8 years ago, if I told you that that GSA in TE spec would cost near enough 20k you would have told me to fuck off. For what it is the adventure bike market has shown that shovelling shit down the throat of the consumer would earn you a mint and they will fall over each other in a race to acquire the latest piece of crap engineering that said shit shoveller sells. And all this to enrich a family who made a fortune using for one, slave labour to produce batteries for German U-boats. I kid you not. Heavier, more complicated and most certainly to be praised by owner and motorcycle journalist alike. For 20k you can buy a better bike and spend the rest on paying the mortgage off after a tour to Ulaanbaatar. Like sportsbikes, these machines will go out of fashion as soon as they price themselves out of the market and the user reaches retirement age. Prove me wrong and I'll buy you a beer.
