Test | BMW 1250 GSA Rallye X - trials on the Big Beemer 

There is no other better all round bike than the 1250 GS. Period!

Excellent teacher, I wish there was something like this where I live.

Well. This shows, which is possible with a big travel bike. My congrats for you Dave. You did a great job! respect! Greetings from Germany Joachim

Rippa Dave...inspirational 👍

Absolut mad respect for taking that tank over those obstacles! It’s all about the rider and your confidence. All the best from Germany 🇩🇪

Looks like a blast

That was absolutely awesome. Nice riding - always love training recordings.

Damm well done, had my nerves in the red, good riding, fantastic machine...enjoyed it thoroughly...

Awesome stuff Dave's really great to see the stuff the big bike can do👍✌️

Awesome video, has opened my eye to the capabilities of my GSA

Sensational vid Dave, testing out the big GS.

Super impressed with your skills Dave on the big bike.....not bad for a pensioner....

Looking forward to this one👍🏻

Top video mate and nice to see Australian contents on you tube

Great Vid Dave. Always learning. Nothing like some excellent training and practice with a pro. Take care be safe.

well done Dave. You just showed many naysayers saying that it can't be done on a big adventure bike, it is all down to the rider and their confidence, the big girl is very well balanced

Great riding! Looking forward to your 1250 review! 👍🏻🇨🇦

They are an amazing machine, I absolutely love my 2022 rally gsa te , well done Dave m brilliant as always

Well done Dave. Great video.

G'day Dave, well done on conquering and showing great confidence going over the obstacles & handling on the 1250 GS, it bought back some good memory i use to have the same sort of thing set-up on my parent farm when i did 12 years of competitive trials riding, i think it's a bit funny now day how many are getting on trials bikes to learn the fundamentals of trials riding then apply it to their enduros riding & adventure riding, it's fantastic how the trials riding is growing, especially with parent getting their young kid into it & setting their riding careers on a good path to riding motorcycles, cheers Mick

great video. need to try some of his type of stuff on my GS

Excellent training sequence and great to watch and hear your responses to his coaching. What a fabulous use of an acre or so of space with obstacles to practice on.

Outstanding episode and great lesson. 50+ years of riding for me a still plenty of opportunities to learn and improve.

Very good video, I love the cool calm instruction by someone who is obviously a great rider but also a great instructor. Well done to you for having the nuts to attempt it all.

Mr Darcy.... colour me impressed! Your riding skill is good to start but there you are improving it farther. Another great video that not only entertains but educates.

Nice job - always building skills sets help dramatically - Always learning...well done!!!

Well done Dave! I think trial riding complements trail riding😊

Great Video, Dave! Pity, I am so far away in Victoria. I could do with some of (the other) Dave's coaching!

Great video, great instructor. Amazing feat of strength holding the GSA up on those tractor tires! Damn I was nervous just watching some of that.

I’m fortunate enough to own this beautiful dream bike of mine and I must tell you it’s just a beast!!

Thank you!!! I wish we had coures like this in the netherlands!

Excellent video guys. Nice bit of riding and great training, well done. Ride safe, Cheers

I’ve had the privilege to attend Dave Wilson's training on a trials bike. He's awesome!

A good reminder to lash my center stand down before going offroad here in a few weeks when the weather is better.

Cool update guys! While we are covered in snow up here in Sweden, it's great to see your thoughts on the new 890R. This to breakfast over here as well 🤌☕️. Better get the bacons while warm 😁👍. Like Your description on the suspension and You feel that it works as advertised. I have not rodden mine enough due to winterconditions, to get a better idea how it works other than it feels different from my earlier 790R's suspension. The whole bike feels different here and there compared to the first year 780R and ofc very familiar in the whole package as well, which im very happy with 😁👌. A better version of a very nice rig. Wish You guys happy trails and look forward to the updates. 🙌

That was an excellent video and I'm sure it was a blast doing little bike stuff on a big ol behemoth.

What a great looking facility to hone your skills...good onya... Cheers from Canaduh !

Great video mate. I'll be contacting Dave Wilson soon to arrange some training for myself. Love your work

What a fantastic video with elements of fantastic riding, fantastic coaching, fantastic training facilities, and a fantastic bike. Kudos to you who had the cohones to take a 280kg bike over those obstacles too. I tossed up between an RT and a GSA, and after a loan for a day of the GSA really wished I’d bought it instead of my RT. The GSA has everything, but the most important thing it has is confidence inspiring handling. So many people who have never ridden them, sometimes because they unfortunately cannot afford them, dismiss them. Having put 8k miles on my RT in 7 months, after a 9 year break, I jumped on the GSA for the day, and it was so much easier to ride. The RT is easy, but the GSA us kids’ play! I really want to get a new 1300 GSA, but I’ll have to wait or the missus will have a fit! Then I want to get some off road coaching, but unfortunately I’m in the UK or I’d be round there! Thanks to both of you for such an inspirational video.

Well done. This concept of slow control is truly where it all begins to master the machine. After that everything else is a cakewalk and riding stress just vanishes. My ride is a yammy roadie 1700cc with a truck tire rear and a big knobby Adv. tire up front. I do slow speed drills on it all the time and ride the fire roads at pretty good speeds with full control. Now it won't handle those barrels without having some repairs afterward (probably) but it does way more than people think it can/should do and it's a blast to ride. I'd love to be able to spend a month down there learning from you, but I'm glued to the grindstone here.

Waoo ! This block looks like an amazing teacher. Ok, the pupil is pretty good too ;) But, eh, that was brilliant ! Cheers to you both.

