carlesonra
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Lowered 700 replaced my 1200GS
My 1200GS was just the best for what I was doing a couple of years ago. I had to make a change when health problems that weakened my legs and I need something both feet hit the ground flat so here comes the factory lowered seat and lowered suspension 2017 700 GS that i had never ridden. My first time on the machine with feet on the floor replaced the balancing act I had to do tip toeing the 1200GS around. The machine has all the steam this 70 YO rider will ever need still pulling strongly at 80 in 5th. BTW 70 mph in 6th is around 4000 rpm, the same as the 1200 GS. The transmission ratios are spaced just right and yeah I have to work on the chain now and again but the rest makes up for that. It is 60 pounds lighter that the 1200 making it much easier around the garage and putting on the trailer. The shortened suspension will give some problems on choppy roads here in California because 2 inches in travel is lost in the shortening of the saddle height. Works out that I am bringing it back to the stock suspension height to retrieve the suspension travel which will make this machine perfect for riding the wine roads here around San Luis Obispo, Ca. A windshield and multi vario cases make this a reasonable long-travel machine if you choose and Its 190 mile range before the 40 mile reserve provides some legs for those Nevada deserts. For me, at my age, my physical condition of back issues, knees etc it performs very well.
Thats all for now,
Hey Bob
My 1200GS was just the best for what I was doing a couple of years ago. I had to make a change when health problems that weakened my legs and I need something both feet hit the ground flat so here comes the factory lowered seat and lowered suspension 2017 700 GS that i had never ridden. My first time on the machine with feet on the floor replaced the balancing act I had to do tip toeing the 1200GS around. The machine has all the steam this 70 YO rider will ever need still pulling strongly at 80 in 5th. BTW 70 mph in 6th is around 4000 rpm, the same as the 1200 GS. The transmission ratios are spaced just right and yeah I have to work on the chain now and again but the rest makes up for that. It is 60 pounds lighter that the 1200 making it much easier around the garage and putting on the trailer. The shortened suspension will give some problems on choppy roads here in California because 2 inches in travel is lost in the shortening of the saddle height. Works out that I am bringing it back to the stock suspension height to retrieve the suspension travel which will make this machine perfect for riding the wine roads here around San Luis Obispo, Ca. A windshield and multi vario cases make this a reasonable long-travel machine if you choose and Its 190 mile range before the 40 mile reserve provides some legs for those Nevada deserts. For me, at my age, my physical condition of back issues, knees etc it performs very well.
Thats all for now,
Hey Bob
