Rick del Monte
Member
I have had my 2020 R1250 GS for two years now. I have taken an off-road course a the academy, taken it to the racetrack, and run Tail of the Dragon on it. Love the bike and have had no issues on it while moving, only when coming to a stop. I am 67, 160lbs with a 31” inseam and I have dropped this thing 5 or 6 times, mostly on the gravel and off camber roads that I ride in Western NC. The weight and height means that there is a very low tolerance for leaning off of vertical at a stop before I can no longer keep it from going over.
Fortunately the bike has enough armor that the only damage has been some scratched up crash bars and my heavily bruised ego. My feet can reach the ground, but would a lower seat height help the situation? I assume that installing a low suspension on this bike would not be cheap, but neither would trading it in. Or I could move back to Dallas where the ground is flat and I never dropped a bike. Am I the only one facing this existential crisis?
Fortunately the bike has enough armor that the only damage has been some scratched up crash bars and my heavily bruised ego. My feet can reach the ground, but would a lower seat height help the situation? I assume that installing a low suspension on this bike would not be cheap, but neither would trading it in. Or I could move back to Dallas where the ground is flat and I never dropped a bike. Am I the only one facing this existential crisis?