BMW GS
After considerable success in enduro sports , the motorcycle manufacturer BMW launched the GS series for the first time in 1980, an off-road motorcycle with a large-volume boxer engine and single-sided swing arm . The first model, the BMW R 80 G / S, with the classic two-valve boxer engine and a Monolever swing arm, was followed in 1988 by models with a Paralever swing arm and from then on also available with 1000 cm³ (R 100 GS). Travel enduros with the more modern four-valve boxer engines as well as single-cylinder and two-cylinder in- line engines came onto the market later . The letters GS initially stood for "Terrain / Sport", later for "Terrain / Road".
Hubert Auriol , Gaston Rahier , Jutta Kleinschmidt and Richard Sainct had notable successes in the Dakar Rally on BMW GS motorcycles . The author Ted Simon made his second trip around the world on a converted R 80 GS Basic at the age of 70. The actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman made their motorcycle trip from London via Russia to New York City on BMW R 1150 GS Adventure motorcycles in 2004 and in 2007 from John O'Groats (Scotland) via London through the African continent to Cape Town on BMW R1200GS . The trips, accompanied by a cameraman and a crew with two off-road vehicles, have been published under the titles “ Long Way Round ” and “ Long Way Down ” as well as a ten-part documentary series and a book.
Models
- Two-valve boxer engine
- R 80 G / S 1980-1987
- R 80 GS 1987-1996
- R 100 GS 1987-1994
- R 65 GS 1987-1992
- Four-valve boxer engine
- R 1100 GS 1994-1999
- R 850 GS 1998-2000
- R 1150 GS 1999-2004
- R 1200 GS (K25) 2004–2012
- R 1200 GS (K50) 2013-2018
- R nineT Urban G / S since 2018
- R 1250 GS since 2018
- Single cylinder engine
- Two-cylinder in-line engine
- F 650 GS 2008–2012
- F 800 GS 2008-2018
- F 700 GS 2012–2018
- F 750 GS since 2018
- F 850 GS since 2018
- Special models
- R 80 G / S Paris-Dakar
- R 100 GS PD (the name Paris-Dakar could no longer be written out due to licensing problems)
- R 80 GS PD (Switzerland only; because the 100 model did not meet the regulations, an 80 version was offered here)
- R 80 GS Basic
- R 80 GS Kalahari
- R 1100 GS 75 years of BMW motorcycles
- R 1150 GS Adventure 2001-2005
- R 1200 GS Adventure (K255) 2006–2013
- R 1200 GS Adventure Triple Black (K255)
- R 1200 GS Adventure (K51) since 2014
- F 650 GS Dakar
- R 1200 GS "30 Years GS"
- R 1200 GS Adventure "30 Years GS"
- F 800 GS "30 Years GS"
- F 800 GS Adventure
- F 650 GS "30 Years GS"
- G 650 GS Sertão
Since 2009, various more or less off-road models of the BMW G 650 model series have also been on the market (Enduro, Scrambler and Supermoto ). With the HP2 , BMW previously produced a thoroughbred enduro, which - in contrast to the much heavier GS travel enduro - is less suitable for touring, but is designed almost exclusively for off-road use. From 2008, BMW launched the G 450 X, a new, lightweight sports enduro. In addition, new models of are F 650 GS and F 700 GS and 800 GS F introduced by series of two-cylinder.
literature
- Matthew Coombs (transferred and edited by Udo Stünkel): Maintenance and repair BMW R 850/1100/1150 GS / R / RS / RT . Delius Klasing Verlag , Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-7688-5224-5 .
- Torsten Kämper: BMW GS - The story of a motorcycle legend . GeraMond Verlag , 2011, ISBN 978-3-86245-606-2 .
- Torsten Kämper: The BMW GS practical book - purchase, maintenance, accessories . GeraMond Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-7779-9 .
- Hans J. Schneider u. a .: Fascination BMW GS - technology, travel, sport . Delius Klasing Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7688-5770-0 .
- Wolfgang Zeyen and Jan Leek: BMW GS - The off-road legend . Motorbuch Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-613-02269-9 .
- Jan Leek: BMW GS - off-road motorcycles since 1980 . Schrader Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-613-87234-X .
- Ewan McGregor , Charlie Boorman, Jeff Gulvin: Long Way Down - John O'Groats to Cape Town . Sphere Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84744-053-2 .
See also
Web links
- BMW-Motorrad homepage
- Michael Panitzki: GS-Enduro.de. Retrieved November 11, 2012 .
- Friedrich-Michael Maier: The progress in secret. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 21, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2012 .
- BMW GS: 30-year motorcycle success story. In: autosieger.de. April 8, 2010, accessed October 31, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BMW press release: The BMW Motorrad special models "30 Years GS"
