What's Your Other Bike to Complement the GS

[NorCal Dude]

K1200S sorted for touring.

Also the TDM850 which isn't much of a complementary bike, but I just can't bring myself to ditch it.

[rebelpacket]

My GS -is- my touring bike. My babe says its the most comfortable bike she's ever ridden pillon on, and I find it to be a fantastic street carver and dirt-road tacker.

My Ural Gear up is the play bike. Not as practical, reliable, and surely not a engineering marvel. It also allows me to ride in the bitter cold winters we get up here in the frozen tundra.

[Tonopah]

"I am confused by the guy who has the KLR 650 and an F650GS..."

Understandable.
I keep the KLR at a home in Arizona that is sort of in the boonies...a mile or so of dirt/gravel/sand to get there from the paved road. I keep the F650GS twin at my home in So. California and use it to commute to work and blast around on weekends. The R1200GS is sometimes in AZ and sometimes in CA and I use it for touring.

[Jon_Garfio]

Vespa 200 "Green Bullet"



Hope you enjoy!!

[a1atcs]

05 Road King Classic

[wjherrick]

... A friend gave me his KLR for the summer. It wouldn't run so he said that if I got it going I could use it until the fall. My partners and I got her running in a few hours and I learned to really enjoy that beast. I hated to give it back, so now I'm on a search for one of my own.

Bill in OR

[madleemark]

moto guzzi v11sport, like a beema in some ways but with perkier boobs, use my 02 adventure most of the time though.

[yellowbirdrs]

CB750 (836) cafe
CB125 Dream
Ducati SportClassic 1000S
Ducati M620
BMW R100RS
BMW R100 classic
Guzzi V35 Imola
MV Agusta Brutale

[kimzx1000r]

APRILIA RXV 550

KAWASAKI 1000 NINJA

KLR650

XR600r

INDIAN SCOUT

KX500

[Willie B]

'09 GS1200 BMW
'08 Hypermotard S Ducati
'10 Multistrada S Ducati
'06 SR50/70 Aprilia
'07 SR 50 Aprilia
'09 290 Sherco
'08 290 Sherco
'05 250 Sherco
'07 KLX 110/188 Kawasaki
'74 CR250 R Honda
'73 CR250 R Honda
'79 XR 250 Honda
'69 Z50 K1 Honda

[SourKraut]

DR650 and DR200 complement the GS quite nicely.

[Wfowade]

I think I may have a problem-

Other bikes include:

KTM LC4 640
KTM 530 EXC (a 100 MPH dirtbike)
Ducati S4R (snortn' fun but needs twisty roads to shine)
Kawasaki ZRX 1200R (one of my all time faves) with some noteworthy mods
Kawasaki ZX10R (so fast even on most track's it is overkill)
Honda RC51 (destined to become a classic bike)

Of these, the ZRX is my choice for a GS stablemate but I have ridden the Speed Triple and it would be my choice of the ones you are considering with many of the attributes of the ZRX in a package that weighs 50 pounds less.

[Toyanvil]

This is my small one

My big one.

[jolly green giant]

Originally Posted by qman8

So sad they dont import that to the States! Sure looks a lot like the new Vstrom!

Better than the new V Strom

[Dakar83]

I really like having this 1980 R80G/S to compliment my 09 R1200 GSA

Its cool to look at them side by side and appreciate the almost 30 years of evolution between them. The R80G/S is a blast to ride and really nostalgic, but the GSA is king!

I also ride a DR650 often referred to as the chook chaser for short dirt excursions when the GSA's weight and cost to fix factor makes the DR the logical and fun choice.