Why To Buy the OLD GSA Over the New 1300 GSA | The R 1300 GSA vs R 1250 GS

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @JohnDoe-n2m3w
    @JohnDoe-n2m3w 2 месяца назад +8

    So happy with my 2023 R1250GSA Rallye. Incredible motorcycle.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      💯 GOAT 🐐

    • @terrysantamaria6069
      @terrysantamaria6069 2 месяца назад

      I have the same bike and love it.
      I don’t have any issues with it looking ugly and I’m starting to like the look 👀👍

  • @TwoGoTouring
    @TwoGoTouring 2 месяца назад +7

    35,000 faultless miles on my 2021 GSA, brilliant bike. I’ve just ordered the new GS 1300 adv. like it or not, the GS 1300 is the top selling adv bike and the GSA 1300 will sell like hot cakes when it’s launched. This is change, it’s been the same with cars. You start off saying ‘ don’t like the look of that ‘ … a year down the line and old faithful in the garage is looking dated and your little neurons in your brain have started to process all the positives of the newer model.
    You said ‘ this will be the big one, the Rhino ‘….. well the new GSA is a utilitarian battle tank in looks and I’m going to black it all out as I have with my current bike. A few kilos here and there won’t matter as most of us need to lose some kilos ourselves 😂

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Epic mate! Thanks for sharing

    • @michielvandepol6765
      @michielvandepol6765 Месяц назад

      Had a 1250GSA, traded it in for a 1300GS. Only to sell the 1300 and buy a 1250GSA again after 3 weeks. The 1300 is a great bike, but not a GS.
      I don't agree with FIKA often but the 1200/1250 will go down as legendary indeed. The 1300 will go down as just another sportstourer.

  • @FadyBujana
    @FadyBujana 4 часа назад

    I ran and bought the last 1250 GS Rallye when I saw the 1300! Came home and told my wife “this is the bike that will be here for ever!”. 😅 That was just a few months ago… However, now, 8.000 kms later, having suffered the clunkiness of this horrible gear box, and having tried ASA, I am sold on the platform. Last week I saw the 1300 GSA in person and it was love at first sight! I absolutely love the design of it and have decided I will be changing soon. Still trying to figure out though what to tell the wife this time!

  • @AB-hx9hs
    @AB-hx9hs 2 месяца назад +11

    4 minutes into this and so far nothing but fluff. Do you ever get to the point ??

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      The best fluff you ever had. Youre welcome.no one is forcing you to watch

    • @AB-hx9hs
      @AB-hx9hs 2 месяца назад +5

      @@thefika The problem with videos like this is that you don't respect people's time.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Thats ironic. Why are you wasting my time?

    • @benkelly2190
      @benkelly2190 2 месяца назад

      @@thefika they are all out there mucka! We’re bleeding surounded!😂

    • @shegocrazy
      @shegocrazy 2 месяца назад

      ​@@AB-hx9hsno one cares about your time issues.

  • @eddierodz
    @eddierodz 13 дней назад

    Im dying!!!! lmfao!!!! Love your channel and your honesty. Fuck all!!!! First channel I come by without fanboy comments. Subscribed!

  • @MotoTourIreland
    @MotoTourIreland 13 дней назад

    Battle tested is the one. 1250 would do the job for me.
    Great comparison.

  • @WheelieGoodTV
    @WheelieGoodTV 2 месяца назад

    Laughed out loud with you here mate. Subscribed 😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Thanks. I love your work

  • @NedRochford
    @NedRochford 2 месяца назад +2

    I laugh like crazy watching your videos ... so damn funny!
    Anyways, the TWO reasons I purchased my Tiger 1200 over the GS is:
    Had two final drive failures on my older BMW. The Triumph uses a double sided swingarm to properly support the final drive. I do not worry the damn FD is going to crap out on me miles and miles from home.
    I did like the 1200 boxer, but where the hell am I supposed to put my feet to stretch out. Highway pegs on a boxer? With the Triumph, I am able to stretch out with ease, no contortions.
    BMW can blow for all I care.
    Ned, SC, USA

    • @LMO169
      @LMO169 2 месяца назад

      I have the additional Wunderlich bars for the stock crash bars and on long cruises I rest my legs on them.

    • @NedRochford
      @NedRochford 2 месяца назад

      @@LMO169 So you have your legs splayed out to the side, outboard the cylinder heads? Or do you rest on top of the cylinders? This 'ol boy does not bend like that anymore!

    • @LMO169
      @LMO169 2 месяца назад

      @@NedRochford Legs are on top of the cylinders

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      You know what. The GS was my 3rd choice and I signed up for a Multistrada v4 rally and Tiger 1200 rally explorer. How I ended up with the 1250 GS is a story for the future

    • @NedRochford
      @NedRochford 2 месяца назад

      @@thefika Do tell, do tell.
      Ned

  • @Teatimeted
    @Teatimeted 2 месяца назад +2

    Not only did we (England) get beaten in the Euros, our weather has been monumentally shit (even for the UK) for the past two summers. Just set off for a camping trip in Scotland on the mighty R1250 GSA, only to nope the fuck out three hours into the journey when torrential rain soaked through my textile suit and high winds were blowing me about the road. Rain was coming through the vents on my helmet! I got up at 2am for this! Think i'll just spend my day getting shitfaced in my garage, and stroking my cardan shaft instead. Great presenting style by the way. Fresh and different 👍

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Ah mate at least you got a good stoke in. I hope you see better days soon.
      Thanks for sharing that. It was a good laugh.

