The arrival of the new BMW R 1200 GS Adventure marks the
start of the next chapter in the success story of the large, boxer-engined GS
models that extends back over more than 30 years. Since its debut in 2005, BMW
Motorrad, the world’s most successful manufacturer of large-capacity travel
enduros, has firmly established the big GS Adventure as the definitive machine
for long-distance travel. It transports two-wheeled explorers to the
farthest-flung corners of the world and allows them to keep pressing on when
others have long since turned back.