BMW R1300 GS ASA - First Ride with the Automated Shift Assistant

Thanks to BMW Cotswold in Cheltenham for letting me out on their R1300 GS ASA Demonstrator. Get in touch if you are interested in the bike and would like to arrange a test ride of your own!
https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/cotswo...

I finally get to ride the 1300 GS, and it's the ASA version too! The ride was too short (and wet) to get a good overall feeling for the bike, but I did get a good feel for the ASA system and overall I found it to be an impressive set of technologies.

Timeline:
0:00 Intro
1:15 What to talk about?
3:15 First impressions
4:35 A bit of stop start riding
6:04 A bit of Manual Mode
7:23 ASA vs. DCT
8:25 Testing in Manual mode
9:27 Opinion Time!
10:31 I consider abandoning the test ride
11:14 I push on!
11:46 I interrupt myself (sorry for typo in the video)
12:02 How this ASA system may folks with physical impairments
12:28 Menu button
13:52 Drive mode and hard acceleration
15:37 Ergos vs my S1000XR
16:37 Thought I was about to finish the video...
17:13 The test I wanted to do! ASA in a traffic jam
20:14 Finding Neutral and setting off again
22:05 Speculating about passenger comfort and helmet banging!
22:50 Auto Lowering suspension... I hadn't noticed it!
23:27 In these sorts of conditions (or worse) I'd be happy to do away with a clutch
24:55 Manual override of Dynamic mode
25:37 Quick thoughts of the wind protection
26:37 A couple of more thoughts and wrapping up