BMW GS HISTORY PART 3 of 3

The R80 G/S was the first incarnation of what we now call an entire category of "enduro" motorcycles, unveiled for the Paris-Dakar races of the 1980's, but almost immediately becoming the mount of choice for world adventure riders.

Looking forward from 30 years ago, it might have been hard to imagine a dirt-capable bike might end up with 105 horsepower, ABS brakes, electronic suspension alignment and traction control. Yet despite all of these radical, space-age refinements, the adventurous, end-of-the-world spirit of the original GS lives on in the latest GS bikes.

This film is just a small taste of the adventure awaiting you on the BMW GS.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• BMW
• GS
• history
• enduro
• motorcycing
• adventure
• riding
• paris-dakar

[505197]

@osufrdave I saw your comment and thought I had posted it. I've said it many times, "Best bike ever built, period". They can have my 91 bumble beemer when they pry it out of my cold dead hands, R/100/GS, airheads forever. 117K miles and still runnin like a clock. Doged, throwed up wet, treated like shit, ill maintained by a mechanic who hates workin on his own stuff, I love that old bike almost as much as I do my old dog. If you really really have to get there, ride a BMW.

[osufrdave]

Best bike ever built! Period.

[shigechika]

GS BANZAI!