NEW 2023 BMW R 1300 GS Walkaround 

Now I am even more happy with 2022 1250 GSA

The person who designed the headlight should be fired

The last BMW I got excited about was the 1100GS. But this one... ❤

Having ridden over 250,000 miles on GS’s I’m looking forward to riding the new version! 👍😀 Surprised to see you have to resort to your notes to remind you which was was which with the front and rear suspension!

Absolutely stunning !!

I'm glad they went lighter. I'm tired of throwing around my GSA. I have wanted a smaller displacement shaft drive boxer with current technology just because I want to shave off some weight but I will accept a larger displacement they weighs less.

BMW really killed their own 1300 GS bikes, i feel the new 900 series of GS bikes are significantly better, slightly less power, but alot less weight and way cheaper.

Horrible headlight. The rest of the design isn't better. New masculinities...

Very very nice overall! This is a must have!

I am not rich unfortunately but I will buy this bike for sure ….

I don’t care for the looks, headlight looks stupid

The Trophy color scheme is a real beauty, the more i videos I watch of this new model, the more I like it.

Svelt and lovely generally. Don’t like wacky headlight and what’s all the black moulding below screen ? Need to see ‘in the flesh’ but well done to BMW for slimming it down. I’m on my tenth Boxer so I’ll be in the queue no doubt in due course.

That green and gold one in the background looks lovely.

Was initially meh about the looks, but the more I see it, the better it looks. Walk around help rather than the launch video. I thought the new boxer was going to be fully water cooled though.

I like this 100x better. Was really close to ordering a Multi. I hold off for a bit

I would hate to be the first owners. Can you imagine how many recalls and problems this bike will have?

Are the handlebar controls backlit?

You are quick! 🤙🏼At least it looks much better than the 1250. Oh, first. 😂

What about the GS 1300 adventure ????

While it doesn’t make me want to trade in my ‘18, there are good improvements all 'round. I really (!) hope the radar crap is optional. My wife's car has it and it’s tried to kill me. I quickly learned how to shut the whole thing off.

Very beautiful the new v-strom !!!

I really really really like it but am waiting for the Adv

lights looks better than when I saw in that leak, I wanna have it

That Radar Unit at the rear looks a bit vulnerable, first drop and that’ll be cracked with a huge bill to replace, I hope it’s optional - I have it on my car, its useful on the motorway when cruising but who buys a GS for that? Remember, most radar systems disable when rain spray is too much rendering it useless when you need it most. The collision detect will be fun when filtering, not sure how that will sense close proximity. Can’t say I’m overwhelmed tbh. I just wish they’d make a shaft-driven 1000 boxer, light weight should be where they focus now to kill the competition (Tiger 900 etc). The typical demographic of GS’ers today are getting too old to work the 1300 size and weight - definitely off-road a younger rider can’t afford the price tag unless PCP’d up and worrying about their mileage allowance. I’ll stick with my 1250 for a few more years (love it), then I’d drop down to something that is really lighter (not just 12kg’s). I really don’t like that stupid light nor the rear end, and 1 litre less in fuel on the standard GS .. what’s that all about ? 😮, surely that’s where the weight has been shaved off. 3 GS’s now (I don’t like the size of the GSA) but reducing the standard fuel capacity without really reducing MPG is just wrong on a bike with such comfort touring credentials. I really do think it’s the Emperors new clothes. Ah well, I’ll wait until Motorcycle Live to see it in the flesh (or ABR festival if i want to pay the 70 quid day ticket to see it).

What’s the range of seat height for the Trophy variant please. Ie.. what’s the lowest one can have it in stock as well as with low seat option? Thank you.

Now is a good time to buy a 1250.

more power and torque, lower c of g, better gearbox, more compact, even better agility...hopefully still the legendary bmw ergos and after sales (In my experience anyway).. just depends how it rides!

Cool blacklight at the back ;-)

Unfortunately for me, I really really don't like the front part .... especially those lights! Otherwise great!

Is it indeed smaller/shorter?

HI, when arrive the ADVENTURE MODEL....? with the biggest tank....etc...?

I would need a year or so before purchase, due to the normal teething problems, so what next for the 1250 GS?? Will it slide into insignificance perhaps, only launched in 2019. Still happy with my 2015 LC, bullet proof.

Wow!! Now we know, BMW is able to build a light 650cc single enduro as there was in the 80', 90' ties.

Have they mentioned a timeline for the launch of the Adventure?

Cost..? $30k+…? For adventure version

Ikke nok til at jeg bytter inn min R1250R. Men fin sykkel. Så utrolig imponert over boxermotoren med shiftcam. Kjørt 33.000 km på min sykkel, på 2 år. Null feil så langt. Fikk 6 hk og 7 nm mer på min sykkel, ved å sette på ett komplett Akrapovic titan anlegg 😎

Love it already

Love itttttt

I wonder whether they fixed the abs units that like to melt and the esa units that like to give up.

Very nice overall! Looked much better in reality than those leaking photos in advance

thinking what Triumph will do go to a 1400 Ill just stay with my 18 1200.Tiger do mostly tarmac but that 1300 GS will be way more offroad capable

The problem is not the headlight, actually it looks nice... the real issue with all these new big adventure bikes is the adaptive cruise control sensors. The multistrada and the 1290 have the same problem that sensor is UGLY.

