I'm an owner of an F800R and I'm really happy to see someone putting into words all the nice sensations this bike has to offer! Great video my friend! 💯
I have a 2012 and love it. It is my third bike and I ride about 1000Km per weekend. The engine is kind of split in its personality - below 5K rpm and above 5.2K rpms. The lower end is a great every day ride. The higher end has an aggressive growl. That middle rpm space is a bit vibe, so you have to choose whether you want to cruise or fly. Great fun. I also put Awake Adventure tires on there, so can enjoy gravel paths as well as highway. Thanks for the video. Ride safely and enjoy!
Within a very short week I'll be the owner of an F800R from 2018. After an hiatus of 41 year not riding, when corona appeared, I first bought a Honda CBF600SA, nothing to complain about, but with a fairing and instruments embedded within the fairing, I got the feeling, I'm riding a car on 2 wheels, so, the Honda was sold, and few months later I ran into an old love from the 70ties, a nice looking Suzuki GS750 (the 3r bike I had in those days, owned it for 4 years). I could do a lot myself on that Suzuki, rode it for 2 years, (and a LOT of attention from bystanders), but as you know, those old bikes are HEAVY (492lbs dry weight), so I started looking for a lighter machine, and bumped into this F800R which has a dry weight of 390lbs, now, THAT's some difference compared to the Suzuki, I could not find a similar bike with that much hp and the low weight, I could put it on its center-stand with 2 fingers..Only thing, the bike is all black, so that'll have to be altered, the white and blue bmw colors will be spray painted on...
I'm so old school we are talkin' slate and chalk here. How about information on suspension settings? Is it adjustable (doesn't look like it)? ABS is what you work on in the gym AKA 6 pack. What's up with the Star Trek stuff? Three letter acronyms abound, what is it Farfegnugen control switch or something? Otto Nein Skid... I dunno. For anti skid I use "Stain Away" it works pretty well.
I'm an owner of an F800R and I'm really happy to see someone putting into words all the nice sensations this bike has to offer! Great video my friend! 💯
I have a 2012 and love it. It is my third bike and I ride about 1000Km per weekend. The engine is kind of split in its personality - below 5K rpm and above 5.2K rpms. The lower end is a great every day ride. The higher end has an aggressive growl. That middle rpm space is a bit vibe, so you have to choose whether you want to cruise or fly. Great fun. I also put Awake Adventure tires on there, so can enjoy gravel paths as well as highway. Thanks for the video. Ride safely and enjoy!
Within a very short week I'll be the owner of an F800R from 2018. After an hiatus of 41 year not riding, when corona appeared, I first bought a Honda CBF600SA, nothing to complain about, but with a fairing and instruments embedded within the fairing, I got the feeling, I'm riding a car on 2 wheels, so, the Honda was sold, and few months later I ran into an old love from the 70ties, a nice looking Suzuki GS750 (the 3r bike I had in those days, owned it for 4 years). I could do a lot myself on that Suzuki, rode it for 2 years, (and a LOT of attention from bystanders), but as you know, those old bikes are HEAVY (492lbs dry weight), so I started looking for a lighter machine, and bumped into this F800R which has a dry weight of 390lbs, now, THAT's some difference compared to the Suzuki, I could not find a similar bike with that much hp and the low weight, I could put it on its center-stand with 2 fingers..Only thing, the bike is all black, so that'll have to be altered, the white and blue bmw colors will be spray painted on...
Nice review. Would be great to include pillion’s point of view in future reviews
This is very good point, will make sure to add it in the next review!
I'm so old school we are talkin' slate and chalk here. How about information on suspension settings? Is it adjustable (doesn't look like it)? ABS is what you work on in the gym AKA 6 pack. What's up with the Star Trek stuff? Three letter acronyms abound, what is it Farfegnugen control switch or something? Otto Nein Skid... I dunno. For anti skid I use "Stain Away" it works pretty well.
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