Coming!

Banditmanuk some of us already are! ;-) ...On a R1200GSA for that matter. I dig this Rallye.

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Lol did you see what they did to the GS? It's now almost as heavy as this baby.

there is also the low suspension option! Someone with 5.4, can easily ride it!

Thanks, Luke's been gone a few months now.

mayur kulkarni skill/pushing it baby! love it

Snarky sorry I meant as in the water cooled model which I've had a few he said about this bike as if it was a new thing

The QS Pro (up and down) was certainly there last year. I think the Dynamic ESA was only on the GS Adventure though, and not on the regular GS, so that is new for this year. By the way, glad to see I'm not the only one spending time on KZfaq and ADVRider while waiting for a new bike to arrive ;)

Std. GS definitely has D ESA (semi-active suspension) for while now. I've seen the Sachs iunits on them in person. :) Or is the idea that "dynamic" is supposed to figure out if it should be in comfort or sport automatically? BMW are terrible about adding "buzzwords" that overlap or are ill-explained - or indeed trhrowing pro or dynamic on the end .... like Ducati with "evo". I thought "Dynamic" was a S-A mode that was a bit like "sport" on other bikes. So if Dynamic ESA is an improved semi-active, what did they call the semi-active that has been around for a few years? "ESA" on its own was "manual electronic" (fixed positions)l and before the S-A version. Good to see another advrider floating around here, yes the wait is painful!

Very confusing naming, but I think it just gets down to the semi-active system reacting fairly slowly while the dynamic system is quick enough to react to each bump and jump individually, instead of just sensing the general road conditions and going for a best guess. Not easy to find out through google though! Edit: The GS I rode last year had the Sachs black box near the rear shock too, but I guess that is needed for any type of active/semi-active setup :)

A proper S-A system is suppsoed to react quickly (within 10ms). So I suspect this is just a newer/faster system or updated software, like the Ducati DSS evo versus the older DSS. ;) Or tying it in with the auto-preload which is actually a good thing, Aprilia had it first, then Triumph and now BMW, KTM need to get this done now too.

The bike. Always the bike.

Fire Blade890 can the bike wash your socks or keep you warm at night? might need a compromise

Fire Blade890 Depends what she looks like...

yawn.... you have neither, that much is clear.

Fire Blade890 hahaha! hmmm...

GhostCarbon0911 - I just finished the level 1 Off Road Skills course in wales, we had some ladies and gents at 5’ 5” work the bikes without issue, consider a test ride as it is truly a phenomenal bike....

I'd say GS < GSA < Rallye. The Rallye is essentially a regular GS with the GSA's suspension, so it should have all the ground clearance of the GSA without the added weight and size :)

they would probably be plush and comfy but weigh 5x more than they should.

I loved my 450x.

Does BMW make a V twin?

Albert Tran I need to make some money.

Andrew9900 I bought the same bike October 2015. Absolutely love it. It will do much more than u think, on and off road. After lots of free shop rides and a handful of adv on n off road classes, I can handle most terrains and have a blast, w the exception of mud. tough stuff. just means more to learn so I can have fun there too! this thing handles air off water bars beautifully too. And, it's a tank/ can handle falls n drops no prob. Don't be afraid of using it! Get your hard earned money's worth! play!

Andrew9900 and yet I understand about what u think u should have gotten. I'd like a smaller lighter dual sport bike for my second one. for more technical riding. maybe even a trials bike.