BMW R1300GS
BIG QUESTIONS ANSWERED
There’s a new version of Britain’s best-selling bike. Is it really worth spending your hard-earned for?
WHO WOULD WANT to be the engineer tasked by BMW with completely redesigning the GS? And by complete redesign, we mean just that – a new engine, new chassis, new electronics, new gearbox, new suspension and even new wheels.
The challenge of improving on the UK’s best-selling bike – and what is almost universally recognised as being the benchmark adventure tourer – without upsetting the well-balanced formula is about as daunting a task as you can be given. But that’s just what BMW has done for 2024 with the all-new R1300GS.
Featuring a radically different and more powerful boxer motor, a 12kg weight reduction and chassis with greater emphasis put on both road and off-road sporting ability, BMW claims the new GS is less complex than before and has taken the firm’s adventure bike to ‘the next level.’
But has it gone too far in its attempt to maintain its long-term authority on the adventure bike class, compromising the GS’s natural balance and user-friendly nature to battle sportier rivals? Time to find out as we answer the questions that matter about the BMW R1300GS TE…
MODELS
The base white GS is £15,990 with the GS Trophy paint adding £830, Option 719 Tramuntana spec £2260 more and Triple Black £830 extra. The GS TE is £18,495 (in white) and gets the Dynamic Package (£1610), Touring Package (£710) and Headlight Pro (£460) as standard over the base bike.
