but being pretty well thought out from a seat-to-
peg-to-bars perspective. The bars are nice and
wide and provide great control. The seat was very
comfortable on my weekend jaunt and standing
on the pegs over a 20km gravel section was easy,
but 30mm bar risers would have made it perfect.
In fact, it was the gravel riding that surprised
me most. The GS is very well balanced and the
suspension, whilst not top drawer and fairly soft,
is easily up to the task of smoothing out rutted
gravel road corners and allowing you to maintain
good pace. At only 313cc you have to use the
gears a bit to keep it ‘on song’, but that adds to
the fun of arriving at a corner, then winding on
some power for a spirited squirt to the next one
over whatever corrugations might transpire, and
all without the wild gravel spraying you could
expect on a larger capacity adventure beast.
What this means is the G310GS is a great little
package for a learner adventurer. It provides a
comfortable riding position, good dynamics, a
19-inch/17-inch front/rear wheel set-up and is
very frugal on fuel, even when ridden hard on
open roads. Nice work. NOEL PREISTLEY
Great engine; comfortable and
versatile
Big for a 300cc machine
KIWI RIDER 89