BMW R 1150 GS Adventure versus Triumph Rocket 3 GT

Make
Model
Make
Model
Make
Model
BMW

BMW R 1150 GS Adventure

Adventure
Triumph

Triumph Rocket 3 GT

Cruiser

Year of construction / RRP / Test report

Built von 2005 bis 2005
Built von 2019 bis 2024~
RRP
RRP 25.445 €
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Pros:
  • Comfort
  • Processing
  • Off-road capability
Pros:
  • Achievement
  • Details
  • Comfort
  • precise chassis
Cons:
  • High weight
Cons:
  • Lean-angle freedom

Dimensions & Weight

Wheelbase: 1.501 mm
Length :
2.180 mm
Seat :
900 mm
Weight :
287 (max: 460 ) kg
Wheelbase: 1.677 mm Height : 1.066 mm
Seat :
750 mm
Weight :
294 kg

Engine

Motor design: Boxer 4-stroke 2 Cylinder
Displacement: 1.130 ccm
Hub: 71 mm
Hole: 101 mm
Cooling: Öl-Luft
Drive: Kardan
Aisles: 6
Motor design: Three-cylinder DOHC in-line engine 3 Cylinder
Displacement: 2.458 ccm
Hub: 86 mm
Hole: 110 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: Kardan
Aisles: 6

Performance

Maximum speed: 192 km/h
Performance: 85 HP at 6.750 U/Min
Torque: 98 NM bei 5.250 U/Min
Tank contents: 22 Litre
Consumption:
5 l
Maximum speed: 221 km/h
Performance: 167 HP at 6.000 U/Min
Torque: 221 NM bei 4.000 U/Min
Tank contents: 18 Litre

Chassis

Frame type:
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
Frame type:
Aluminium frame (aluminium)
Front suspension:
Showa 47 mm upside-down fork (travel 120 mm)
Rear suspension:
Showa Monoshock (travel 107 mm)
Rear suspension:
Aluminum cast single-arm swingarm
Tyres at the front: 150/80 R17 V
Rear tyres: 240/50 R16 V

Brakes

Front brake
Double disc brakes ( 305 mm) Rear brake
Single disc ( 276 mm)
Front brake
Double brake discs, Brembo M4.30 Stylema® radial four-piston monobloc calipers ( 320 mm) Rear brake
Single disc, Brembo M4.32 four-piston monobloc caliper ( 300 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.

Price / Availability / Colours / Years of Construction

  • Price: used from 5.000€
  • Years built: 1999-2003
  • Availability: good
  • Colors: Adventure in white-blue

Conclusion - what gets stuck

Cruisers there are many, all the Harleys, Indians and even the Gold Wing can not go unnamed. The Rocket is a very peculiar reinterpretation of the class. It is modern and at the same time stuck to old values, delivering records without offensively putting them in the shop window.

It's just there. Like single malt whisky – it could be without, but what?

The test bike was provided to us by Q-Bike in Hamburg.

Price / Availability / Colours / Years of Construction

  • Price: 22.750€
  • Used (3 years old): from 16.000€
  • Years built: Rocket 3 since 2020
  • Availability: rare
  • Colours: black, silver-grey