{"id":5564,"date":"2016-03-06T22:33:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T22:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2016-03-08T02:58:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T02:58:24","slug":"linked-buyers-guide-bmw-r1200gs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/06\/linked-buyers-guide-bmw-r1200gs\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Buyer&#8217;s Guide: BMW R1200GS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visordown.com\/road-tests-used\/buyers-guide-bmw-r1200gs\/19822.html\">via VisorDown.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>75 riders filled in our survey telling us all about their experience of the GS \u2013 they\u2019ve covered nearly a million miles on their bikes in total, so it\u2019s a huge pool of experience. And although problems exist, most owners are delighted with the bike. Forget best \u2018all-round\u2019; for many, the R1200GS is the best bike you can buy, full stop.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More votes for the F800\/R1200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via VisorDown.com: 75 riders filled in our survey telling us all about their experience of the GS \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T01:52:02Z","apple_news_api_id":"cd0d15db-7920-4053-803a-12ac760547a6","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T01:52:02Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AzQ0V23kgQFOAOhKsdgVHpg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1rK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6160,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/22\/motorrad-touratech-large-sidestand-foot\/","url_meta":{"origin":5564,"position":0},"title":"Motorrad: Touratech Large Sidestand Foot","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here\u2019s another Touratech accessory. 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