Touratech unveils revamped BMW R1200GS

Renowned manufacturer of adventure and touring motorcycle accessories, Touratech, has unveiled a one-off showbike, the adventure class icon BMW R1200GS. Designed for off-road efficiency, the bike goes through a substantial weight loss programme and purposeful engineering.

BMW had introduced the adventure motorcycle concept with the R80 G/S in 1980, the big-capacity multisport class has evolved to a high-end market segment. Naturally, BMW keeps on cashing in on its success with the GS series, which includes a wide array of models spanning from the brand-new G310GS all the way to the latest liquid-cooled R1200GS.

Enjoying a leading position in this supporting industry, Touratech designed and built the R1200GS Rambler concept in the shape of a sincere homage to the 2005 HP2 Enduro – probably the most off-road worthy GS since 1994, when the R1100GS inaugurated the modern four-valve era.

Although the bike is supposed to be a modified GS, actually only the shaft transmission of the adventure model is used, coupled with the frame and 125-hp (93.2 kW) engine combo of the R1200R roadster. The choice centers on the front suspension, as this frame is designed to house telescopic forks, the obvious choice for a true off-roader. The production HP2 Enduro, just like the R900RR that BMW had raced at the Paris-Dakar rally a few years earlier, famously ditched the production GS' proprietary Telelever front for inverted forks.