Fantastic, how with the proper training we can do some incredible stunts with such a big bike. Congrats for the channel. I subscribed it because it’s a very well made job and the team works beautiful. Thanks!✌️✌️

Great to see

Very interesting video, and come to me at a time when I’m thinking of getting rid of my Africa Twin, as I am no longer able to pick it up by myself. This makes me want to keep it around just in case all of the cardio and swimming I’m doing can return me to my former glory on the beast.

If you want to ride fast, master being slow. Bravo for putting in the work on a big bike and disproving the misconception they are too big for technical riding.

Beautiful video. I am from India got the GSA

Great Video as always Dave. Thanks for opening our Eyes to the actual capabilities of the GS. Now we know it’s possible, it just takes Practice Practice Practice. I think Nugget would have made a Jump out of the tall Barrel just because he’s Nugget.👍😁

We should honor BMW, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki for giving us such fun moments. Thanks for the vid Dave, you're insane but I'll try to follow your steps!

Tow Kights in Shining Armor! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

100%! Practice creates confidence. Be inspired.

I did 40k km on my GSA around Europe. I can honestly say it was the best road bike I ever rode. Off-road it’s fine on gravel but as soon as things get soft that 400 kg with rider, bike and gear just digs a hole. Give me your CRF 300 any day to handle the soft stuff, or better still the Husky.

I just rode my first bike ever and it was a ktm 790 adventure s, it was an eye opener to what it takes to balance a big bike like that on slower speeds indeed

I Love It! Dave! Dave! You got some Kahoonas mate... Well done!

Most impressive, and Dave Wilsons quiet way of explaining seems to be on spot for the pupil too. Would love to take that lesson too!

Now, repeat on the 1290SA for a comparison please 😊

Brilliant

WOW...its sooo goood

Coach had Fly pants, Oneal Jersey, Gaerne boots, Fox vest and Airoh helmet. I figure he broke every gear rule in the US. It must be liberating to ride abroad and have total gear freedom😂

Love from India. Learnt a lot of things today. Say Hi to NUGGET :D

awesome

You can tell Dave is an absolute unit based on the size of his hands. Don't disrespect the Dave

need to find somewhere in the UK that does this

Great stuff. Did you try the same obstacles on a trials or enduro bike and how much easier was that? Cheers

Just got an older 2011 R1200GSA… gotta say I’d be twitchy trying the tire tiers on my KTM 350 EXC-F if I’m being fully candid. Well don’t there mate.

I love how the instructor eyeballed 1/4 inch while the bike was riding over the 2x6s.

Impressive. Need to be able to lock that centre stand until you really want to use it

the GS is still a big heavy turd for this kind work and Dave does a brilliant job of not crashing, which would be my option. Big bikes are dodgey for serious trails and it requires more seat time to adjust. 👍👍

with every bump one can also see how this much weight is uncontrolled with such little suspensiontravel. Almost on every "air" event, it bottoms and clacks. These cows are a hoot to ride fast sweeping stuff though...

Very nice! I wonder what gear you were in trying to get the front wheel up and over those boards. It seems like it was first gear and you were just spinning the rear wheel and getting no traction.

The big beautiful beemer doesn’t go over obstacles, it’s goes through them 😂

Thunderbirds LOL, I've been begging BMW for years to give us a locking center stand in both Up and Down position.

👍 super

Hello mate!

Is that bike lowered or standard? By the way his feet are on the ground I’d guess lowered.. Excellent video!!

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gearbox shaft recall on the 1250s causing rear wheel lockup just advised by bmw in january

Just bought a 1250 GSA. My 790 is a thrill off road. I see bigger thrills on the 1250. I am keen to learn to primary mods for proper off road of D3 to D4 (our of 6). Chase the 21" front, and 17" rear with the suspension changes? I know in my heart the 790 will go more places, but I feel the GSA will treat me better on road, and in the BIG trips. Thoughts anybody?

How limiting do you feel on a 1250GSA compared to a. 2023 KTM 890 after a class like this? Great stuff! Is the BMW still limiting to you in some way?

Does anyone know what model Klim gear the rider was wearing?

Whats those red stripes in his face (Minute 26.58 )? Looks like blood or is it a camera problem? scary! nice to have skills riding a "2 wheel car" over such difficult obstacles but my fear is be stuck under the heavy bike if i struggle! bcause this i never own bikes more heavy than 135 kg ha ha! Respect for your skills!

Respekt! Doch brotlose Kunst. Spaß kann das nicht machen und riskant zudem.

I am surprised why most of adventure bikes are so big and heavy in these days..I remember in the 70s and 80s adventure biked were much lighter and smaller and more nimble and more chuckable

I'm still surprised how BMW responded to customer wants. It seems BMW underestimated client adventurism along the way.

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Sometimes you got to go out of your comfort zone and come back in a dress, its not that easy. Best tip. 28:24

There is a reason why all the best hard enduro riders come from a trials background. As God (Graham Jarvis) says, before you can go real fast, you need to learn to go real slow....

Hardly mad mick ...

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Excellent mahout on a obese mammoth. That it's a lot of skills. But I try to imagine the shape of the guy after on 200 miles of single trails in the Atlas mountains, and the bill after two or three falls on the extremely expensive BMW.

You're just lucky that not many dwarfs ride GSA's.

How many of your mates need to help you pick up this elephant when you fall off Dave? Ridiculous bike.

i think the mistake is taking the behemoth bmw offroad offroad! I,ve seen and heard wannabe budding offroaders shatter their lower legs trying to save an off......THINK TWICE GENTS and by a 450 instead!