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Everyone who owns those bikes raves about them, so that says something. Including a lot of people who've had many a bike. They really improved the 1200 over the 1150, both looks-wise as well as function. Wish I had one for the road trip I'm taking this week, 2k miles+ in a cage. (Fast cage, though).

I met a guy @ Hollywood BMW this summer who was picking-up his new GS, he was trading-in his 1150 that had been around the world. Cool French guy, real traveler and friendly. He and some buddies are riding all the way down to the tip of South America this fall, (it's spring in SA), I got his card in case a miracle happens and I can join them. That's a dream for me. The GS is considered the ultimate long-distance traveler around the world. When your life depends on it being dependable, that's the bike.