Afan
Elite Member
Last weekend I had an opportunity to ride off-road with some dual sport/adventure bikers. All day long, gravel, sand and B roads (you can read it more here). If I remember well it was 12 of us. 1 Tiger 800, 1 KLR, 1 KTM, my Honda and the rest were BMWs, all sizes and shapes, but mostly GSs.
Watching YouTube about RTW / ADVenture riding / Dual sport riding... Most of the riders were on GSs. Couple minutes ago I watched Itchy Boots, Season 3, the episode when she's arriving in Iceland, and her comment, something like "... Lots of GS's everywhere..."
On the road, if it's not a Harley, then it's GS.
Ok, what's the deal with the BMW and GS's? Why are they dominating? (To clarify, I'm talking about the USA. I don't know about Europe, and Asia is Honda, as far as I know...). Are they REALLY so good for ADV/Dual type of riding? Do they really have some advantage over other bikes?
To me they are expensive, costly maintenance, less reliable than any Japanese brand...
Somehow I was thinking all the time it's a "trend", you want to be Ewan and Charlie, they are expensive and you want to be in that group who can afford it, they are cool... I know many of these types of BMW riders. But I also met many riders who really don't want to be "cool", they think Ewan and Charley are just a show, they complain about expensive parts, and costly maintenance. They really bought because they really think it's the best bike currently you can buy...
What am I missing?!?
Sometimes I have a feeling this is the question like PC or Mac, iPhone or Android...
Watching YouTube about RTW / ADVenture riding / Dual sport riding... Most of the riders were on GSs. Couple minutes ago I watched Itchy Boots, Season 3, the episode when she's arriving in Iceland, and her comment, something like "... Lots of GS's everywhere..."
On the road, if it's not a Harley, then it's GS.
Ok, what's the deal with the BMW and GS's? Why are they dominating? (To clarify, I'm talking about the USA. I don't know about Europe, and Asia is Honda, as far as I know...). Are they REALLY so good for ADV/Dual type of riding? Do they really have some advantage over other bikes?
To me they are expensive, costly maintenance, less reliable than any Japanese brand...
Somehow I was thinking all the time it's a "trend", you want to be Ewan and Charlie, they are expensive and you want to be in that group who can afford it, they are cool... I know many of these types of BMW riders. But I also met many riders who really don't want to be "cool", they think Ewan and Charley are just a show, they complain about expensive parts, and costly maintenance. They really bought because they really think it's the best bike currently you can buy...
What am I missing?!?
Sometimes I have a feeling this is the question like PC or Mac, iPhone or Android...