Ride magazine R1250GS
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News to me, not that I am a huge fan of Telelever, but I know many are - whatever next, no single sided rear swing arm?
Still they used tele forks on the HP2 successfully, as they do on the 750/850 range.
All the 2022 announcements I have seen stick with the old front end - maybe it's just a testing mule they have seen.
Still they used tele forks on the HP2 successfully, as they do on the 750/850 range.
All the 2022 announcements I have seen stick with the old front end - maybe it's just a testing mule they have seen.
Maybe it’s just a journalist who’s got it wrong?
Boxerlust will be soo upset
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Nothing wrong with teles, far from it but..........for they type of bike the GS has become Telelever is perfect as it flatters a rider, is super forgiving and unaffected (handling wise) by the sort of loads your average Tosser puts on a GS.
Apart from that it's such a big part of the GS's USP.
I can't quite believe the article is correct
Teles are much cheaper though.........Andres
Edit: Just seen it mentions Hayes brakes being used..... I thought they'd gone back to Brembo
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Mmmm, I seem to remember that they had lots of issues on the HP2 (bushes wearing prematurely) but yeah, otherwise nought wrong with teles.
Andres
I see little in that article that’s correct. They claim the older bike is a Kalahari, which it isn’t, and also that it was a parts bin run out in 1986, which refers to the GS Basic which was the air head run out in 1996, which it also isn’t.
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Nothing wrong with teles, far from it but..........for they type of bike the GS has become Telelever is perfect as it flatters a rider, is super forgiving and unaffected (handling wise) by the sort of loads your average Tosser puts on a GS.
Apart from that it's such a big part of the GS's USP.
I can't quite believe the article is correct
Andres
Edit: Just seen it mentions Hayes brakes being used..... I thought they'd gone back to Brembo
I owned a R1150GS for a decade so well aware of how good a telelever can be. Since 2011 I have only had bikes with conventional forks and on the occasional rides I have on a GS, as service loaners, I find the front feels a bit remote. I think this might have been a factor of the auto-levelling preload as well as the telelever.
I now have 2 bikes with the BMW ESA with conventional forks and the set-up is mostly very good. The combination of dynamic ESA and linked brakes means fork dive is a thing of the past.
Bollocks they are showing a picture of a telelever front end with the comment and BMW have switched back to Brembo front calipers, methinks the journo is talking out of his arse
I’m inclined to agree with you Neil!
It would be a big mistake for them to do this .... or you could buy the V4 they work well lol.
I really like the telelever, it makes for rock steady front end.
Not at speed on bumpy backroads. My RS got out of shape at slightly illegal speeds on roads my GS just floats over.
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It's obviously utter bollocks.
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A very erudite assessment .... I agree
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