Why the winch? Plow maybe?
It's so you can actually go to the places they show the GS in BMW's adverts. Or rather, so you can get out of them.
![Grin](http://ducatimonsterforum.org/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
And forgetting the winch for the moment, the best thing about this arrangement is that it'd be like driving a Ural that can keep up on the highway.