Hey Kate I just wanted to thankyou personally for making your videos, you many not realise it but you are inspiring young women riders and giving them untold confidence. I showed your video to someone who's just passed their CBT and bought a bike and was feeling really under confident due to it's size and they had dropped it. They got really put off. However after showing them you riding these large bikes has allowed me to demonstrate that it is possible but it takes time to develop the confidence and technique. Keep doing what you're doing fantastic videos and thankyou. If I could tell you what this girl has been through in her life thus far you would understand just how positive an influence your contribution has been. 🙏
@@UsernameKateFLACK from whom ?you could ride rings round most other riders and your videos highlight that. Stay safe out of there and keep the vids coming
Adventure bikes are the SUV's of the bike world and the new GS adventure is the motorcycle equivalent of the new LR defender. There are many defenders in my neighborhood with ladders and snorkels all set for the rugged adventure of a Starbucks run and that's kinda the vibe of the new GSA.
@@marcbrasse747 which is fine as long as owners are willing to admit it. Same with the people who buy a Ferrari or sport bike to drive up and down the local high street.
With all the advertising and the promoting that you do for Halliwell Jones, I am sure they can do you a really really good deal for the upgrade of Beatrix. Give them your best puppy eyes look.
Haven't been on a bike for 40 yrs but after watching some of your vids and seeing your dad on his, it's got me hankering for one, love the content keep up the good work
I think if this weather keeps up Kate, jet ski reviews might be in order lol. When i first saw the gsa in red 😮, but in black or green not quite so bad and i was surprised that the price difference between rhe gs and gsa wasn't much. I'd like to try it and i always like bikes that have a large fuel range,but i don't think it would will ever be a look back at bike before shutting the garage door.
I’m not surprised your Dad loves you Kate. Your lush. Your vids are great and you ride all these bikes very well. I look forward to more of your stuff. Be safe.❤
Hey Kate 🤟 So nice to see you out on Pops new ride. I’d say the ride on that rolling piece of Art is as beautiful, deep and rich while being full of Adventure and Joy and love much the same as the Connection you share with each other motorcycle 🏍️ ✨❤️🎶⭕️🏴☠️☀️
I've wanted BMW boxer twin for decades and my word they have come a very long way. Your dads' bike looks brilliant in my humble opinion as I take my hat off to you both for taking it out on a rainy run. I love the little fills in the commentary and you filter through traffic well. As someone who started riding in the 80's when almost every one filtered to the late 2000's when some not only didn't filter, they didn't over take either and that's completely fine, it's just different. The important thing is to be safe as times change. Anyway less of my waffle many thanks for a great video Kate.
Just caught a glance of the "new" one and..... Blimey! The designers need a serious spanking: If they want to play with Lego they should change profession!!
Oooh that triple black looks mean when it's wet! Would love to see a 1300 in the são Paulo yellow with red bits like the F900, that bike looks mighty in the flesh! Another great video Kate, if we didn't like getting wet we'd hardly get the bikes out of the garage! Always remember "skin is waterproof" lol
Love your work Kate.... Re the new GSA..... I really despair at BMW 🤷🏻♂ I recently came out of biking retirement and started shopping with BMW first on my list but struggled to justify the expense (Aussie pricing for a GS was looking over the fence at 40k+ ) or the fact that their bikes I was considering just didn't look nice ( in my opinion ). I got something else for 40% less and it'll do fine while I decide if the biking life is still for me. I do love a shaft drive though so I may be back in a year or two.
This bike is for GS aficionados, most of which will almost certainly upgrade at some point. I'm not sure that the opinions of those who would never contemplate buying an ADV bike let alone this one really matter. I'm sure that BMW knows this.
Funnily enough, I remember when the original R1100GS was launched (y'know, back when everything was in black-and-white and dinosaurs ruled the Earth), somebody referred to the red and yellow option as "Mad Max goes to Legoland"...🤣
Welcome to uk summer 🌧 At least it's warmer rain 😂. Good video kate, my bikes seat height is 770mm - 30.3 inches and that's just low enough for me, I was at the back of the queue when they were handing out leg length, but they do say good things come in small packages. Best wishes Roy 👍😊.
Weirdly, I sorta prefer the looks of the new GSA over the standard 1300! I'm resisting taking a test ride on the 1300, as I have a feeling that I'll wanna trade in my 1250 for one... thus incurring a financial burden that I can ill afford 😂
I've never been a GS fan because I'm not planning to ride the Paris-Dakar and I don't need a pretend off-roader. That said, I think the 1300 is the best-looker since the early ones. It looks more like a motorbike and less like the Starship Enterprise. The adaptive ride height is a brilliant innovation: I watch and wince as short riders with the wife on the back try to keep the thing upright while they park in the yard of the Ponderosa (local bike meet, about 20-mile from the dealer you visited). Your dad probably specified it so it's comfortable for you to take it in for servicing for him (that's what I'd do in his position). But watching you getting drenched on the M6/M56 prompts me to say that an RT offers you much better weather protection. The screen and fairing are a lot wider and the "lowers" do a brilliant job of protecting your legs. Nevertheless, the GS is a great bike and I can understand why your dad is stoked.