  • @ericstephenson3607
    @ericstephenson3607 Месяц назад

    I know at least one who part exchanged his 1300gs for the last of the 1250gsa's, I too won't be parting with my 1250gsa if I had money spare would definitely buy the last of the 1250gsa.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  Месяц назад +1

      The only way to fly

  • @martinhughes9769
    @martinhughes9769 2 месяца назад

    Don’t mind the looks , the cost is crazy 😢,great video chuckling to myself your comments,😢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Have a good one mate

  • @rsbharley4766
    @rsbharley4766 2 месяца назад

    Great video, I am looking at Triumph Tiger 1200 rally explorer. or a low km GSA rally 1250, you can keep the new GSA1300, thanks for sharing. Cheers

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      I love the Tiger 1200 and you can get it a song atm

  • @charlesbradley2943
    @charlesbradley2943 2 месяца назад +1

    Unfortunately every time I see a photo of the R1300GSA all I see is the slab of a gas tank that looks like a BMW key fob !!

  • @EvanKovach
    @EvanKovach Месяц назад +1

    1250 GSA all the way no AMMO CAN with wheels for me.

  • @JohnB998
    @JohnB998 2 месяца назад +1

    Oh no, not Mr Shouty again.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      You love it

  • @olafrotkohl5898
    @olafrotkohl5898 2 месяца назад

    Masterful! 😂 Great video, and I agree, although I’m still a sucker for the old oilhead R1200 GSA.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Yer airhead is epic

  • @Greggspies
    @Greggspies 2 месяца назад

    On my third GS ready for a good compromise because they're too expensive now, going for a Suzuki 1050 Vstrom it's got all the toys minus shaft. But a Scottoiler will sort that

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Yep. 👍 the prices have gone crazy

  • @AndersPetersson79
    @AndersPetersson79 2 месяца назад

    But which one has the bigger shaft? (not that it matters 👀)

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Yes. 1300 wins then. I tell my misses my small but cute

  • @aao331
    @aao331 2 месяца назад +1

    LMAO just saw a drag race between the 1250 and 1300. Exactly the same speed. I think the 1250 has a little (very little) advantage over the 1200 LC, and that's it. They are all amazing but they are the same bike. The 1300 has 10x the restrictions and regulations than the 1200, and still has about the same speed. That's why it sucks, like modern sportbikes compared to old.
    I guess that's the problem with Rayguns, she was great but she's learned Euro6 breakdance.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for sharing. Raygun for life

  • @robb8773
    @robb8773 2 месяца назад +1

    I agree that the 1300gs is crap compared to my 1250gs, I rode it twice.
    If bmw follow what they did with the 1300gs, we are screwed. I hope not!

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for your thoughts

    • @tonydare7614
      @tonydare7614 2 месяца назад

      Why did you find it crap? Isn't it more powerful, smoother and better handling? I had a 1250GS and found it lacking in character. I'm hesitating between the 1300 and the Guzzi Mandello V100s

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      1300 is better if you want a sports tourer but the1250 GS is better. This explains ruclips.net/video/sF8NXhiIhpc/видео.htmlsi=qgq_DFMRdI9tEH6r&t=6171

  • @ericjames7680
    @ericjames7680 2 месяца назад

    I just saw the 44 TOOTH guys latest video and he says he has a 1300 GSA on order.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Did you expect anything else?

    • @ericjames7680
      @ericjames7680 2 месяца назад

      @@thefika Not sure but will see what happens. Is the front and rear on the 1300 GS suppose to pogo up and down? A youtuber has videos showing his is and claims that is a big problem? I can see the rear but the front on my 1250 is stiff as a board and no diving at all?

  • @ez-ny
    @ez-ny 2 месяца назад

    love this video. Although it is rubbish, no fact, nothing to be based on, only emotion talking, but I loved it!

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      🐑 Have a great day

  • @NISSIM505
    @NISSIM505 Месяц назад

    I as well went for brand new GSA, instead of the GS 1300.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  Месяц назад

      The only way to fly

  • @2dogs1car0pb
    @2dogs1car0pb 2 месяца назад

    got a GSA triple black back in '22 racked! Best decision eva'!😅🤣

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      The only way to fly

  • @barossasteve
    @barossasteve 2 месяца назад +2

    The 1300 has a bigger shaft!!! That’s more than enough to buy one!!! Great video!

