Help cant decide!!

Try the R1200r.

A great all-rounder, which in terms of sportiness - could sit between the GS and the XR. Good panniers, and a great bike to tour on. Don’t get totally hooked up on ‘adventure’ or ‘trailie’ - the 1200r will also commute better than either, I’d suggest.

There’s a vid of some fella caning an R1200r in the alps - well worth looking for on YouTube.

Al
 
I own both.

The GS is the more practical all-rounder. As others have said, the XR is an upright sport bike.

There are also some other very good suggestions in the thread - like buying something cheaper.
 
GS-Rally or XR comes down to what is more important to you !
The XR is more fun with a ballistic top-end and little quicker steering because of 17 inch front wheel.
The GS is the better bike with clean driveshaft,cylinders that protect your legs and TL that soaks up all road imperfections and no fork-dive hard on the brakes.

It all depends on what is more important to you Both bikes are great class leading machines.Actually there is no other bike like a GS or like a XR which is pretty much a superbike for every day use while the other superbikes make only sense on track.
Too bad we can't have it all in form of a R 1300 XR...;)
 


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