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Vracktal
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: BMW releases the new Africa Twin 850 Reply with quote

https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/models/adventure/f850gs.html

So BMW have released the long-awaited replacement for the ten-year-old F800GS. New version gets a spec bump to 850cc, all new design, and a pair of crosshairs firmly planted on Honda's offering so blatantly you can hear the Bavarian chortling from here.

Choice facts:
Honda: base model £9500
Engine: 270 degree inline twin
Power: 94hp
Wet weight: 232kg

BMW: base model £9400
Engine: 270 degree inline twin
Power: 95hp
Wet weight: 229kg
Wheel spoke anti-corrosion protection: tbc

No word yet if the F800R or GT will get similar upgrades, i'd imagine so though given the new engine.

There's also a new F750 GS to replace the 700, with an actual CC that still doesn't match the name (replacing the old 800cc F700 with a new 850cc F750 because who knows why)

Anyway I quite like how it looks, don't quite like how I can't pretend my F800 is the latest model anymore so much. Ah well.
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PostPosted: 16:26 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Re: BMW releases the new Africa Twin 850 Reply with quote

Vracktal wrote:
the long-awaited replacement

And the crowd went wild.

https://i.imgur.com/dQdizPo.jpg

The Midi-Tractors are BMW's best kept secret - don't blab to the riff-riff. Shhh!
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PostPosted: 16:32 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Off-road launch?

I'd wait to see how many road testers get airlifted before parting with any cash. Inb4 recall yo.
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PostPosted: 16:34 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
All motorcycles are supplied only with equipment required by law


So, since an engine isn't required by law...
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PostPosted: 17:48 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

ScaredyCat wrote:
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All motorcycles are supplied only with equipment required by law


So, since an engine isn't required by law...


I was just going to comment on that as well. Everything other than what is required by law is an optional extra Laughing

Nice one BMW you money grabbing bastards Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:25 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Re: BMW releases the new Africa Twin 850 Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Vracktal wrote:
the long-awaited replacement

And the crowd went wild.

https://i.imgur.com/dQdizPo.jpg

The Midi-Tractors are BMW's best kept secret - don't blab to the riff-riff. Shhh!


Hey! as an unashamed das motorrad fanboy...


...I resemble that remark. To be honest, I forgot it was even being released until I emptied my junk email folder this morning. Still though, now i've seen it it actually holds my interest. Not enough to prise me away from my current 800 model, but I look forward to having one as a loaner next time i'm too lazy to do my own servicing.
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PostPosted: 19:05 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm enraged that I still haven't found any faults on mine. OK, the battery is starting to struggle a bit after 5 1/2 years, and the gear position sensor can get briefly muddled if left out in the rain, but that's it.

I wonder what the deal is with swapping the chain and exhaust side-to-side. Just ensuring parts incompatibility?
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PostPosted: 19:11 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:

I wonder what the deal is with swapping the chain and exhaust side-to-side. Just ensuring parts incompatibility?


Probably had a potential recall situation where a defective part lobbed somebody's right leg off - moving it to the other side ensures that it can't ever lob a right leg off again Whistle
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PostPosted: 19:30 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

...because left leg is a different, unrelated problem.
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PostPosted: 20:23 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
I'm enraged that I still haven't found any faults on mine. OK, the battery is starting to struggle a bit after 5 1/2 years, and the gear position sensor can get briefly muddled if left out in the rain, but that's it.

I wonder what the deal is with swapping the chain and exhaust side-to-side. Just ensuring parts incompatibility?


Dunno but they did the same thing with the boxers, switching the shaft drive from right to left.
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PostPosted: 09:33 - 08 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vracktal wrote:
Dunno but they did the same thing with the boxers, switching the shaft drive from right to left.

Lubricating a different side of the rear tyre?
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