I think the new adventure looks great. I just bought the 1300 GS and the adventure probably is a bit big for me at 72 but the look will grow on everybody. It’s good to have something radical keep up the videos
I think the R1300GS looks fine. GS models have never been beautiful and lean much more to German functional. I'm a GSA person as I find them a much better bike for my personal needs. I am struggling a little with the looks of the new GSA. Perhaps if that aluminium panel at the front of the tank was blacked out it might look a bit nicer. Having said that I will probably buy one in a year or so anyway as I don't ride a GS for its beauty.
I loved my 2016 GSA and really wanted to like the new 1300 GSA but I just can't believe that BMW went down the road they did. The 1300GS looks great to me (esp in the Triple Black) but the GSA is about as pretty as a wheelbarrow. I love it when you walk away from your bike but then can't resist a quick look back - with the new GSA I'd just want to get off and walk away quickly, only stopping to remove my helmet once well out of sight.
Good old usernamedad trusting you with his new pride and joy ! Yet Another great vlog ... what do you think of the Furygan Apalache jacket is it waterproof enough? I've been considering buying me one !🤔🏍️👍
Lovely video even with that wet weather! Be thankful because here in part of the US its too hot and/or smoky due to wildfires. You don't want to ride when you're breathing in bad air quality! As for your Dad's new bike, it would grow on me especially with those utilitarian features. But I thought YOU were his pride and joy, not the bike! 😊
The new 1300 was a bit of an improvement. The GSA has firmly moved into open caricature, which the GS’s already where on at a more sublimal level for years. Could be the beginning of the end of the dinosaur age. One really needs a gigantic, firmly isolated ego to believe one is looking cool on that.
We must have missed you on that one. I went out on the F900 GS on that day, and my other half got embroiled in picking out her new bike. It was properly miserable in the morning, and then pretty much as soon as I got back to HJM the sun came out and make all my damp gear delightfully uncomfortable.
Awesome video! Grim weather for sure. I love both of them. Especially the R1300 gs. Definitely bold moves by BMW. I would love to have a r1300gs but as I have a "22 1250 gs I would definitely get a new one ripped. Besides , I love my bike. She's perfect! Best!
For the GSA, I'm hoping that forward silver bit can be wrapped to de-uglify the whole thing. May not be possible though. I test drove a regular R1300GS and I'm smitten, I was ready to throw down on the GSA. Now I'm torn.
Not sold on the 1300. I’ve got the 1250 gs te exclusive and at the moment I couldn’t see me swapping it for the new version, the look doesn’t float my boat, it may in the future but I’m looking at the Ducati multistrada as another option.
Agreed I'm the same with my 1250 but the likes of the KTM and Multistrada are different creatures really. If I wasn't a 5'9 short arse and old, I'd be more likely to go for the new GSA which unlike most I love.
@@paulyflyer8154 I’m also “vertically challenged”. I’ve got the factory low chassis 1250 te exclusive and it’s excellent, I’ve had the 1300 as a courtesy bike and it rides well it’s just the look I’m not struck on. The Ducati is good but I do like shaft drive and the BMW dash/info system, very intuitive.
@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if Same here. The looks are very boring and disappointing to be honest. Like you, I prefer the convenience of the shaft drive too, so my attitude now is if it ain't broke don't fix it. At 63 I'm hoping for a growth spurt and a little lottery win so I could think about the new GSA.
@@laceyunderall68 yes, they can still get the GSA but not so many of GS now. The dealers want the old stock gone because they can’t shift the new ones. At the moment I’d by another 1250 before the 1300 but maybe I’ll mellow 🤷♂️
I value your opinion enough to quote your name when I insured with Bikesure! Not sure if they doubled my quote tho but🤔 On the new GS front I quite like the new DuploeMW😂
The gsa is a real turkey , , they haven’t listened to the criticism of the gs one bit, it’s still ugly from the front and back, but now it’s ugly from thf side as well , the only good thing I like is the auto gearbox option because I’m disabled
Enjoyed the vlog. Shame about the weather but we all have to put up with that. I must admit, when the new GS was released I was not 100% sure of its looks but I really like it now having seen a few in person. That said, I’m not sure I will warm to the new GSA though. It’s a bit too ‘Lego’ for me.
Another quality vlog 🤣👏🏼 the GSA looks like the Key for my F900 turned on its side 🤣 I've never been in sales but friends have and it can mess with your head 😕 your doing great, you could maybe do women only bike tours as a side 😀🏍️🏍️
We have no choice or we'd never ride haha. We look forward to Spring and Summer SO much and we've had about 2 weeks of good weather across those seasons. Depressing to say the least!
