Bruce Johnson never to old to have fun ! i am planning a trip to india and ride my bike !

I would love that! Probably not bad for finding a doctor if needed since 2 of my American doctors are Indian.

Bruce Johnson im 19 years old and still have got everything ahead of me but i find it to be very difficult and stressful to plan long distance motorcycle trips abroad, which kind of deters me from going on one in the future

I have the 2014 R1200gs and the suspension is not very good. I have mine set to softest and it feels very jolting to go over even tiny bumps on normal roads. Like you said the GS in not meant for off-road, it's a road tourer, nothing more. I doubt if the GSA would be that much better even with 21 inch front and nobblies. Simply too heavy to do anything fun off-road.

I think a motorbike needs to be several years on the market to prove reliability. This model has been launched in 2014. Ever thought of an Africa Twin?

Of course its a marketing video, wouldn't you want to market and show off a new product? lol. I have ridden all over asia as well. I have owned many bikes from dirt to street. I can tell you this. A 250 is great for an hour ride. A month or longer trip, there is no comparison! Have you tried the new GS? Its great. Even if its not your favourite its still a great bike. The whole "this bike is better than that bike" is just a bunch of bs pub talk.

I totally agree with you Lee of course they have to market there new products . I travelled western Nepal on a 220 and it was the perfect bike for the job , I have no doubt that the 1200gs is an amazing piece of engineering but as I said it's not about the bike it's about the trip . I'm not a rich man but I have ridden all over india and south east Asia and the reason I can do it is because I do it on a small / cheap motorcycle preferably what the locals ride , I try not to get involved in the my bikes better than your bike pub talk rubbish . ride safe fella

Im with ya. It totally is about the adventure not what bike you do it on. I wasn't directing the pub talk comment to you. It was more just a comment I thew in because it seems like a lot of the comments on these videos are just that lol. Asia is great to ride on a scooter! lol. Safe riding to you too!

Listen to this then Lee , I was in the pub with some friends and one of them said to me " I'd really like to do that Vietnam bike trip you did " I said cool I'll put you in contact with

With the rental company I used , then he asked "what bikes have they got ? " little 200cc Hondas , why I said " because I want a KTM 990 adventurer " he said . That was to years ago and he still hasn't done any motorcycle trip whilst in that time I've ridden Nepal and northern Thailand . This friend has been riding about 20 years longer than me and I think the furthest he's been is the TT .

Salut Datsun. Ce n'est pas "ma" moto, c'était les 2 prototypes de la R1200GS LC fabriqués en juillet 2012 pour participer à ce One World Tour de 5 mois. Les premières R1200GSLC de série ont été fabriquées en mars 2013. Donc BMW Motorrad m'avait demandé d'organiser 5 voyages différents de 15 jours chacun dans 5 pays différents avec 5 pilotes différents. D'où leur besoin d'expédier leurs motos par avion. C'etait un boulot professionnel, pas un voyage de luxe perso... :)

@@T3aventures ok ... En tout cas , c'était beau .. Le Laos est mon pays natal que j'ai quitté depuis 1975 pour venir vivre en France . Je suis devenu français depuis 1976 et j'y retourne de temps en temps au Laos .. En tant que motard , chacun d'entre nous rêve de pouvoir voyager dans des pays lointains et exotiques . Je parlais de mérite comme Noraly qui voyage seule ... En tout cas , bravo pour ton boulot ! çà se voit que t'étais un Pro .. Excellent pilote off-road .. J'ai bien aimé l'épisode où tu étais tombé dans la terre rouge argileuse ... Cette terre rouge que j'ai avalé depuis mon enfance !! qui entre partout dans tes cheveux , les yeux , le nez et les oreilles ! c'est l'une des raisons que je déteste et hais le off-road ... Mais je viens de commander une Honda Transalp 750 pour peut-être essayer le tout chemin ...

So you didn't watch the video but still thought it was a good idea to comment only one poser here i think.