Rear-Wheel Drive; Running Gear - BMW R 1200 GS Rider's Manual

Rear-wheel drive

Type of final drive
Type of rear suspension
Gear ratio of final drive

Running gear

Front wheel
Type of front suspension
Design of front suspension strut
with Electronic Suspension Adjustment (ESA)
Spring travel, front
with lowering OE
Shaft drive with bevel gears
Cast-aluminum single swing arm with BMW
Motorrad Paralever
2.910 (32:11 teeth)
BMW Telelever, upper fork bridge tilt decoupled,
leading link mounted in engine and on telescopic
fork, centrally positioned spring strut supported on
leading link and front frame
Central spring strut with helical compression
spring and twin-tube shock absorber,
mechanically adjustable spring preload
OE
Central spring strut with single-tube gas-filled
shock absorber, electrically adjustable rebound-
stage damping and electro-hydraulically adjustable
spring preload
7.5 in (190 mm), On wheel
6.2 in (158 mm), On wheel
10
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