My daughter won't ride my bike. And it's always rainin here in B.C.-just 2-3C warmer,but wet. Being on the West here, riding anything other than Japanese does not make sense. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
I do like the new GS - but, not the adventure model. The fuel tank looks ridiculous. I thought filtering on my xsr900 was awkward 😂 Always strange to see my local roads on camera too!
The GS looks nice but not the Adventurer, Adventure definitely took styling que’s from the Harley Pan Am. You have to love the smooth power of the boxer twin with one of the most tuned suspensions in the industry. BMW also makes the most comfortable riding positions with perfectly spaced handlebars that work for the five foot two rider to the six foot four person.
You have a lovely voice. Accent-wise I suspect you come from roughly the same whereabouts as Diane Morgan who plays Philomena Cunk (she's absolutely amazing btw, big fan). Found your channel due to considering the F900R as my first bike next year. At 6 feet and 11.2 stone I expect it would fit me nicely and it seems less hooligany than it's Yamaha counterpart.
I liked everything about the GS on my test ride. Except the excessive wind noise coming up the forks gap. The constant roar on the hwy was just too much for me to bare. Even hearing it in the audio here reenforces why I chose not to buy it.
Morning Kate , can I ask you a question, I’m having a new /old style GSA in September, so do you believe that the ceramic coat that you had is still working great ? If so where did you have it done ? Hoping you don’t mind me asking you . And does it have to happen on day one ?
It looks bulky the new 1300 but the more i see pictures it’s a grower , old black beauty looks stunning, who’s going to clean the bike when you take it back
Having had three GSs I could live with this new standard version but not the hideous GSA, I couldn’t live with that engine sound or gearbox even though it’s a bit better, I’ll stick with my stunning Multistrada.😉
I like the 1300 but the Adventure looks like Berlin lol. Big, blocky, industrial, no fine line finesse, but I'm sure it's up to the job. Did you ever review the F750?.. I might have asked this before. Love the vids, thanks Kate. Xx
The new 1300 is a lovely bike but I couldn’t live with the even more agricultural sound the motor makes over my 1250. As for the GSA not for me I’m afraid.
Hi Kate a quick vid tech question if I may? I really struggle with in helmet audio when riding both wind noise suppression (though GoPro 10 is much better) and crackle interference at 50mph plus. Any tips to eliminate this? Ta. Alan
After riding it in a real world situation, do you think it's worth upgrading your own GS or maybe wait for next year's version that comes with the option of ASA for long journeys/touring? Love it or hate it, the GS is tool to get a job done and it does it extremely well
...went to see my local BMW dealer in Welwyn Garden City. No 1300 GSA till November 😊 I gota say though the 1300 gs (lookswise) is growing on me. Nice video, weather aside.
Hi Kate Caledonian Biker here glad ur still out there doing it. I'm in total agreement with your dad l love my R1300GS. Tell him to give my Channel a look I've done massive mods to mine including full race system and slimmed it down too. Stay Safe. C.B.
Aw, that bit about your sales work influencing your sleep in such a strong way was a bad sign. I do however suspect that the brand can have a lot to do with that. As a Beemer seller you automatically got positioned in the demanding ego-driven part of the market. From both sides actually. People who tend to be oriented on the status aspect and basically want to buy THE status bike and even want to upgrade on that by adding (still mass produced) stuff. example: I went to a GORGIOUS Yamaha XZ 550 meeting in Bavaria last week. At a certain moment we where passed by some gargantuan off road vehicle pulling a big trailer with 2 fully fledged GS’s on it. The parrot colours of these signaled little was stock about them. So you buy the biggest “adventure” bike full of panniers and such and then transport them to your destination? What I am trying to say is: How can you please such people and the equally ego driven sales environment their status oriented, materialistic demands will automatically lead to? A nice more diversified local dealer of the “we love every bike” sort could be a very different environment. “You just sold another cheap bike? Hurray! The more the merrier!”
Enjoyed the blog 👍🏽👍🏽 I thought one needed at least a 31"-32" inseam to ride the GS bikes. May be I am wrong?? I am short w/ a 29" inseam. Hence my question. Thx.
Oh no, you shouldn't rule out a GS because even if the full height ones are a bit too high for your comfort, there are 'seat height reduced' ones for sale and with us being the same height, I can guarantee you can flat foot one foot those. This videos I have done may give you more reassurance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ENW-mmipPgk.htmlsi=gn3Qtas8Jn5oSUlV and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A4igD5hy-Kc.html . maybe even this one, where I ride a seat height reduced GS Adventure (which then becomes the same height as a standard height GS) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IIKWqRjIMCk.html A lot of it is just confidence. You got this!
