When BMW launched its new R 1300 GS, a host of folks across the interwebs thought that the bikes offered an electronic center stand, something that’d make pulling a bike up onto it a thing of the past. But despite what you may have seen or read on the internet, that’s not actually the case.
No, you’ve been lied to! Well, not really, but the people who’ve been claiming that there is such a device are wrong in how the system works. That’s not to say BMW didn’t come up with something to make popping a motorcycle up onto a center stand easier. The company did and the way its engineers designed it will have you just as intrigued as you were before.
So let’s break down how BMW’s Adaptive Ride Height Control and Prop-Up Assistant work.
Adaptive Ride Height Control is exactly what it sounds like, in that a rider of a new R 1300 GS can select between Low and High ride heights. The idea behind the system is that when you’re stationary or coming to a stop, the motorcycle will automatically lower itself so that a rider’s feet better touch the pavement, but when moving, doesn’t sacrifice ground clearance.
