The off-road hero: Sporty performance on all kinds of off-road terrain. Picture: Mark Jones After spending some time with theR 1300 GS Adventurerecently, I now got to spend a week with the Trophy edition you see here. The big difference being this time around the bike featured the Automated Shift Assistance option.
What does this mean to you and me in layman terms? Simply put, this GS is automatic. No clutch lever to deal with.
No dramatics on pull off. But it does take some getting used to as your hand instinctively looks for the clutch lever. Especially when going on the brakes and gearing down at a stop.
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For those who still want complete control over when the bike must change gear, it is as easy as selecting Manual Mode and then you must use the gear lever to change up or down. To make for a smoothish ride, it’s better if you shut the throttle down when you go for the next gear. If you don’t, gear changing becomes quite a clunky affair.
You can also leave it in Auto Mode and forget about it. It’s still quite clunky in operation. But it makes riding a big 1300cc motorbike about as easy as riding a bicycle.
If I was a guy that used my über off-road Motorrad machine to commute to work and back like so many GS owners do then I would probably be happy to live with this automatic. Talking of commuting. Just how much grunt is on tap with this newly designed engine?
A full 107kW of power at 7 750 rpm and 149Nm at 6 500 rpm. This makes it by far the most powerful BMW boxer engine yet to be produced in the series motorbike. And more than enough for anything you would expect for need from an adventure bike.
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