Sports endurance at its best

9 February 2013  www.thesundaily.my

Meet the limited edition GS 1200 Rallye, one of the most loved endurance bikes in the world.

GS - mention these two alphabets to any avid biker and there's a good chance that he or she has had experienced riding one.

There's also a very good chance that after the person is done singing praises, the topic would shift to other class bikes from KTM, Ducati, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Triumph.

That's because when it comes down to sport endurance bikes, BMW has stagnated with its GS. It has been around for a while now, allowing the competition to catch up and in some cases, even surpass BMW in terms of design and technology.

But that doesn't mean the GS is not a brilliant bike that's really good at what it was designed to do, it's just that buyers now have a lot of options. But when it comes to building endurance bikes there are only a few brands that have managed to perfect it, and one of it is BMW.

The GS series is highly popular not only because it is incredibly robust in any situation, but also because it is really easy to ride on tarmac and gravel as well as urban areas like cities and such.

A nimble frame combined to a torque-laden boxer engine makes the GS one of the best all-rounders in the market today, and that probably explains why it is one of the top selling endurance bikes

in the world. Good looks aside, the GS is also one of the easiest bikes to ride. The tall ride height may be a hindrance to the vertically challenged, but expectantly BMW has thought of that and there's a low seat option, though that would take a few months to deliver as it's not readily available in Malaysia.

The ride height does not mean that you are completely safe from scrapping the foot pegs, take a corner too fast at a low lean angle on uneven roads and you will have to deal with scrapping the pegs, something that could potentially be dangerous.

But there's a solution to it, and the bike you see here, the limited edition GS 1200 Rallye comes equipped with it, the Electronic Suspension Adjustment system, or ESA.

Featuring three different driving modes.




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