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Yup! I actually didn’t like these after a while. To off road oriented. For touring I wanted something with more flex to them. If you standing a lot, like on a dirt bike, they would be great. For touring, not so much.

Honestly it was a solid bike. Of course the 2024 model is a different beast all together. I did hear some tiger models having issues with the TFT and triumph wouldn’t pay to replace them. Just watch out for that. They have have fixed that. Otherwise I am a huge triumph tiger fan. Way under rated bikes

100% agree. The roads here are some of the best in the world. You won’t be disappointed.

Yeah sorry mate. You got me on that one. I haven’t mounted one myself.

For me, it was only needed for updates and registering.

Agree. The death part depends on where you ride. I normally don’t get to far from major roads and cities so death because my bike won’t start isn’t really an issue for me. But I do see your point. Although the GS has been super reliable for me over the years as well as my friends. Ride safe!

Thanks man. Hope you got it sorted

Southern Portugal is epic also. They do lots of moto press tours there. I have riden down there several times and loved it. You won’t be disappointed with N222. Será da estrila is worth a ride through also. Stay safe out there!

His boyfriend made him sell it.

I have a separate video for the ride of the 1300

I was in the same boat. Thanks for the comment

Because then you don’t lose out on having USB plugs. Newer GS’ already have this stock. I had to buy USB ports. Now I can charge my phone or comms on king trips

@@AmericanAbroad1 ah! My R1250GS has a USB socket on the dash, and a DIN socket low near the seat. Frankly I’d rather have the DIN socket on the dash, like my 2009 F800GS. Then I can run whatever I want. I liked running a DIN plug with cord to SAE plug into my tank bag. I wonder if the USB socket and DIN socket has the same wire connector? If so, maybe I could swap mine.

Probably could have.

100% now there are much better options out there

I don’t want to buy 1 cause of the false deployments

Yeah it’s super annoying. I was about to do a big trip through Spain and couldn’t take this, because it was getting fixed for a month. And online I hear a lot of false deploys.

Yeah great bike

They say you can, but I have found it quite difficult to

His boyfriend made him sell it

Yeah, I believe my next ADV bike will most likely be a ST. I have great experience with it and I love that I can put it in the garage for weeks and then go on a tour across America and not think twice. Of course now I ride daily on the GS, but still. Some issues seem like simple fixes overlooked by the manufacture. For a bike this expensive… they should have done better

Try changing your bit rate

@@AmericanAbroad1 I got a new mic, It works great. It was my Mic

​@@ShinobiMoto which mic u have now?

Welcome! Happy to have you with us.

Yeah BMW screwed up on that DS for sure

Yeah, it was easy enough for me, but the new 1300 I believe they have written it as a consumer cost. They call it a required replacement or something like that… Seems like crap to me. Like why not just fix the issue. Clearly Yamaha can make a driveshaft that lasts forever. Why not do the R&D to do the same

Yeah so I have heard. I don’t have eco on mine.

I tried ECO mode and got worse gas mileage than in ROAD mode, it seems that in ECO mode, the power is reduced so you must give it more throttle to get going resulting in worse fuel economy, the contrary of what they were trying to achieve. RAIN mode also uses more fuel for the same reason!

You from Portugal?

@@AmericanAbroad1 I wish🙂. Maybe one day... Even though I'm a Citizen, I never lived in this beautiful country. As for my trip in 2022, It was the first day of 11 days trip. I left Porto early in the morning, along the douro river almost all the way to Pinhao and then south to Covilha. I arrived at the hotel soaking wet and left a "nice" puddle on the lobby's floor. What an experience.

Interesting feedback. Have you tried adjusting the front and rear suspension independently? Not only riding straight dynamic or enduro? Normally even in dynamic it keeps the rear in road mode. Change both to dynamic and I feel a huge difference

@@AmericanAbroad1@AmericanAbroad1 My bike has ESA, so the damping is electronic. The suspension cannot be adjusted in Enduro and Enduro Pro riding modes. There are only two suspension settings in all other modes: road (it feels like a blown shock) and dynamic. I wish my bike had manual adjusters.

im testing my new 2014 gs1200 gs and found the exactly opposite, shocks are overdamped for me even on soft setting and enduro. Same issue with all adv bike i had - the suspension is too hard on all of them. I guess 1250 have different damping characteristics, unfortunately its too expensive for me.

people need to stop complaining. The softer suspension the better! To the point of course. but generally yeah, most adv are way too harsh

@@Angry-Lynx The compression damping is non-adjustable on the 1200 and 1250. I'm talking about the rebound damping and how fast the suspension extends after being compressed. My 1200 was great, but the 1250 can act like a catapult and buck me right out of the seat.

Glad it helped

Basically two harnesses would allow me to make the lights work independently of one another. For instance; if I put on my left blinker - the left light could have the option to turn off and keep the right on. At the moment I have it set where they both turn off when my blinker comes on. You could also have it blink with your blinker, but people already hate how strong these lights are. I don’t wanna flash them when I turn. If you watch ABikeThing’s channel you can see all the features

@@AmericanAbroad1 Hi…thanks for your answer. I´ve following Steve from A Bike thing for a while now….amazing channel As I understand the only feature you loose is not being able to turn just one light off or make that light blink when the blinker comes on…..right? If that’s the case I really don’t care much….I agree is way to strong to have one on when turning on one blinker What happens when you turn the hazards on…..do the D4 turn on and off at the opposite time than the hazards? Or this is a feature that you also loose? Thanks again for your help Greetings from Chile

You are correct. Yeah right now I have it programmed to alternate from the lights and hazards when hazards are on. But you can tune that off if you want. There’s a bunch of features you can change with a laptop. You just need a wifi connection and a laptop. Make sure you are close to the bike and you can change the settings through the provided app. I run these day and night. Only at 20% during the day. People often flash me, but I’d rather be a jerk with bright lights than a nice guy who gets hit because nobody saw me. I hope this helps!

You won’t regret it. I did have a false activation of the airbag last month. I sent it to Dainese and just got it back yesterday. They fixed it no problem. I’m good to go again.

​@@AmericanAbroad1 This is good to hear. It was a concern of mine but I went ahead and ordered the LS Sport version recently even after seeing a few reports of accidental deployment on big bumps on the highway. What situation were you in which caused your deployment? All things considered, if they repair the jacket for free I see no issue because I think it's great that the algorithm airs on the side of caution.

@@pubsub9832 I was actually just in second gear. I stood up to fix my pants and when I sat back down it went off.

Do they charge you if it's a false activation?

@ I just had one and they replaced it for free

Yeah there is no comparison there. The GS just takes the cake. Welcome to the GS world!

Yeah I actually played with the bit rate also. Changed to a lower bit rate and cleaned it up even more. So crazy. This took me forever to figure out. I hope it helps.

@@AmericanAbroad1 THanks! Im trying this. Went through 3 Mics already :D :D

Thank you heaps for the comment and feedback. Means a lot. That sounds like a pretty solid deal. Ask any questions. Happy to help. I live in Portugal. If you ever make it down here, we can go for a ride

The ST is a tank! How’s the power in the 2017 tenere? Did they smooth out the throttle?

Yeah I think Calimoto is better suited for Europe. Before it was double the price per year so I used Rever. I use rever on an iPhone and I plan the trips on a computer. I have a quad lock for my phone that I use when riding. What bike are you on?

​@@AmericanAbroad1 I ride on a 1250 GS, but I'm using Android in a carpuride and not super happy with it.