Have fun, Pedro.

I own a 1200GSA since 7/15 and have used it about 50 000 km til now. Using bikes since 1989, this has been the bike with no trouble at all. Only regular maintenance, which means mostly fluid changes.

Very few mods to the bike. I have raised and moved back the handlebar a little bit due to the length of my arms. There is heated sheepskin, warmnsafe jacket and socks installation, a second electrical socket parallel to the first one for charging stuff, and a third hotwired socket. I use alu paniers or soft bags depending on my mood.

I am not racing the bike and always run it below 3000 rpm the first 15 km til the engine is perfectly warm.

There have been only two breakdowns due to nails in the back tire. The first time my buddy was joking that it may be an electronic fault, because the tire pressure warning was on at 2.2 bars and I did not notice any strange behaviour of the bike. But it was a nail. It happened a few kilometers before entering the ferry at Calais. I could repair it before entering, without the tire pressure warning I would have been on the ferry finally with a flat tire.
So electronics have their advantage.

I also think that tire problems may be the number one. I am prepared for this to plug the tire from the outside, but also be able to remove the tire on the road and repairing it from the inside. I also carry tubes as a last option.

Otherwise the bike is just as reliable as a high quality car.
See a picture of my bike at the German HU meeting in May 2016.

Regards, Reinhard

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