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Off-topic Climbers who ride version 2; MOTORcycles 28-Nov-2012 At 2:58:40 PM hangdog

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On 28/11/2012 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:

>as I heard the previous Tiger wasn't the dirt bike that the model it superceded
>was (which I had ridden), so thought they were losing their way.

I have ridden the previous Tiger ( the 1050) and its a very good road bike. A bit like a poor mans Multistrada without all the electrotrickery.
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>When they released the Adventure 950 they nailed that market, then went
>slightly yuppie by upgrading to a 990. I have a 950 and have seriously
>riden a 990 for a few days, but don't covet uptrading myself, let alone to
>an 1190.
I am a big fan of the Kabooms They did a bike called the Super Enduro, I did look around for one but they were a bit pricey. All these adventure type bikes are heavy even the 800s. I wouldnt like to drop one on my leg anytime. :)

>I suppose they are trying to take market share from the beemer 1200's
>but to a dirt cognisor I think they have taken a retrograde step, and imagine
>the only real advantage over the beemer in that market is having a chain
>drive, to enable gearing it up or down more easily for one's intended riding
>terrain.

I think that all the riders who are likely to go into the dirt will go with the F800gs and the two up riders and backroad explorers will stay with the 1200. I think BMW will move the 1200 towards the Multistrada and 1090 Tiger. The new part water cooled 1200gs may not even have a wire wheel option so it looks like that is the way it will go. I spent a few weeks in the dolomites recently and 3 out 5 bikes were BMW 1200gs. They were like backsides everybody has one.
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