BMW G 310 GS [2021] Price in Chandigarh

This is undoubtedly an eye catching motorcycle. You'll often notice people turning their heads to the bike. It is also very comfortable and has "excellent" braking capability. Never seen a bike with such terrific braking performance. However, it does not seem to be very reliable.
On the first day of delivery, the bike stopped after 5 km and we had to tow it back to the garage. Next day the starter motor was changed and it was fixed. Point to be noted, the motor of a brand new bike had to be changed in just one day. Ok fine, let me take that as a technical exception and not be judgmental about that. After all it's a machine and perhaps bad luck. But no, it doesn't end there. Over the next one month, the bike again stopped several times (more the 10 to 15 times) in the middle of the road due to two reasons:
1. Over heating
2. Taking the clutch and releasing accelerator.
Now, every now or then I would see the engine temperature reaching over 100c even when riding at 40-50km/hr. When I called service people they said 100c is very normal because 105c is the limit. Just 5c below the limit every now and then doesn't seem normal to me. One fine day the bike stopped in the middle of the road and refused to start because the temperature reached over 105. Though it eventually did start after 20 minutes, but what the hell? it's not a 200hp bike that heat management is so difficult.
Apart from this, the bike has stopped several times when when I applied full clutch and released the accelerator. Infact riding this bike was like a sore. I hope it doesn't stop!
Before this i had yamaha fazer and take my words that bike never stopped because of over heating or because of engaging the clutch.
Another thing is that this bike has a very very bad low rpm torque delivery. It is useless to drive the bike below 4000rpm. At low revs, one wrong gear or a slight quick release of clutch and the engine begins to knock out. This makes low speed driving a very bad experience. Not just me but several people who have tried my bike have ended into sudden engine turn off because of bad low rev power delivery. My yamaha fazer was better at low revs.
The bike though become fun after 4k rpm but it's a pain below that. Also the power delivery is highly non linear. It comes in bursts after 4k and again somewhere after 6k.
After first service of the bike after 1000km, the heating issue was solved and switching off when taking clutch also reduced significantly.
One more thing i think could be better is the speed. With my brother sitting at the back, which is mostly the case, the bike struggles reaching 120km/hr. I don't mean it can't reach more than 120, but the time it would take to cross this speed will require an impractical stretch of free road.
So for all practical purpose, we can find it reaching 80 to 90 easily on the delhi ring road with moderate traffic. So for me, well this is a 90km/h bike, just wish it could be 120 or so.
To sum up
1. Stunning looks and some how the brand value (really?) adds to it.
2. Very comfortable, glides through rough roads.
3. Very good breaking performance.
4. Very bad low rpm power delivery
5. Speed slightly lower than expectations.
Why 4 starts even after all this? well i think i have got used to riding it and the overall ownership makes me feel a 4 star like satisfaction. It's not only the engine you see when we talk of how you feel owning a particular bike.
A million dollar question would be, if you removed the brand value would i still rate this 4 stars? honest answer... No. I would rate it 3.5 stars. So the extra 0.5 stars just for the ego boost of owning a bmw? umm... Again a good question but you know...
Would i recommend this bike? well if you've ever thought of buying a ktm, then probably no. If you're more of a refinement person then yes it is a bike worth buying.
Given the option of 100% refund, will i buy a different bike? no
Out of the box, but i decided this bike over the ninja 650 which i was initially planning. No it was not the price, it was the feel. Even today i will not swap this with a 650.

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