Great review, You said everything.my cup of tea aswell I run a honda hornet cb600f for 10 years,,no fairings I have my eyes on a second hand r1250r.might be dreaming I might be dreaming but my Honda is a hooligan with no tame way to ride it. I could have manners on the R1250R.
How did you find the R1250R handled in Road mode? When I test rode the one I eventually bought the front end was all over the place turning at junctions and roundabouts. A chap testing the R1250RS said the same thing, that it felt like the tyre pressures were way out. Once I switched to Dynamic it was a completely different bike, very planted and handled impeccably. When I asked the dealership they said I probably wasn't used to riding a bike with a steering damper, that they tended to be floppy at slow speeds stiffening up at higher speeds. I own several bikes all with steering dampers and none ever felt so uncontrollable, even my Rocket 3 GT which is a behemoth of a bike is rock steady even at slow speeds. When I took my wife as pillion the bike seemed to adjust to it pretty well but she remarked that the back end was bouncy. I've heard of issues with the Electronic suspension in other models and wondered if like the drive shaft issue it's across the range?
A favourite topic of mine is why the R1250R is so much cheaper than the R12 nineT (as it was with the previous R nineT). Here in the UK the base price of the R1250R is 14.5 % cheaper than the R12 nineT. The water cooled engine has of course much better performance figures than the oil cooled engine but I don’t like the sound or the aesthetics of the water cooled boxer. If I had to describe the overall looks of the R1250R in one word it would be brutal. I don’t dislike it but I prefer more traditionally styled machines 🇬🇧
i do a lot of commuting from home to work and i ride every single day with just a few long trips in a year. currently i ride 2018 Honda nc750x. i want to upgrade to BMW r1250gs/GSA.According to my riding style and from your experience, which one (gs or Gsa) i should go for?! Greetings from Uganda.
@@MrCommuterUG256 for commuting the gs is definitely better as the gsa becomes a bit of a bus after time. So it all really depends how much you tour long distances …….
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I loved this video, have one of these bikes and I love it, you have explained exactly why i love it, thanks
Brilliant vid. I enjoyed every minute of it.
@@johnbostrom8467 thank you so much 🙏
Great review,
You said everything.my cup of tea aswell
I run a honda hornet cb600f for 10 years,,no fairings
I have my eyes on a second hand r1250r.might be dreaming
I might be dreaming but my Honda is a hooligan with no tame way to ride it.
I could have manners on the R1250R.
How did you find the R1250R handled in Road mode? When I test rode the one I eventually bought the front end was all over the place turning at junctions and roundabouts. A chap testing the R1250RS said the same thing, that it felt like the tyre pressures were way out. Once I switched to Dynamic it was a completely different bike, very planted and handled impeccably. When I asked the dealership they said I probably wasn't used to riding a bike with a steering damper, that they tended to be floppy at slow speeds stiffening up at higher speeds.
I own several bikes all with steering dampers and none ever felt so uncontrollable, even my Rocket 3 GT which is a behemoth of a bike is rock steady even at slow speeds. When I took my wife as pillion the bike seemed to adjust to it pretty well but she remarked that the back end was bouncy. I've heard of issues with the Electronic suspension in other models and wondered if like the drive shaft issue it's across the range?
A favourite topic of mine is why the R1250R is so much cheaper than the R12 nineT (as it was with the previous R nineT). Here in the UK the base price of the R1250R is 14.5 % cheaper than the R12 nineT.
The water cooled engine has of course much better performance figures than the oil cooled engine but I don’t like the sound or the aesthetics of the water cooled boxer. If I had to describe the overall looks of the R1250R in one word it would be brutal. I don’t dislike it but I prefer more traditionally styled machines 🇬🇧
Love the power and torque figures but, sorry, I have never been a boxer motor fan. I'll stick with my 1050 Triumph
i do a lot of commuting from home to work and i ride every single day with just a few long trips in a year. currently i ride 2018 Honda nc750x. i want to upgrade to BMW r1250gs/GSA.According to my riding style and from your experience, which one (gs or Gsa) i should go for?! Greetings from Uganda.
@@MrCommuterUG256 for commuting the gs is definitely better as the gsa becomes a bit of a bus after time. So it all really depends how much you tour long distances …….
Thanks alot.
Not so long distance only an average of 200km.