Big vs small? (bikes)

**JimmyC** · 13th March 2014, 15:08

Originally Posted by Devil

Noticeable difference in width though, between the 8 and 12.

Haven't sat on the 8GSA or the new 12GSA, but between last years 800 and 1200 I thought they were pretty similar. The new water 1200GS is much narrower in the middle than the previous one.

**pampa** · 13th March 2014, 18:26

Originally Posted by JimmyC

Haven't sat on the 8GSA or the new 12GSA, but between last years 800 and 1200 I thought they were pretty similar. The new water 1200GS is much narrower in the middle than the previous one.

the new 800GS has WP suspension ( at least the adventure model), not sure if started on '13 or just '14. according to some reviews its much better, also new version has the electronic bits too. That said I wouldn't get one (even if I could which is not the case) as it is heaaavy, low to the ground

**Bams** · 13th March 2014, 22:18

My 2 cents I started on farm bikes ,trail bikes and slowly got bigger now I'm 70 kg and currently on a gs1200 and its fantastic on the tarseal and we all do a ton of that getting somewhere awesome fun on the gravel but a little bit to handle on the ruff stuff but its capable and a complete new challenge just to get through without having to pick it up and one learns quickly to avoid the soft stuff they are really hard to push.
But big bikes are so nice to ride I will be sad when I down size in my dreams to my next bike Gs800 I don't think I would want to go any smaller for me now ,I have a trail bike for trail riding.