When PD shock spin on the BMW GT 310 GS in Delhi he left us with this taught at least
for now if you want a smallish some more affordable ADV that's more daunting than a right adventure
the BMW G 310 GS that's the only choice isn't it.
So, now question that you need to ask is is the only choice the right choice and more
importantly does this bike fit the GS badge of honor I am Jehan welcome to ZigWheels
and this is the real one test of the BMW G 310 GS
So let's just start with the adventure section of our test because that is where a GS motorcycle
shines but this isn't the right helmet this is
So there are a few problems let's just tackle with the way one stands on this.
And right of the beat there is a small issue well once you stand for the off road posture
you're nature comfortable posture should be come where around here but for this I need to bend
forward and be in sort of like a attack mode which is not favourable always
So perhaps I would like to get handle bar raise us for this so where as the handle bar comes here
and I get a much better postured when I want to take it off roading like this.
At both ends of the bike you get long travel suspension and that means it soaks up the
bumps on the undulation really quite nicely especially the front with it quite
soft damping it takes the bounce quite nicely the real has a tendency to give it one back
to you once in awhile but yeah overall the suspensions set up is very nice when you
want to take it off road
Also you get a nineteen inch front and a seventeen inch of real wheel set up which
is generally the new adventure touring set up and you get these lovely meds in a two
run says which do a good job of keeping the bike on its feet we know taking on the dirty stuff
Unlike the G 310 are you get searchable ABS on the GS where you can kill the
ABS intervention on the real wheels this comes handy when you're going off road.
So does that mean that the BMW G 310 GS is go anywhere motorcycle aaa well no
there are three reason why no ? firstly is this engine the engine doesn't
have adequate lowdown torque and that is something which will takle a little bit latter secondly
is the front suspension when you're in attack mode your loading up the front more that makes
it a bit nervous in that makes it a bit jittery and that isn't quite confidence expiring when
a taking out to say the hard court is the hard for off roading bit soft raoading on taking
on the bombs and undulation the bit that's quite nice and lastly it doesn't get educate
off road protection and by that I mean this plastic belly pan in not going to help
your cause one bit there is no hand protector no engine guards so you will need to invest
in some proper off roading equipment to protect your bike
So The BMW G 310 Gs it does an okay job when it comes to the adventure of it but what about
when you want to go hit the highway month of miles well let's find out but before that
Yup that's the right one.
Again let's just talk of the posture here the bars have got good leverage on them the
pegs well they are in a very neutral stage very comfortable state so I'm not stressing
about too much my but even though it's fairly a bit too high but it gives me a good commanding
view of the road ahead and that all makes it a very favourable package when I want to
go touring
Another good bit about this GS is that he get large grab handle come luggage rack and it's got
need little to groove where straps to fit in so you need not to worry about how and
where to mount your luggage systems when you want to go cross country riding.
What about two up riding well the sit form is quite soft and the large grab handle it
is chunky and good to grip but it is not an ideal billion friendly tour and that is mainly
due to the pillion foot pegs the make for a very cramped seating posture.
bikes definitely is so fare for your pail
So for short city bus it is fine but out on the highway very hard pass
Well this might seem quite large but under need this plastics shout is just the same 11lit
fuel tank that is get in G310R and when you compare to highway fuel efficiency numbers
you get of good amount of range but that is in ideal conditions when you are loading up
with your luggage when your rights speratly the efficiency is bound to drop and that means
in a real world test he might just get 280-290kmph .north and I just fairly adequate for a bike
of this size but when you say it's an adventure tour I would like to have a slightly larger
types perhaps a 14 litre which will helps the too 400-450kmph on a stretch.
Another issue that I have with this bike is the engine.
If you are riding 80-90 kph out on the highway it it's fine it's no fuss no problem but as
soon as you start moving to towards the 100kmph wealth as soon as you start pushing it a bit
more there are vibrations which are significantly faith through over here tanks a little bit
at the bars and most prominently here at the pegs so it is not a nice favourable position
so 100 kmph i would not advise it but riding it and it be 80- 90 kmph it'll do just fine
another thing to remember is do not remove those rubber from such as from foot pegs
well these these food pega will offer good grip and good bite for your boots foot inner and
outdoing off road bits but out on the highway this will be a nuisance so remember
to put those but inside back on and don't be a fool like us for lefties back in the
office.
So once again it's not that great when it's comes to touring but at least is the performance exciting
enough
Even though this engine appears in the same state of tune as the R due to the extra weight
Roughly I amounts to say eleven kilos and that soft suspension the performers doesn't
feel quite peppy enough there is a lot of squishing when excavating and a lot of buckling
while breaking so the overall excitement well that is not too much it again.
The engine might not be exciting what is it exciting out there in twists
So the steering on the bike even though is got a fairly large wheelbase and it is being
break out from the R it is quite light it is quite easy to a tip-pi to corners it holds the land
quite well would want to start pushing this
The soft suspension well that throws things into a bit of a busy and it not entirely confidence
inspiring when of pushing it down on the corner so if you want something that you can take
the corners smoothly calmly precisely so well do a good job but if you want something
that it got pushed through the lens.
This is in the one get the R
So the bike from the brakes well it is good the feedbacks also it's dare about the ABS
calibration it has been done keeping in mind the bikes adventures bias so in a hole this
bikes has a fairly decent breaking set up but you can’t grab on to the break and expected
to stop so because another thing is the soft suspension will force a lot of noise diet
and that might cause a bit of a scary moment above novice this as a whole the brakes could
have been better but what it is here it is good
So the twisty is not The GS is Cup of tea but will the ballon magic in the city let's
find out.
So there are a few things you need to keep in mind the engine is not pappy it doesn't
have a low down torque the front end drive breaking is a bit on noring this seat height is tall
needed for someone like me well i'm just belly tip top so for shorter rider does it will
be a bit scary it will be a nervous all this again the engine has a tendency of stalling
down that'll be unnecessary wait transfers that you will need to take it off but once
you get to know how to ride this bike this is a pretty nice bike the roam around the
city man
Liquid cooling on this GS looks pretty well even though that is this massive fanning covering
primarily the top off the engine stays pretty cold in almost all conditions including the
peak traffic once.
And since the suspension set up is quite blush the right quality around city is brilliant
small disclaim though what's that rear end over sharp bombs it might give you a jolt
if you're not cautious enough I am disappointed with the headlamp unit it is quite small and
the throw is quite high.
Illumination is not powerful enough and the mounting could have been better as it keeps
shaking and moving around.
Lets just reads all the points.
Does it do the adventure of it quite nicely.
It doesn't okay job touring the out of highway.
not that great again the performance with the handling bit again not quite exciting enough
nothing to thrill you what it does surprisingly well in the city it is a great city slicker.
I will give with this soon its look bloody good it feels like a big bike it looks like
a big adventure bike it's got great path quality great plastics great switch gear
it got great build quality up on from a few blemishes here and there it looks like a GS
but it does not feel like a GS only GS thing about this bike is its asking price
of rupeea to 3.49 like ex showroom and that that price it is very hard for us to recommend
this to someone