RUST magazine: RUST #44
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
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ADVENTURE<br />
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SPECIFICATION<br />
BMW R 1250 GS RALLYE TE<br />
ENGINE: air-liquid cooled DOHC fourvalve<br />
flat-twin cylinder four-stroke<br />
DISPLACEMENT: 1254cc<br />
BORE & STROKE: 102.5 x 76mm<br />
MAX POWER: 100kW (136hp) @ 7750rpm<br />
MAX TORQUE: 143Nm @ 6250rpm<br />
FUELING: EFI<br />
STARTER: Electric<br />
TRANSMISSION: Six-speed gearbox, oil<br />
lubricated clutch<br />
FRAME: two section frame, load bearing<br />
engine<br />
FRONT SUSPENSION: BMW Motorrad<br />
Telelever, 37mm stanchion, 190mm travel<br />
REAR SUSPENSION: BMW Motorrad<br />
Paralever, 200mm travel<br />
WHEELS / TYRES: 120/70-19”, 170/60-17” –<br />
wire spoke wheels<br />
BRAKES: Two front discs 305mm fourpiston<br />
calipers, Rear disc 276mm twinpiston<br />
caliper; ABS<br />
SEAT HEIGHT: 850-870mm<br />
WHEELBASE: 1525mm<br />
GROUND CLEARANCE: NA<br />
WEIGHT: 249kg (fueled)<br />
FUEL CAPACITY: 20 litres<br />
CONTACT: www.bmw-motorrad.com<br />
PRICE: UK £17,170<br />
offering it has something of an effect<br />
like a tightrope walker’s pole, it balances<br />
the bike – perhaps more than that, it<br />
keeps the centre of mass and all the<br />
reciprocating parts low down, so that<br />
most of the 249kg must be around your<br />
ankles rather than immediately under<br />
your crotch, as it seems with other<br />
bikes. Having come from the KTM, that<br />
shift in CoG feels very apparent. The<br />
KTM is tall and with that V-twin motor<br />
everything is up high. On the GS, while<br />
the saddle height is similar, everything<br />
else is low (an effect KTM has looked to<br />
achieve with the pannier tank equipped<br />
790 Adventure). And so the motor<br />
is there very much helping you in<br />
managing that weight and the 136hp on<br />
tap. Kind of like a co-pilot.<br />
And that is why social media is<br />
inundated with flash herberts doing<br />
feet-up skids and power slides on big<br />
GSs – because it’s so damn simple.<br />
Your kid sister – never been on a bike<br />
48<br />
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