I am the bull's-eye target candidate for the BMW GS. (GSA to be more accurate)
Ironically, I didn't know it until I got my Tenere. I might have suspected it before then, a little, but I was still in a "that's for when I really am an old man" denial stage.
But to be really honest, the more I found the Tenere to be MORE of a perfect fit, I simply had to keep pushing back the feeling that the GSA is my nirvana. After all, the Tenere is the imitator. Not that imitation is equivalent to inferior, since there are many obvious attributes that the Tenere has convincingly more than matched. The most obvious example being overall reliability. More specifically, "big ticket" reliability.
But that alone just wouldn't squelch the desire for the GSA. I just can't get out of my head that unfarkled, it is the one I really want down deep inside. And I flat out think it is the eye candy KING of the big adventure bikes. (I define it narrower than current marketing types. I absolutely am talking about dirty adventure bikes) I can stare at it for hours. Every bit as much as a Ducati Desmosedici.
But it's my birthday. 55
I can have anything I want. (within reason, of course)
My wish is to finally, and completely, erase the GSA as the best Big Adventure Bike. And I don't mean convince someone else. I have to convince ME!
I'm giving it the best shot I know how.
I'm actually sincerely optimistic.
Ironically, I didn't know it until I got my Tenere. I might have suspected it before then, a little, but I was still in a "that's for when I really am an old man" denial stage.
But to be really honest, the more I found the Tenere to be MORE of a perfect fit, I simply had to keep pushing back the feeling that the GSA is my nirvana. After all, the Tenere is the imitator. Not that imitation is equivalent to inferior, since there are many obvious attributes that the Tenere has convincingly more than matched. The most obvious example being overall reliability. More specifically, "big ticket" reliability.
But that alone just wouldn't squelch the desire for the GSA. I just can't get out of my head that unfarkled, it is the one I really want down deep inside. And I flat out think it is the eye candy KING of the big adventure bikes. (I define it narrower than current marketing types. I absolutely am talking about dirty adventure bikes) I can stare at it for hours. Every bit as much as a Ducati Desmosedici.
But it's my birthday. 55
I can have anything I want. (within reason, of course)
My wish is to finally, and completely, erase the GSA as the best Big Adventure Bike. And I don't mean convince someone else. I have to convince ME!
I'm giving it the best shot I know how.
I'm actually sincerely optimistic.