😂 I sometimes cry myself to sleep after I have dropped the bike out on the trail.😭 But I’m using it for its intended purpose I suppose so hopefully the bike isn’t angry with me. Cheers for the support mate👍
Wow, what a workout taking that great big bike on that skinny trail. That narrow trail would have been a blast on a little 250 pound 250cc. Your brave taking your bike on it.
Yesterday, I finally got my 1300 as well. Was supposed to arrive in July but they currently ramped up the production of the 1300s. Of course, today it started raining and seems like rain for the rest of the weekend. On the flip side, I can´t drive much anyway, because my first service will be in 2 weeks, so that is a limitation. At least I still have time to watch your videos 😛
So good @Wollestar I was crossing my fingers for it to arrive early 🤘 just be sure to take it easy before the first service. No crazy wheelies and whatnot 😉 I think 1000km is a good target for first service unless they told you otherwise. I think it was meant to be between 600 and 1200km. You can always watch my videos as well as ride your bike 😂. Happy riding champ, I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine
@BavarianBloodhound1 they told me 800-1000. Yeah, I don't think that I will do a wheelie ever on that bike🤣. That would mean I would have to know how to in the first place😅. But I used the good weather on Thursday for a small tour and I absolutely love that thing already. As mentioned some videos ago, I have a similar bike to yours, but I went for the forged wheels. It will be interesting to see how they hold up. They look really good, though.
Mud can be pretty tricky sometimes. Good video mate. Excited to see you go to Central Europe and explore some of the trails there. I will let my mates know to sub to you.
Man you are a legend for where you take that bike. Proving that big bikes can go places albeit being hard work, I can hear it in your breathing. I know some people may say this is not what the bike is designed for but I can say it certainly adds to the adrenaline rush and feels good after the fact 🙂 Regarding the lift I also find it easier the way you do it unless I travel with other in which case it's easier to get help. Did you let your tyres down for this trip?
Haha cheers mate. I had the tires at 1.9 front and 2.2 bar rear.27-32 psi(normally 2.5f & 3.0R) But these tires are rubbish as soon as there is any mud about.
Great vid. When are you going to get some better tires for the mud? I think you'll surprise yourself with how much more stable you'll be on the bike. I used to do a lot of off road riding as a kid and more nobbly tires were perfect to thoses conditions.
Are your OEM bash bars bending when you drop it? I have the same ones and waiting for one big drop when the rubber goes thought the value cover, or metal brace thing on top front crunches off the plastic plug covers.... Bought the touratech and they are just as flimsy, ended up sending them back
yeah I was having a look at them today and it looks like they may have moved slightly. I have dropped the bike a few more times that hasn’t made it into the videos and I always seem to be dropping it to the one side. I think Outback Motortek would build the strongest and best quality for this bike as I think their crash bars were the best for the 1250. so I might upgrade to them at some stage.
Just offering a bit of unsolicited advice. I’ve broken both my mirror and the windshield while going off-road so I usually fold the mirrors in and take out the windshield when I’m going to places where I’m likely to “not keep it upright”. It might be a good idea for you too 😁
@@jrs1064 good point, I broke mine too so decided to replace with double take motors which are awesome and can be easily folded when going bush. They are also easier to adjust.
I think you would enjoy the TET a lot more if you did it on a smaller bike. Adventure bikes are not suitable for trail riding. Unless you are big and very strong and have lots of talent. Oh and very rich to pay for all the damage.
Yeah maybe, But I love my bike and will be trying to become a better rider on it. Hopefully I won’t break too much of it because I'm definitely not rich😂 What do you ride @peterwhalley6491 ?
@@BavarianBloodhound1 No I have the greatest respect for anyone trying to trail ride on an adventure bike. I am now an old man and ride a Beta 300 X trainer, previously I had a Honda crf 250 L and not only did alot of damage to it but had a bad accident where I broke my leg and damage a wrist and shoulder.
That’s unfortunate you had a crash mate. Never fun. I say you gotta get out there on whatever you feel comfortable on and hell if I saw someone on a 50cc moped trying to conquer the trails I would be cheering them on. Cheers mate👍
Those things ain’t made for trails…they can barely hang on easy dirt roads. Just sayin; don’t be fooled by German marketing or over-engineering. My suggestion is to get a KLR…you can work on it by the side of the road, go into town to get parts for broken BMWs, find parts worldwide, and use the 10K you saved to get a KLX, for when you want hard Singletrack. Just sayin…But to each their own. Other good non-car options are Honda XL650 or Suzuki DR650.
While those bikes are good suggestions, I wouldn’t trade this for anything. I love taking this bike off-road and actually so far the only limiting factor is my skill level not the motorcycles ability to conquer trails. Hope you enjoy riding whatever bike you ride mate, just as long as your riding.👍
With good knobby rubber and cylinder protection gs is amazing on single trail. How you can put it first gear and let go the clutch and gas and it tractors on at least my 1250.
i think this shows well that the big "adventure" bikes are a failed concept. For the average joe theyre about as manouverable in rough terrain as grandma. The GS is a great bike, very good quality. I just think the concept is 95% tourer and 5% offroad capabilities and what are you gonne do with that? Things that you can "adventure" through like the tet are just barely possible and a MASSIVE pain compared to doing it on a smaller enduro.
