BMW's Next Move

摘要

The long-running "oil-head" BMW R1200GS has held its own in an evermore-crowded adventure-bike marketplace, but the Germans are hard at work developing and testing its replacement. These recent spy shots show testers shaking down the next-generation GS and confirm the existence of the rumored liquid-cooled R1250GS (Cycle World, Roundup, December, 2011). Among the obvious clues that differentiate the powerplant from that used in the current R1200GS are the 1250's relocated intake and exhaust ports: They are now in at 12 o'clock and out at 6 instead of in at 9 and out at 3.