock down will do that to you 🤟👍🍻
Oh mate. My heart was *nearly* as heavy as yours when it sank in that the bike was fubarred.... What an absolute nightmare. Could feel your tiredness, and then routed for ya when you decided to "go for it"... Oh well. Safe and sound, at least. See you soon, my friend!
Ha Ha thanks brother! Aye I was gutted but I reckon it did me a favour as Scotland was really bad with snow and ice apparently, so I’d only have crashed! 🤣
Can’t wait for Spain dude, it’s going to be #epic
Get practising your, “Loooook at thaaaaat!” 😉👍
i follow you and teapotone also tmf looking forward to what you guy's produce on video
RichyVida I offered cakes 🍰 hence the drive to get on with it. 🤣
Ha Ha, Cake ALWAYS wins!
Jack , top man, took him for his IAM test 👏🏻👊🏻
Blimey Bruce!! After all those snoozes, it all went SNAFU!! Looked good though mate. Agree with you about the unlit switch gear. Got the same problem on my new Tracer 900. Surely wouldn't take much in this day and age. Next time you head towards the A272 just go further south and pop in for a brew and I'll get Mrs Nick to knock up a bacon sarnie!! Lol.
Here's to next time. 👍👍
Hi Bruce, I just found your channel via The Missenden Flyer, I’m looking forward to watching your videos. Pity the bike let you down. I’ve been avoiding doing a test ride on one, as my GSA is still quite new. I think I will continue to avoid it, it may lighten the wallet some what. Greeting from Johannesburg , South Africa.
Hi Marc,
Great to hear from you bud and thanks for subscribing, hope you enjoy all the vids.
Yeah I was gutted the battery died as I was really enjoying the new 1250 GSA, it’s a beautiful new engine and transforms the bike.
Stay safe 👍
Great video Bruce but that started bad right from the start "with that bike in the trailer with the hazerd lights on You said I love this" and then the battery failure to bad . When I travel I have a booster battery that can charge my phone and also start the bike .At Lands End with that red noes you looked like Rudolf 🎅and that made me smile 😆
This was a great watch Bruce, so sorry the 1250 went up the creek....I’d still like to give one a try though.
Well done on a cracking effort in miserable weather conditions and sleep deprivation.
Kind regards.
Cheers Beans! Glad you enjoyed it bud and I’d still totally recommend you try the new 1250, that engine is just superb 👍
Looking forward to this mate
It’s an old vid bud, there’s a link to the full vid at the end of the teaser and in the vid description.
I’m just trying a wee experiment with these teaser vids 👍
@@teapotone yes mate i got it, shame about the breakdown. I bought a 1250 few weeks a go, my first GS, love it
Hats off 👏 to you Brother!
I'm a Harley-Davidson guy for many year's & now I'm in the market to add an Adventure bike to my collection.
I have my eye on the BMW GSA R1250 Trophy edition but now I'm wondering if I should 😆
Best BMW commercial ever!!!! Soooo...thats why they added the "SOS" button? would it even work in circumstances like this???
Yep it did work. I pushed the SOS button initially and it put me straight through to a chap on the other end. I explained the situation and he said I should call recovery, and gave me the number after asking if I wanted him to call it first.
Bloody Hell Bruce! I used to get home off nights and not remember how I got there. Are you super-human? Enjoyed the vid and look forward to your next crack at it.
Cheers Paul, no bud, but thankfully I don’t seem to need too much sleep these days 👍
Hi Bruce - I hope you have discovered heated jackets now! Transformed my winter riding. Warm, relaxed and happy whatever the weather!
Aye I’ve got a Keis heated jacket, toasty.
But the game changer was when I bought my Rukka suit - amazing 👍
Damn that battery. Glad to see it wasnt the bikes fault. Great ride though, next time get some rest. Waiting for PART 2!!!
Just found your channel, great video shame you could not complete the journey.
