Flight of the Bumblebee
Jul 30, 2021
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Words Cyril Klopper
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BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE ‘40 YEARS GS’
The first of BMW’s GS motorcycles, the R80G/S, was introduced in 1980 and dominated the Dakar Rally from 1981 to 1985. Adventurer Ed Culberson then used an 80G/S in 1987 to drive the entire Pan-American Highway – from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina – crossing the infamous Darién Gap for the first time with a land vehicle.
The GS was therefore never an obscure motorbike, but it was a niche machine in a time
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