@movelikejaeger1914 So, first of all please understand that I respect your opinion and I'm not trying to attack you with my comments I think "failed concept" is not correct. this bike was never marketed to do single trail, It was for wide open 2 track, gravel/dirt/sandy roads and yes to the majority of its market road riding. In saying that this trail is nowhere near out of its league, I simply have the incorrect tires for it. In fact when it dries up a bit I will return to this section and blow through it like nothing. Of course I would still be much slower than a proper enduro or motocross bike but that is also the case for lets say a T7. I quite enjoy the challenges of a big bike on these smaller trails and will look at improving my own skills to better handle these situations. As you will see with my other videos I don't think that I have "just barely" made it through the tet trails here in Estonia and I absolutely will be doing tet trails in all the countries I visit. Anyway, not attacking you, just opininating (if thats a word) 😂. Hope you enjoy the trails on whatever it is you ride mate. cheers for the comment 👍👍👍 Happy trails.
@@BavarianBloodhound1 All good man! I think its awesome you take the challenge. People tour the world on 125cc, 2 wheels can be great fun way out of the comfort zone. And i think you surely didnt make a bad choice with the gs. Maybe i just dont like the naming of the "adventure" bike class. To me adventures start when these heavy adventure bikes go out of their comfort zone. If it has adventure in the name but muddy/wet becomes a concern i cant help but chuckle a bit haha
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Cool trails!
I thought they were a bit of fun.
I gotta give you credit for hitting the bush in such a nice bike. I would baby it if it was mine. Could even shed a tear if i scratched it
😂 I sometimes cry myself to sleep after I have dropped the bike out on the trail.😭
But I’m using it for its intended purpose I suppose so hopefully the bike isn’t angry with me.
Cheers for the support mate👍
Great work - that looked pretty challenging!
Thanks mate.👍 could hear it by how much I was breathing 😮💨
Wow, what a workout taking that great big bike on that skinny trail. That narrow trail would have been a blast on a little 250 pound 250cc. Your brave taking your bike on it.
It was a workout 🏋️ but I don’t know if brave is the right word.🤣
Yesterday, I finally got my 1300 as well. Was supposed to arrive in July but they currently ramped up the production of the 1300s. Of course, today it started raining and seems like rain for the rest of the weekend. On the flip side, I can´t drive much anyway, because my first service will be in 2 weeks, so that is a limitation. At least I still have time to watch your videos 😛
So good @Wollestar I was crossing my fingers for it to arrive early 🤘 just be sure to take it easy before the first service. No crazy wheelies and whatnot 😉
I think 1000km is a good target for first service unless they told you otherwise.
I think it was meant to be between 600 and 1200km.
You can always watch my videos as well as ride your bike 😂.
Happy riding champ, I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine
@BavarianBloodhound1 they told me 800-1000.
Yeah, I don't think that I will do a wheelie ever on that bike🤣. That would mean I would have to know how to in the first place😅.
But I used the good weather on Thursday for a small tour and I absolutely love that thing already. As mentioned some videos ago, I have a similar bike to yours, but I went for the forged wheels. It will be interesting to see how they hold up. They look really good, though.
Yeah I think they look pretty good also. I bet they will be stronger and better than cross spoked, but time will tell.
That slick mud has to be extra fun on those street tires!
Sure was. 😂
Mud can be pretty tricky sometimes. Good video mate. Excited to see you go to Central Europe and explore some of the trails there. I will let my mates know to sub to you.
cheers mate👍
Man you are a legend for where you take that bike. Proving that big bikes can go places albeit being hard work, I can hear it in your breathing. I know some people may say this is not what the bike is designed for but I can say it certainly adds to the adrenaline rush and feels good after the fact 🙂
Regarding the lift I also find it easier the way you do it unless I travel with other in which case it's easier to get help.
Did you let your tyres down for this trip?
Haha cheers mate. I had the tires at 1.9 front and 2.2 bar rear.27-32 psi(normally 2.5f & 3.0R)
But these tires are rubbish as soon as there is any mud about.
Great vid. When are you going to get some better tires for the mud? I think you'll surprise yourself with how much more stable you'll be on the bike. I used to do a lot of off road riding as a kid and more nobbly tires were perfect to thoses conditions.
Depends how stubborn I feel like being 🤣🤣🤣
I think it’s the next thing I buy for the bike so possibly soon.
