BMW R 1150 GS Adventure versus Triumph Bonneville T120
BMW R 1150 GS Adventure
Triumph Bonneville T120
Year of construction / RRP / Test report
Competitors
- Comfort
- Processing
- Off-road capability
- Powerful, high-torque engine
- Processing
- Brake
- Pillion comfort
- High weight
- Not exactly cheap
Dimensions & Weight
Length : 2.180 mm
Seat : 900 mm
Weight : 287 (max: 460 ) kg
Length : 2.170 mm Height : 1.125 mm
Seat : 790 mm
Weight : 236 kg
Engine
Displacement: 1.130 ccm
Hub: 71 mm
Hole: 101 mm
Cooling: Öl-Luft
Drive: Kardan
Aisles: 6
Displacement: 1.200 ccm
Hub: 80 mm
Hole: 98 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: Kette
Aisles: 6
Performance
Performance: 85 HP at 6.750 U/Min
Torque: 98 NM bei 5.250 U/Min Tank contents: 22 Litre
Consumption: 5 l
Performance: 80 HP at 6.550 U/Min
Torque: 105 NM bei 3.100 U/Min Tank contents: 15 Litre
Consumption: 5 l
Reach: 309 km
Chassis
Tubular space frame (steel) Front suspension:
Telelever (travel 210 mm) Rear suspension:
Central strut (travel 220 mm)
Rear suspension:
Paralever single-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 110/80 B 19 TL
Rear tyres: 150/70 H 17 TL
Tubular Steel Loop Frame (Steel) Front suspension:
41 mm KYB cartridge fork (travel 120 mm) Rear suspension:
Stereo struts, KYB double shock absorbers with adjustable spring preload (travel 120 mm)
Rear suspension:
Two-arm swingarm steel Tyres at the front: 100/90-18
Rear tyres: 150/70 R17
Brakes
Double disc brakes (∅ 305 mm) Rear brake
Single disc (∅ 276 mm)
Double brake discs, Nissin double piston floating calipers (∅ 310 mm) Rear brake
Single brake disc, Nissin 2piston floating caliper (∅ 255 mm)
Cheap never, well mostly
MW driving has never been a particularly cheap pleasure. Although many specimens are around 20 years old and have collected correspondingly many kilometers, these GS are still not a bargain. It must be at least 5,000 euros, top-maintained specimens like our test bike like to scratch at the five-digit. You can understand this: The BMW R 1150 GS, if you don't catch a rocked-out model, is an almost ideal companion for the very big tour.
If you can do without cornering and agility, the GS is the ideal travel moped, where the road can be three steps below perfect.
As I said, a buddy for the good and the bad days.
Not cheap, but stylish
If you are looking for a curve arrow, you have to look elsewhere. But if you want to move forward in a very stylish way and prefer the calm course of things, you're right here. The Triumph Bonneville T120 can look much more than just good – but you have to be able to afford it. It is currently available at the retailer for 12,050 euros. Clearly, for less money, there are motorcycles that do the same in bare numbers as the T120. But do you want that?
The test bike was provided to us by Triumph Hamburg.