Hi Darryl, aye it was a pain that it broke down but I’ll be going again this year 👍
To coin a phase 'Hilltopped' ;) nice one teapotone
Good effort Mr Teapot! Shame about the battery... I have a 2005 GS, no electronics apart from ABS. I had all the lights come on when in France this year, still made it another 1500 miles home with my "disco" lights :) They are brilliant bikes, Ride safe mate.
I have a 05 RT and its been though 3 battery's that I know about,but there again I use a heated vest....
Great film but you tackling it when you were clearly so tired had me concerned for you.
As for all the folk blaming electronics for making bikes unreliable, I'm old enough to remember how unreliable analogue bikes really were. Electronics? Bring them on!
Yep agree with you there Mark, on both counts, but in regards to being tired on the bike, I’m well versed to big miles and long hours. I stop when I’m tired, sleep, recover and ride and repeat. There’s no sense in arriving dead is there.
Totally agree with the electronics side, there are lots of critics about this issue, and whilst I also think it was poor of the battery to fail the way it did, that’s life, these things can happen.
As you say, old bikes May not have had issues with electronics, but they certainly have lots of issues of their own at times 👍
@@teapotone when do we get part2?
Whenever BMW or a dealership agree to lend me one again🤷♂️👍
@@teapotone Love that video. inspired me to plan a 4 points South Africa iron butt 48hrs ride with a mate of mine, sadly, coronavirus lockdown for 21 days has derailed that.
Great video/entertainment,thks.
No worries Bruce 👍
Love the video..."knit one Pearl one" might need translating for some foriegn viewers....
A brave fella and we’ll done. I have the same bike but it does have a couple of Achilles heels being no backlit switches and the standard screen is pants. The A41’s are good but they go off very quickly with loads of tread left so now I’m on Pirelli’s.
Hi Bruce,Happy New Year,and safe riding for 2019, what is the name of the company that you get to dyno bikes,and where are they located...cheers.
Hi David, thanks a lot bud and same to you.
I use HillTop Motorcycles, based in Hinckley.
www.hilltopmotorcycles.co.uk/
Great video. Good advert for the wind protection on the GS, I get cold in a couple of hours of 3-5C on my bike even when layered up.
I don’t think the 48hour challenge is safe though, especially with UK traffic. 24 hours is dodgy enough.
Interesting what you said about power and smoothness of the new one. I thought it would be pretty much the same as Helga. I said to you before that a GSA would suit you as you're a tall guy, I think it's the next step for you without doubt. My lowered GSA is awesome and I have to say much prefer it to my previous GS.
Good luck with the next adventure Big man, all the best.
Thanks Jay 👍
I’ll hang onto my 2009 GS
I LIVED IN HORSHAM MOST OF MY LIFE,LOVE RIDING THE 272 THROUGH TO STOCKBRIDGE
A monumental effort my friend! Shame the bike had other ideas....bugger!
Bruce, yet again another great video, shame about the ending. Glade that you said the bike was Brown ( 5:11 run time) as I was in Coopers having a laugh and joke with Jack over the colour of the same bike, just a few days before you were there. I think BMW are calling it a Matt Green 😩😩.
Green??? GREEN?!?! 🤣👍
I have found the correct information “Kalamata Metallic pant”. Green 🤣🤣
Sad you couldn't get to finish your challenge Bruce, though a second attempt in the Spring/Summer could be so much drier and longer daylight hours so this was a mixed blessing?!; loving the bike, I need to just wait 3.5 years before I can get one!!!
Tick the days off bud, but make sure you make the most of those 3.5 years too!
LIVE your life 😉👍
Heart breaking Bruce! Maybe some sun and tarmac in Spain will cure what ails you. Can't wait to see the vids of that trip!
Peace!
Cheers Graden, can’t wait either 👍
Strange they call a battery cell failure uncommon. Had one on my f800st and one on my 1200GSA (2017). Engine running without dashboard also happened with me. Luckily I was at home.
