Desierto5 - a true adventure look for the GSWith the Desierto5, Touratech says it has developed a front fairing for the latest generation of the BMW R 1200 GS and the R 1200 GS Adventure - a “high-class conversion kit that features an individual look and enhanced weather protection”.
Touratech has a 20-year pedigree with the Desierto concept. In 1999, Touratech gave the BMW R 1100 GS the pioneering adventure look with a frame-fixed fairing, twin headlights and a high rally screen.
Initially designed for a demo bike, the touring Enduro bike scene welcomed this conversion so enthusiastically that a small series was produced.
Since then, Touratech developed this fairing further and offered a Desierto fairing kit for each GS generation, and the new Desierto5 fairing means the latest GS Boxer bikes also benefit from this unique individualisation concept.
The conversion kit consists of two main component parts - a black lacquered lower made of fibre-reinforced polyurethane and a slightly tinted windscreen made in acrylic, with the original BMW adjustment mechanism retained.
The fairing has carefully designed aerodynamics, being refined in a complex process starting from 3D simulation shaping and concluding with an intense test ride programme – the result is improved aerodynamics for reduced buffeting and “considerably enhanced weather protection. The upper body not only creates less wind pressure, with turbulence-free air current reducing neck muscle fatigue, but the ambient noise is also highly reduced”.
Quickly and easily mounted, Touratech says this conversion doesn’t have to be shown to the TÜV (German Association for Technical Inspection) since it comes with a general operating permit (ABE).
Available for the BMW R 1200 GS as of 2013, R 1200 GS Adventure as of 2014 and the R 1200 GS “Rallye” and “Exclusive” special editions.
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