The GSA has 3/4'' longer travel than a standard GS model. If you put a lower seat on the GSA and put the suspension mode in LOW, and the seat adjustment in LOW the seat height will be around 33 1/2'' which will allow your 30'' inseam to be able to touch with the balls of your feet.
jmlmjmjm. 129 posts · Joined 2018. #3 · Jan 18, 2020. BMW does not have a "low" seat option for any R9T besides the Urban GS. There is a high seat option for the Scrambler and there are comfort seat options for the Classic, Pure and Racer. John.
Both front and rear suspension is about an inch shorter. The side and center stands are also shorter (because the bike's ground clearance is lower). Everything else is the same, so no affect on bike geometry between seat and footpegs (unless you also buy a low seat, which has thinner foam). 2018 BMW R1200GSA, 2010 Ducati 848.
Low Suspension Kit: 32.1 in Low Seat: 32.9 in Standard Seat: 34.4 in Rallye Seat: 35 in F 850 GS Rallye Seat: 35" Comfort Seat²: 34.4" Standard Seat: 33.9" Low Seat²: 32.9" Low Suspension Kit²: 32.1" Here’s the seat height comparisons. After that it is the weight consideration and your personal preference. And remember low suspension bikes
F 800 GS is available to all riders, five possible seat heights are available for each model with four seats and the optional lowered suspension (ex works option). This makes for a wide seat height range of 765 mm – 860 mm (F 700 GS) and 820 mm – 920 mm (F 800 GS). An overview of highlights in the new F 700 GS and F 800 GS:
4. BMW F800 GS – 815mm. BMW ’s GS family remain the definitive adventure bikes and its newbie-friendly F800GS is the one with the lowest seat of all (the flagship R1250GS is 840mm+ and, surprisingly, the A2, novice-targetted G310GS has a seat height of 835mm). Based on the parallel twin F900GS but with a softer tune, more basic spec and
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