Waiting for my 1250GSA now.
I have a Kalamata metallic , 2020 , and it works perfect. So sad that this happened !
Did you do it again later that year ?
Love the new GSA1250. Brilliant way to do a test ride...
Shame about the rather catastophic failure. I look forward to your re-run of this test...
I currently have the 2016 1200GSA and i'm very keen to upgrade :-)
PS - are you at ExCeL in Feb??
Thanks Bruce for getting back to me,I'm collecting a GS 1250 next week,changing up from 2017 GS (17/18) model which has been fantastic.. having had a early 13 GS LC..crap gear box..changed in 15..big improvement..and in 17 got current one,wow what a bike....and by all accounts the 1250 should be awesome.Respect for you not 'Tearing The Arse' of BMW in public about the bike breaking down,they are machines after all..yes very dissapointing, but maybe fate intervened you were knackered after a 'Shift',and at least the bike standing on the tow truck...you in passenger seat,not the big NHS yellow Taxi. 😀👍🏍🇮🇪
Great review , feel your pain on the blurring especially if you use final cut .. look forward to the rest
Delighted you used the relive app
I don't ride a lot at night, but I agree the buttons would be much improved if they were back-lit. Good stuff M8, keep it up!
Thanks Miles, glad you enjoyed it bud
I disagree....if they hadn't buggered around with the buttons in the first place, bmw vets would be able to find the buttons with their eyes shut. It wasn't broke and didnt need fixing.....f*#@king designers🏍️💨🤬 the only thing about my 07 GS that bothered me was where the clutch was and that a car driver couldn't see it stationary at a junction in broad daylight(be#@&nd)
How did the Relive app work out Bruce. Any recommendations for tracking the bike run. I have one in a few months, circumference of Ireland and would like to track it
Yeah the relivv app worked great, apart from me forgetting to actually start it again at times when I stopped for a break!
Only issue would be ensuring your phone doesn’t run out of battery whilst you’re riding. I keep mine charging on the bike in a tank bag intermittently
I once bought a BMW 5 series and it stranded me with only 60,000 miles on it, it was towed, serviced and immediately sold. I now bought this same GSA 1250, if anything like this happens to me, I will sell it and never buy another BMW in my life, I mean, these things are not acceptable when you fork over $32,000+ on a two wheel and specially on a "King of the Road" GSA that is supposed to be bullet proof for what BMW claims it can and will do. Will see if my BMW GSA 1250 will last pass its 3 year warranty period. Thanks for the scary video!!
My brother is a recovery truck driver and he says the three vehicles he would never buy are Audi, BMW and Land Rover.
One of the things you liked seemed to be the smoothness. How did that compare to the Zero DS you rode recently?
Spinal tap for the win!!! 😆👍🏻
Always 😉👍
That looks so tough in those conditions, your as hard as nails Bruce. Oh get Keis heated kit it’s great try it and you’ll love it and British company I think. Bike packing up after that effort must be gutting for you. Cheers
Thanks John 👍
Unlucky fella , one good thing is though doing it in the summer will be more fun for you 🖒
Came here from TMF, now thats a proper review. Personally I'm torn between the RT and K1600 as I will use it as a blood bike. K1600 is a good "compramise" between my current zzr1400 and my previous RT-P 1st gen
Hi Mark, welcome to the channel bud.
I’ve not ridden either bike yet but friends have. The K1600 is a real weapon, very fast, comfortable, but incredibly agile for such a big bike.
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BMW Australia web site has an option called the HP battery 🔋 for the HP style Rally X version,. Anyway I’ll give it 12 months before thinking about a change from the 1200GS, let the bugs be found.
Might just have to give this run ago with my mate would be fun
Got the GSA myself...note to self....carry a Li-Ion spare battery if going on a trip! I feel for you Bruce...great effort but just one of those things.