Price?

Nice.😅 looking good. More interested in the R 12 NineT but. 😊

Less muscles it appears to be...still prefer the R1250GS

Smaller gas tank? Punish 80% of your GS customers so you can sell more Adventures? Amazing bike (I've had 3 GS's) but I sure wish they would lock the marketing guys in a closet and let the engineers/PM's make these decisions...

So where is power button then?

I would never buy the first year of a new redesign only because I’ll want to wait for all the aftermarket accessories to catch up 😂

That GS trophy paintwork is the biz. That bike will move the goalposts, again. Ducati? Try again!

They haven’t been too generous wit a Centre Stands.

Are there any new "innovations", have they brought anything to market that no other manufacturer has to date? I watched the launch, and I don't see anything "new and innovative". It was like watching the launch of a new iPhone, there doesn't appear to be anything "groundbreaking" - Is there?

Not sure !

Wait and see what the GSA brings

Bu motor ençok türkiye’de satıyor ve biz sizlerin 3 misli para ödüyoruz.. Türkçe altyazılı yayınlamanız çokmu zor?

Looks improved - just, smaller tank - no no, More technology - please no! Collision avoidance - good luck… my car has this and tried to steer me into a wall when the road was clear.

I think the bike looks much better and fit then before. Only small negative is the front ugly light. I will still ride my 2023 Vstrom 1050, the poor mans GS 😀

They have followed what Triumph did with the 1200

Elon Musk likes this new design

As a 1250 GSA HP owner I think I´ll be looking at the KTM 1290 to replace my bike

BMW going the Honda way, looks more like a Honda 1200 crosstourer

Not impressed...having owned a 2010 & 2021...crash bars should have a crossed brace...the radar should be optional...more to go wrong...looking at Ducati for a test drive..big question is...what are we paying extra for that the competition does better?

Very promising! If it seemed that it would be dethroned as King, this, new, iteration certainly solidifies its position on the throne of all round Adventure bike King.

I don’t like the new headlight, it’s not part of the bmw dna like giving a Porsche 911 rectangular lights 😢

The telelever suspension is so much more visible.. it looks ugly

V nice

Horrible, I don't discuss it technically, but esthetically it is horrible, it loses its originality and looks like a bad copy of a large Suzuki or Honda

is that the new Suzuki V-strom? 🤪🤨

Never ever buying a Gen 1 new models from any manufacturer…. They full of problems . Waited for 2-3 years after better models that fixed all problems

R.I.P. BMW GS . This is a shameful what they did to GS.

The more tech bikes get it'll soon be a case of the machine riding the rider. If you need all that stuff then in my opinion you're not a biker. Hill start, anti wheelie, cornering aids, tyre pressure sensors, for the lazy buggers who cant be arsed to check n' maintain their bikes etc etc. I ride my bikes, not, the other way round. I'm not very impressed with the looksnof the 1300. I love GS's by the way. Sadly cant afford one.

I am sorry but I hate it 😒 I am sticking with my 23 GSA 1250 Rally

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The GS still looks and weighs like a cow, it really is the most anticipated motorcycle in Germany, although I doubt that too

Just order the s1000xr

Don't like at all...😢.....X space...as a comment above mentioned Elon Musk was involved in design....

That seat is not low enough and not wide enough and there is no factory training wheel option. How is BMW planning to accommodate the continuously trending surge of wussies?

A lot to like about the bike, however surely the elephant in the room is that front light, horrible looking.

Am team Honda Africa twin

You might want to change the post to 2024 instead of 2023...lol

100% dislike the new Susuki 1300GS it's look light with out personality. And also the green /gold one is very ugly from my point of view

Nope. 🫣

Look like a Suzuki from the front end, unf. Big fault of getting rid of assimetric lights😢

How to castrate a bike "a la BMW" 😕. Awful. So disappointed.

Looks as if they have hired the chap who designs the god awful looking headlamps for KTM... If it were not for the fugly headlamps I would have fancied a KTM long ago. I'll stand with my 2019 850 GS until they come to their senses again.

Ugly exhaust, ugly front light....killed the gs character 😢

the front is horrible

😢😢😢wtf!!!

Ugly bike.... and i dont buy in to that over hyped over priced BMW rubbish

comedy?

Far from designed from the ground up, same TFT riddled with connectivity issues, same indicators and now with the rear light removed you have the crap indicators especially when braking!, Same front forks and rear suspension!, same spoked wheels so rust will be an issue, looks like BMW are using the same marketing BS as Apple and selling an all new product that is not all new! Far from it. For me I will be changing brands, cough cough cough Ducati Multistrada.

Looks awful. Ktm and Ducati will be laughing their bollox off.

Ugly, going to look like KTM, pillow seat looks very uncomfortable, nothing for tall guys like me, will stay with my 1250 GS

Sorry but the bike looks 🤮 old one better

"Hotly anticipated "....lol. Who actually believes this rubbish?

😭😭🚽🤢🤮

predator

Personally, I think it's pretty amazing. Needed a fresh look. How do the BMW spoked wheels work compared to Triumph. I've read so much about Triumph owners having spokes breaking but haven't heard the same about the BMW system.