Are your OEM bash bars bending when you drop it? I have the same ones and waiting for one big drop when the rubber goes thought the value cover, or metal brace thing on top front crunches off the plastic plug covers.... Bought the touratech and they are just as flimsy, ended up sending them back
they are supposed to be a bit
flimsy, so they break before the mounting points...
yeah I was having a look at them today and it looks like they may have moved slightly. I have dropped the bike a few more times that hasn’t made it into the videos and I always seem to be dropping it to the one side. I think Outback Motortek would build the strongest and best quality for this bike as I think their crash bars were the best for the 1250.
so I might upgrade to them at some stage.
Going outback motor tech as well. Just waiting till in stock.
Good choice 👍
Tom, are you still on the road tyres? Flip em, your crash bars will thank you😂
🤣🤣 they probably would.
Will be the next thing I buy for the bike for sure
Just offering a bit of unsolicited advice. I’ve broken both my mirror and the windshield while going off-road so I usually fold the mirrors in and take out the windshield when I’m going to places where I’m likely to “not keep it upright”. It might be a good idea for you too 😁
Doing a BDR and will take that into consideration. The assembly is all one part when ordered so it’s like $900
Thanks for the tip. I will keep that in mind if I’m going to do tight trails like this again. 😀
@@jrs1064 good point, I broke mine too so decided to replace with double take motors which are awesome and can be easily folded when going bush. They are also easier to adjust.
Love your videos but you shouldn't drive central track right now. There were many problems so it was taken down.
Thanks for the support mate. Thanks for the info about the central track. I will wait for an update before I go that way again. 👍
Elephant doesn’t belong to ballet. That’s all.
Definitely not when the floor is wet 🤣🤣
Second 😂
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I think you would enjoy the TET a lot more if you did it on a smaller bike. Adventure bikes are not suitable for trail riding. Unless you are big and very strong and have lots of talent. Oh and very rich to pay for all the damage.
Yeah maybe, But I love my bike and will be trying to become a better rider on it. Hopefully I won’t break too much of it because I'm definitely not rich😂
What do you ride @peterwhalley6491 ?
@@BavarianBloodhound1 No I have the greatest respect for anyone trying to trail ride on an adventure bike. I am now an old man and ride a Beta 300 X trainer, previously I had a Honda crf 250 L and not only did alot of damage to it but had a bad accident where I broke my leg and damage a wrist and shoulder.
That’s unfortunate you had a crash mate. Never fun.
I say you gotta get out there on whatever you feel comfortable on and hell if I saw someone on a 50cc moped trying to conquer the trails I would be cheering them on.
Cheers mate👍
@@BavarianBloodhound1 Beta Xtrainer 300, purley used for trail riding.
Those things ain’t made for trails…they can barely hang on easy dirt roads. Just sayin; don’t be fooled by German marketing or over-engineering. My suggestion is to get a KLR…you can work on it by the side of the road, go into town to get parts for broken BMWs, find parts worldwide, and use the 10K you saved to get a KLX, for when you want hard Singletrack. Just sayin…But to each their own. Other good non-car options are Honda XL650 or Suzuki DR650.
While those bikes are good suggestions, I wouldn’t trade this for anything. I love taking this bike off-road and actually so far the only limiting factor is my skill level not the motorcycles ability to conquer trails.
Hope you enjoy riding whatever bike you ride mate, just as long as your riding.👍
With good knobby rubber and cylinder protection gs is amazing on single trail. How you can put it first gear and let go the clutch and gas and it tractors on at least my 1250.
i think this shows well that the big "adventure" bikes are a failed concept. For the average joe theyre about as manouverable in rough terrain as grandma.
The GS is a great bike, very good quality. I just think the concept is 95% tourer and 5% offroad capabilities and what are you gonne do with that? Things that you can "adventure" through like the tet are just barely possible and a MASSIVE pain compared to doing it on a smaller enduro.
@movelikejaeger1914
So, first of all please understand that I respect your opinion and I'm not trying to attack you with my comments
I think "failed concept" is not correct. this bike was never marketed to do single trail, It was for wide open 2 track, gravel/dirt/sandy roads and yes to the majority of its market road riding. In saying that this trail is nowhere near out of its league, I simply have the incorrect tires for it. In fact when it dries up a bit I will return to this section and blow through it like nothing. Of course I would still be much slower than a proper enduro or motocross bike but that is also the case for lets say a T7. I quite enjoy the challenges of a big bike on these smaller trails and will look at improving my own skills to better handle these situations. As you will see with my other videos I don't think that I have "just barely" made it through the tet trails here in Estonia and I absolutely will be doing tet trails in all the countries I visit.
Anyway, not attacking you, just opininating (if thats a word) 😂.
Hope you enjoy the trails on whatever it is you ride mate.
cheers for the comment 👍👍👍
Happy trails.
@@BavarianBloodhound1 All good man! I think its awesome you take the challenge. People tour the world on 125cc, 2 wheels can be great fun way out of the comfort zone. And i think you surely didnt make a bad choice with the gs.
Maybe i just dont like the naming of the "adventure" bike class. To me adventures start when these heavy adventure bikes go out of their comfort zone. If it has adventure in the name but muddy/wet becomes a concern i cant help but chuckle a bit haha