{"id":3616,"date":"2011-02-07T11:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2011-02-07T11:58:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T16:58:43","slug":"liquid-cooled-bmw-r1200gs-mule-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2011\/02\/liquid-cooled-bmw-r1200gs-mule-spotted\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid-cooled BMW R1200GS mule spotted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish motorcycle magazine Solomoto was able to take a photo of BMW\u2019s new-generation R1200 GS Adventure. The magazine claims that the new GS will feature a brand new, liquid-cooled boxer engine. Although the spy shots are poor quality, what matters is not the quality, but the news. The R1200 GS\u2019s new engine externally looks the same, but the first thing you notice is that the final drive and shaft drive are located on the left hand side of the bike, totally backwards from the current R1200GS.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3617\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3617\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2011\/02\/liquid-cooled-bmw-r1200gs-mule-spotted\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3617\" title=\"New BMW GS caught testing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"New BMW GS caught testing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-140x105.jpg 140w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-192x144.jpg 192w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New BMW GS caught testing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to that, the radiator is located above the telelever, hiding between the plastics and the crash guards. The intake and the exhaust are located at the top and bottom of the cylinders. The new GS has a slightly redesigned bodywork with new windscreen, crash guards, plastics, and front fender. The new GS seems to be in final stages of road testing, so the bike can make its official debut at this year\u2019s Intermot or Eicma show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3618\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3618\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2011\/02\/liquid-cooled-bmw-r1200gs-mule-spotted\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3618\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3618\" title=\"BMW's new boxer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"BMW's new boxer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-140x105.jpg 140w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-192x144.jpg 192w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-concept.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BMW&#39;s new boxer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"2010 BMW R1200 GS Adventure Specifications and Photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/bmw\/r1200gs-adventure\/2010\" target=\"_self\">2010 BMW R1200 GS Adventure Specifications and Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>via <a title=\"Solomoto\" href=\"http:\/\/solomoto.es\/articulo\/1296808379\/exclusiva-el-motor-boxer-de-agua-de-bmw-ya-rueda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solomoto<\/a>, Xaviergordillo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish motorcycle magazine Solomoto was able to take a photo of BMW\u2019s new-generation R1200 GS Adventure. The magazine claims that the new GS will feature a brand new, liquid-cooled boxer engine. Although the spy shots are poor quality, what matters is not the quality, but the news. The R1200 GS\u2019s new engine externally looks the same, but the first thing you notice is that the final drive and shaft drive are located on the left hand side of the bike, totally backwards from the current R1200GS.<a style=\"white-space:nowrap\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2011\/02\/liquid-cooled-bmw-r1200gs-mule-spotted\/\">&ensp;Read the full article &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1057],"tags":[175,19,2090,2089,1122,2088,2085,285,419,2086,2087,1014],"class_list":["post-3616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-bikes","tag-adventure","tag-bmw","tag-bmw-liquid-cooled-boxer","tag-bmw-new-boxer","tag-boxer","tag-gs-adventure","tag-mbikebike12398","tag-mbikebrandbmw","tag-mbikecategoryoffroad","tag-mbikemodel428","tag-r1200","tag-r1200gs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bmw-motor-boxer-agua-foto-espia-bu-01.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3621,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions\/3621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}