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      That is a good reason

  • @GRequinBlanc
    @GRequinBlanc 2 месяца назад +1

    Same was said about the 1200 vs 1250

    • @Brad-RB
      @Brad-RB 2 месяца назад

      I liked my 1200 GS more than my 1250GS.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Yer but it’s basically the same bike with a shift cam motor and some extra tech

    • @Brad-RB
      @Brad-RB 2 месяца назад

      @@thefika My 1200 had a better suspension. BMW cheapened them up in 2018.

    • @adv_addict
      @adv_addict 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Brad-RB Do you have any source on this information? How is the 2018 GSA suspension worse than the 2017 version?

    • @Brad-RB
      @Brad-RB 2 месяца назад +1

      @@adv_addict both of my bikes have been the standard GS with ESA. My 2016 with Sachs shocks had 4 levels of preload an 3 damping settings. My 2022 with ZF shocks has 1 usable preload setting (auto) with the min and max settings being too extreme, and 2 damping settings. The 22 Enduro modes only have 1 damping setting with a significant difference off road between the two bikes. The electronic damping valve on the older suspension had a higher quality coil arrangement with a faster response time. I have three sources: The Beemer Shop, my dealer, and my ass. BMW addressed the suspension on the 1300 but I rode one off road, and while it is much better than my 1250 the rebound damping is still lacking IMO. Big Rock Moto has mentioned the same observation.

  • @benkelly2190
    @benkelly2190 2 месяца назад

    Cheers mate. Like it. Just buy the S1000XR

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Oh Yes. I love that bike

  • @narogamas
    @narogamas 2 месяца назад

    Maybe you could be Raygun 2, being such a stroker

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      yea nah. GS Man With Long Shaft

    • @narogamas
      @narogamas 2 месяца назад

      I commented too soon, great review and I totally agree. But still a stroker

  • @zTyrani697
    @zTyrani697 21 день назад

    1300 GSA 💪🏻

  • @csaREEM
    @csaREEM 2 месяца назад

    Fried Rice Kernel for the 1300 GSA

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Wash the starch off that rice

  • @lconway99
    @lconway99 2 месяца назад +2

    To me the new GS looks like a Honda NC750X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Yep the normal 1300 does

  • @onahi2002
    @onahi2002 Месяц назад +1

    Typical video from a 1250 owner. I bet they are all so bitter 😅

    • @thefika
      @thefika  24 дня назад

      Speak for yourself

    • @onahi2002
      @onahi2002 23 дня назад

      ​@thefika ive been riding GS's since 1999. Oh, ive just ordered a new GSA 1300 for March delivery. Is that speaking for myself ?

  • @mart7798
    @mart7798 2 месяца назад

    its like comparing two turds!😂big heavy smelly turds laying about in starbucks while someone on a c90 is smashing it offroad just down the road!😂😂😂😂

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      You tell em

  • @Jungleland33
    @Jungleland33 2 месяца назад +1

    I absolutely despise the 1300. I'd go for the 1250 in a heartbeat but as it's huge money and will probably develop problems a millisecond after its warranty expires, I'll go for a Japanese bike instead. Fuck European bikes. They're all shite to some degree.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Some people say the 1300 is a appliance and the 1250 is a machine

  • @MVando640
    @MVando640 2 месяца назад

    Decent video. Have the exact 1250 GSA (same colors! 👍). It’s the perfect adventure bike. I think he’s right,about the 1300. I am not at all tempted to upgrade. I found all the f-bombs a real distraction and they take away from all his work in putting the video together.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  Месяц назад

      Totally agree

  • @silveriojohan
    @silveriojohan 2 месяца назад +1

    😍😍😍😍🤣🤣🤣🤣Your approach is marvellous, real motorcycle journalism.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Thanks mate. Av a good one

  • @beetleything1864
    @beetleything1864 2 месяца назад

    NO NO NO - the new 1300 is the best and everyone needs to sell the 1250 .........so that i can buy the 1250 cheap...................i hope your mum doesn't watch this what with all the swearing......

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Hehehe Shhhhhhh… don’t tell everyone

  • @ronadler4442
    @ronadler4442 2 месяца назад

    Take it easy on the kiwis man 😄

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      baaaaa 🐑

  • @MrBabyrang
    @MrBabyrang 2 месяца назад

    Ha!

  • @vitorneto8
    @vitorneto8 2 месяца назад +1

    you make me laugh

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад +1

      Glad I could help 👍 everyone is just to serious

  • @chamade166
    @chamade166 2 месяца назад

    Clickbait annoying junk with no substance at all. Like, you are really taking people for idiots.

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      I’ll take that on advisement from the foremost expert on idiots.

  • @kawakees
    @kawakees Месяц назад

    😂😂😂

  • @gabrieliface1350
    @gabrieliface1350 Месяц назад

    You're gonna miss it. It's tearing my ears out. So far the worst review on youtube and the content is also about nothing. You're trying to be funny but the opposite is true. Sorry

  • @kkdj0312
    @kkdj0312 2 месяца назад

    The person in the yellow shirt is also an attention seeker... The action is too much, hee hee

    • @thefika
      @thefika  2 месяца назад

      Do you mean the Green and Gold Jacket?