BIG BOXER BARGAIN!
When the BMW R 1100 GS made its first appearance in Australia way back in 1994, it was met with a pretty universal frown based almost entirely on its weird looks. While we’ve become used to bikes with radical bodywork and futuristic stances, back then there was little that broke the mould quite like the “ugly duckling” GS. Pretty it wasn’t.
It also had to invent a category for itself. Or so we thought here in Oz. At a time when “adventure touring” was in its infancy, here was a bike that laid claim to being as capable off-road as it was on-road. For a market that was used to the division between dirt bikes and road-going hardware being clearly defined, the idea was a little far-fetched. In fact, it was considered almost impossible.
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