You do not have to stop to go from off-road back to o road. While I’m motion in off-road modes , hold the mode button. It will switch the bike to onroad mode.

@Kevimoto

9 ай бұрын

Mine doesn't work like that. I have to stop to go in or out of the off-road modes.

@Intergalactic_monkey

9 ай бұрын

@@Kevimoto are you current on updates?

@Kevimoto

9 ай бұрын

Yup.

I have been riding my rally explorer mostly off-road now for about 6 months. The bike is so close to being perfect really… HOWEVER a couple of things that makes it miss the mark. 1. Air filter being under the tank and no ability to fit pre-filters is a concern for anyone who rides in dusty conditions. 2. OEM crash bars are purely cosmetic and due to no aftermarket support you have no viable protection options. I have bent 2 sets with slow speed technical riding drops. The bars fail and bend into the bike causing more damage. Probably better off without them, bike would be lighter. 3. Shaft drive is great however the gearing is way to tall… the triples like to rev meaning 6th gear is pretty much redundant. On the explorer that will likely be getting knobbies you will not have tyres rated for the speed it can do. Make the current 5th gear 6th, make the current 1st gear second and add a gear under it. 20kph idle in 1st is nuts… 4. The windscreen jams once it gets dust in the mechanism. Being plastic it will break if you pull too hard. Mine stopped working correctly after 2 months. 5. The rear brake has a high and low setting. It’s needlessly complex and mine has failed, often vibrating 1/2 way (no grip facing up to boot) while riding making braking with the rear hard/impossible as your foot slips off. So close but a massive miss.

I’m leaning towards the rally explorer for all of the extras vs RP. Haven’t taken one out yet but I’ve heard they are a bit top heavy when stationary and above 70 mph there is a little buzz through the handlebars due to the T-plane engine. At 5’ 9” she may be a bit tall for me. Triumph tends to put a lot of extras in the bike whereas BMW charges extra for everything, including the led highlight for 23’ models. Overall, the Triumph looks like a solid well built ride.

Biggest issue with the bike off-road… its 1st gear idle speed is 18kph… that’s nuts when trying to ride something tricky. Being a shaft drive you are stuck with it. Hope you like riding the clutch! This also causes you to ‘lug’ the engine which isn’t good.

@Kevimoto

9 ай бұрын

Among the very few complaints I have about this bike, that's definitely one of them. I hope that one day someone makes a lower final drive gear for this bike.

At this point riding is experience on the bike is what’s of value. I have the 23’ 1200 Rally Pro. US spec bikes doesn’t allow DRL to run by itself. Didn’t come with TPMS either! Bummed about that. But it’s a great bike. Going to the Triumph off road training in Michigan next month with it. 👌🏾

@BadTrainDriver1

9 ай бұрын

The bike has tpms. I just bought one yesterday.

I’m 6’4” and about 260. I sat on one today and I thought it felt pretty sweet. Any other big dudes wanna chime in regarding riding comfort?

@ogoshikimura5621

6 ай бұрын

I am 6'7" owned one for 3 month, did 4k on it and traded it for a GSA. Ergo is good, but no aftermarket parts to make it perfect (lower pegs or a rally seat) the best part is there ZERO heat coming at you. The rest of the bike is questionable. "Better off road" is a claim I can't support at all. The engine is not tuned for goin slow, they tried to pull a trick by raising the Idle RPM when the clutch is engaging, but that is not really great. The bike is way too top heavy. It needs too much fuel (means it does 200-220mls tops, not worth the extra weight in my opinion). Other dislike: can't mount a GPS properly (the mounting bracket vibrates at 70mph so bad you can't read the display anymore) - No aftermarket support what so ever, that really sucks because the bike sounds like a 80s Honda lawnmower. It would need a steering damper when you go with Knobbies - but again nothing available. That is all I can say.

@Kevimoto

3 ай бұрын

@ogoshikimura5621 I've seen several Tigers with steering dampers. I don't see the need for one myself. Motoz Adventure up front. Hard to imagine anyone favoring the engine sound of a GS over a Tiger. Pivot pegs work great. Lots of sfuff from Touratech, SW Motech etc available. If anything sounds like a lawnmower, the GS is tops in that department.

Can’t agree enough about the annoyance of having to come to a stop to change modes… I find myself on the highway a lot in off-road pro with all the alerts on the dash flashing at me. I am not going to pull over on the side of a busy freeway to swap out of a ride mode. It’s dangerous not sure who come up with this “stop to change” requirement… they need a ‘slappin’

@stacywalter2498

11 ай бұрын

Mine lets me change rider mode while in motion..... It just asks me to throttle off to confirm the selection.

@bens5186

11 ай бұрын

@@stacywalter2498 when swapping between off-road/off-road pro (no ABS) and ABS on modes? Mine only allows the sport, rain and road while moving with throttle roll back. When going from dirt to road I just stay in off-road pro, ABS off till I switch the bike off at the next stop now and just ignore all the alerts.

What’s the price?

To remove the rear wheel, you simply buy the appropriate socket and include it in your tool roll. Removing the rear wheel is not difficult at all. I've done it twice...once to practice and once to install a tube in a cut tire on a gravel trail. Definitely nothing to be afraid of. Mike's Garage is a KZread channel that shows how to remove the front and rear wheels. It's not any more difficult than any other bike. Removing the rear wheel on a GS is probably 3 or 4 minutes faster. 🤷‍♂️

@davemould5868

3 ай бұрын

Worst wheel change that I have ever done! 0ver 52 year of motorcycling done it three times.

Talks about features the whole time …. No mention of how the bike is to ride 😂😂😂