BMW R 1150 GS Adventure versus Honda CB 1000 R Neo Sports Café

Make
Model
Make
Model
Make
Model
BMW

BMW R 1150 GS Adventure

Adventure
Honda

Honda CB 1000 R Neo Sports Café

Naked

Year of construction / RRP / Test report

Built von 2005 bis 2005
Built von 2018 bis 2024~
RRP
RRP 13.099 €
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Pros:
  • Comfort
  • Processing
  • Off-road capability
Pros:
  • Comfort
  • Processing
  • Performance
  • Rotary fruede
Cons:
  • High weight
Cons:
  • Windbreak
  • Constant jerking

Dimensions & Weight

Wheelbase: 1.501 mm
Length :
2.180 mm
Seat :
900 mm
Weight :
287 (max: 460 ) kg
Wheelbase: 1.455 mm
Length :
2.120 mm Height : 1.090 mm
Seat :
830 mm
Weight :
213 (max: 401 ) 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: Four-stroke in-line motor 4 Cylinder
Displacement: 998 ccm
Hub: 57 mm
Hole: 75 mm
Cooling: wassergekühlt
Drive: Kette
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: 230 km/h
Performance: 145 HP at 10.500 U/Min
Torque: 104 NM bei 8.250 U/Min
Tank contents: 16 Litre
Consumption:
6 l
Reach:
325 km

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:
Steel central tube frame (with aluminium rear frame) (steel)
Front suspension:
Showa Upside-Down Telescopic Fork 43mm (travel 109 mm)
Rear suspension:
Showa central strut (travel 131 mm)
Rear suspension:
Single-arm swingarm made of aluminium
Tyres at the front: 120/70-17
Rear tyres: 190/55-17

Brakes

Front brake
Double disc brakes ( 305 mm) Rear brake
Single disc ( 276 mm)
Front brake
Double disc radial 4piston fixed caliper ( 310 mm) Rear brake
Single disc double piston floating caliper ( 256 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

This fits any

The question remains as to the target group of the bike. Of course, you have to be able to live with the advantages of the agile Naked Bikes, as well as with their disadvantages such as the non-existent windscreen. But apart from that, the Honda, like so many models from this manufacturer, suits virtually anyone – it's never a bad choice.

Only that with passion, the Japanese would have to do even better.

The test bike was provided to us by Motofun in Kaltenkirchen.

Price / Availability / Colours / Years of Construction

  • Price (plus): 14,575€
  • Used (3 years old, predecessor SC 60): 4.900€
  • Years of construction: since 2018
  • Availability: very good
  • Colours: silver, graphite, black