2024 BMW R1300GS ASA 

As an oldie i can't afford a BMW and even if i could 25 grand is ridiculous. So i took a Honda NC750X DCT out for a demo last week. Very apprehensive at first but i took to it like a duck to water and was blown away with its ability. Lovely low down and midrange power, fast enough for me and at 9 grand affordable. Next spring I'll be getting one.

Enjoyed your review of the ASA system, I'm with you, just ordered a new GSA with it, think it will appeal more to the older rider. For me it's the way to go, anything that makes life easier for me, and maybe safer I'm for. Thank you.

My 1300GS Adaptive Ride Height failed after 20 or so weeks and 1200 miles. Much back and forth with Germany for a solution, their latest is to replace both front and rear suspension plus hydraulic pump , parts cost £4500! Glasgow Motorrad been excellent, but a suspension failure could result in catastrophe. No confidence in bike now. So, Cherrio 1300GS and hello to 1250 RT TE. Which I have previously owned and enjoyed.

Old fart here. ASA and seat height lowering will allow me to keep riding through my 70's. Agree with your comment about the evolution of bike technologies.Thanks for your review.

I bought 1 of the first honda NC750X DCT models back in 2015 and at the time what a bike, it's amazing just how quick you get used to the automatic, tons of my friends all screwed their faces when i told them and most came back with a smile on their face after having a shot of it, Just bought a R1250 GSA, but the new ASA will definitely be on my target list for the future

I still enjoy to work manually with the gearbox and the regular clutch system, but when I ride an full automatic bike, I enjoy it too and when adding the pillion presence in the bike the automatism makes a lot of sense then. It turns the pilot’s job much easier and that a peremptory fact to me. Mostly every enhancement that machine industry develops ten out of ten are assets to better our relation and use of machinery. If I can benefit from it, why not? Excellent analysis of the novelty made to the 1300 GS, this video puts it very clearly! Thanks ! 👍🏻👍🏻

I have a 2018 GSA 1200 from new. I love that bike even after a 1250 test ride. 1300 ASA has got me hooked even before a test ride👍 Nice one Lofty.

I'm 66 and have ridden motorcycles since 1978. The R1300GS ASA and the Honda NC750X DCT are too heavy for my liking. In May I got myself a SV650. After 8000 km with day trips and a two week camping trip using minor roads I'm quite happy with it. 29 km/l is not bad.

I'm wondering how it works at very low speed. Does it find the friction zone as you would do with a clutch?

As a R1300GS Triple Black owner i am gutted to hear about ASA. I would have it in a heart beat :( but having laid out over 20k for a bike i cant afford to change

The gear change alters depending on riding mode as well. In manual mode if you try and come to a stop in a high gear it will change down the box to first as you come to a stop, no stalling!

I like the idea of an automatic with a standard gear selector. I like the e-clutch also. Ive got a dodgy left hand but my left foot works well. Did Honda offer the option on DCT?

Agree on that no clutch lever/automatic is the future. I had a NC700X DCT and now have NC750X DCT and R1250GS. I wish that my BMW had ASA.

The whingers will always whinge and talk BS. Manual mode you change between all 6 gears the same as usual but without the need for a clutch. You know about Quickshifter whingers? Like a quickshifter but BETTER, so you ride and have control but better!

Problem is if it goes wrong out of warranty it’s a mortgage to repair for sure ! I’ll stick with my 1250 gs

Good review Lofty, you may have converted me, as you say I’ll go and test ride it 👍🏍

So this is better than the goldwing dct? Im going to check out the RT 1300 ASA

What about those tight turn situations (hairpin and parking lot) in which slipping the clutch is quite useful (if not essential)?

I’m a DCT owner and love it, rarely ride my GS these days. I was really surprised when BMW announced an auto version of the GS. Sadly not for me as I don’t like the looks. 😢

This would be great for my Gout !! lol

It is interesting how this bike is so sanitised that it's lost the "fun" factor. Is it now a very, very expensive scooter?

Never touch a job 1 new automotive industry product. Even the people who design and manufacture this stuff will privately tell you to avoid the risk. There will be recall and dealer updates . Just lthink how long the Honda DCT has been evolving and updated. Let the naive early adopters take the pain of the undocumented features . This is not a criticism , you yourself have given examples of product development. Good video however, thank you.

Shame BMW in their wisdom have decided not to put finger controls on as they find they regard them as unnecessary, for me not able to use a foot change they are necessary if I want to go manual or override a down change on the box.

Not for me, to expensive Electrically and mechanically unstable..

I had 3 different model GS’s until a few months ago but got rid of them all and replaced them with an RT that I love to ride, sure they’ll be bringing a 1300 ASA to the market soon. On the subject of automatic it’s different to this but after 40+ years biking a couple of years ago I got a BMW scooter. I know it’s not the same but I love this as well with the auto CVT is just so easy to ride. Use it all the time got rid of a car when I retired so shops local trips two up, it tops out at around 95mph so motorways or any faster roads are fine. Point is I love being on any two wheels and auto transmission I think makes riding easier especially in traffic and I don’t think it takes anything really from the experience

Given the failures the 1300gs has already suffered I would be Very Dubious about rushing in to buy an asa bike until its been proved reliable. The bikes are too ugly for me anyway and the ergonomics are a backward step in order to make it "sporty".