RIDE REVIEW I 2023 BMW R 1250 GS TROPHY ADVENTURE
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On-road performance
is incredible for such a
versatile machine.
Until then, however, BMW
gave me the proximity key to
their premium 2022 offering, the
last to bear the 1250 badge—
the $24,685 GS Trophy Adven-
ture. Now, there's not a massive
difference between this and
the base model GS Adventure
save for the fancy paint and a
few ergo changes, but that's
fine with me. The Trophy pays
homage to the firm's GS Trophy
rally, the now legendary (among
BMW riders) test of man and
machine that pits teams from
countries across the globe
against each other in a series of
tests using GS 1250s.
The 2024 GS Trophy launch
will be held in Namibia, Africa,
and while it's almost unattain
-
able for most riders to gain a
spot on the U.S. team for the
event, you can at least rep the
colors with this GS Trophy Ad
-
venture.
Back to the bike.
The 1254cc flat-twin power-
ing the Trophy Adventure is
the same as you'll get in the
base GS and GS Adventure,
with a claimed 136 horsepower
at 7750 rpm and 105 lb-ft of
torque claimed at 6250 rpm.
Compared to the arm-stretching
KTM 1290 Super Adventure R,
which rolls to the grid with a
claimed 160 horsepower and
102 lb-ft, some might scoff at
what the BMW brings to the
table, but the odds of you actu
-
ally maxing out 160 horsepower
on a bike dedicated to mainly
off-road riding is close to zero.
The Trophy Adventure enjoys
a beautiful spread of power,
but it's not an engine that likes
to be ridden into the reds. That
flat drone that comes from the
single exhaust gives an inkling
into how it wants to be ridden,
that being to click up to top
gear on the Gear Shift As
-
sist Pro (quickshifter) and
let the torque do the
talking. Low- to mid-
rpm performance is
particularly impressive,
especially in Enduro
mode, as the throttle
