Hello forum.
I just picked up a 2012 R1200GS with 94 miles on it. Triple black, side and top case, Nav IV GPS, tank bag. Guy hurt his back right after he bought it. Total bummer for him, but a great deal for me.
I'm currently heading to upstate NY to pick it up and am riding it back to DC. I know I still need to be careful while breaking it in. Planning to stay entirely off the interstate, keep the revs modest but varied. I've been reading lots of break in opinions and have determined they are like peoples' backsides...everyone's got one. Planning to stay mostly conservative and I think the biggest challenge is to keep varying the RPMs as there will be temptation to "settle in" on a ride that long.
That will put me at about 500 miles when I get home, so planning to change the oil first thing when I get back.
This is my first GS. I had an '03 R1150RT-P before this and I still have a '75 R90/6. Anything I should be aware of for this trip? Something you wish someone told you before you got your first GS?
Thanks for reading. Very excited about this new bike and trip in front of me.
~Brian
I just picked up a 2012 R1200GS with 94 miles on it. Triple black, side and top case, Nav IV GPS, tank bag. Guy hurt his back right after he bought it. Total bummer for him, but a great deal for me.
I'm currently heading to upstate NY to pick it up and am riding it back to DC. I know I still need to be careful while breaking it in. Planning to stay entirely off the interstate, keep the revs modest but varied. I've been reading lots of break in opinions and have determined they are like peoples' backsides...everyone's got one. Planning to stay mostly conservative and I think the biggest challenge is to keep varying the RPMs as there will be temptation to "settle in" on a ride that long.
That will put me at about 500 miles when I get home, so planning to change the oil first thing when I get back.
This is my first GS. I had an '03 R1150RT-P before this and I still have a '75 R90/6. Anything I should be aware of for this trip? Something you wish someone told you before you got your first GS?
Thanks for reading. Very excited about this new bike and trip in front of me.
~Brian