At home on the range.
It doesn't matter where you like to ride -- back roads, highways, city streets -- the R 1150 GS can take you there. It loves to get out and run on the interstates. It devours rutted logging roads. It thrives in commuter traffic. There is no place where a GS is out of place. To see complete specs, click.
A specialist...in everything.
Credit its remarkably tractable powerplant. Or its long-travel suspension. Or its legendary durability.
How 'bout "all of the above"? The R 1150 GS is one competent adventure machine. And a surprisingly responsive road bike too. Rider magazine noted that "a skilled rider on a tight road...can hustle the GS as quickly -- if not more so -- as a knee-dragger on the latest big-inch high - revving sport bike." And Motorcycle Consumer News summed it up nicely by stating that the GS "has a flat-out, fun-to-ride quality that's rare in any bike of any type."
The GS has been one of the most popular bikes of all time for endurance riders. From the official Paris-Dakar Rally to the unofficial "any-road/anytime" run in your neck of the woods, the GS is a consistent top performer. The entire bike has a kind of industrials strength character that prevails on-road and off. The R 1150 GS combines new technology, and sportbike performance and handling, with the all-around rugged versatility you'd expect from the GS Series.
It doesn't just raise the bar. It rides right over it.