fidgetstone
New member
Howdy Folks,
Just got a new 2019 R1250 GS and really love it. Now I get why people are so loyal to the bike.
My basic story is that I rode dirt bikes as a kid/teen then went on a 30+ year hiatus from motorcycles. Once my kids were older and my wife determined that I was expendable, I got back into it. Had a Harley for a year and determined that cruisers were not my thing. Traded it for a 2007 Multistrada that was a great bike for all 32,000 miles. It never broke down on me and it gave me some great adventures. In 2016 I was itching for something new and was seduced by the incredible V4 power and crisp handling of a 2016 Aprilia Tuono. A wonderful, yet not exactly practical bike for me, so after just shy of three years, I traded it in on the new GS.
Though I believe there is no such thing as "too many motorcycles" I am pretty much a one-bike guy and the GS does everything well and gives me the wind protection and distance comfort that a naked bike can't. I really to love the GS. I was put off by the looks of them for ages, but now I see only beauty.
Peace . . . Jim Watkins
Just got a new 2019 R1250 GS and really love it. Now I get why people are so loyal to the bike.
My basic story is that I rode dirt bikes as a kid/teen then went on a 30+ year hiatus from motorcycles. Once my kids were older and my wife determined that I was expendable, I got back into it. Had a Harley for a year and determined that cruisers were not my thing. Traded it for a 2007 Multistrada that was a great bike for all 32,000 miles. It never broke down on me and it gave me some great adventures. In 2016 I was itching for something new and was seduced by the incredible V4 power and crisp handling of a 2016 Aprilia Tuono. A wonderful, yet not exactly practical bike for me, so after just shy of three years, I traded it in on the new GS.
Though I believe there is no such thing as "too many motorcycles" I am pretty much a one-bike guy and the GS does everything well and gives me the wind protection and distance comfort that a naked bike can't. I really to love the GS. I was put off by the looks of them for ages, but now I see only beauty.
Peace . . . Jim Watkins
