BMW F900r Yeah or nay?

Ribenapigeon · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Feb 2012 Karma :

BMW F900 R.
Im thinking of going and looking at one. It looks really good value for the specs and im not sure about buying new but it will be a while before there are any secind hand ones around.
Whats you think of it?

Missenden flyer review.
https://youtu.be/JfiBeNyJqVU

Kentol750 · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2016 Karma :

Saw the xr today and thought it looked ok. The r could be good. However, getting off a 790 duke, it would have to be something special to tempt me away from the ktm. Especially with a few knocking around for 6.5k!
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Easy-X · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Mar 2019 Karma :

Sorta reminds me of the MT09 with a chin on the bottom Thinking

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TaffyTDM · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Karma :

Test rode the f900xr the other day. Was ok, but didnt make me think "wow". Quite agricultural, even for a parallel twin, couldnt help thinking if it was like that with 30 miles on the clock, whats it like further down the road. It was quite light getting around town though i didnt get on with the auto cancelling indicators. Maybe thats just familiarity with bmw tech that comes with time. Got back on the tedium after and felt the xr didnt do anythint different to justify the 10k

Ribenapigeon · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Feb 2012 Karma :

I went to have a nosey up at the BMW showroom. They had the XR but not the R which is what I was wanting to see. Im not sure what the point of the xr is. It looks a bit agricultural actually.

After the BMW showroom I popped by the Honda/Yamaha dealer and there was a cracking VFR which if it wasn't for the current Viral shinanigins was very close to prying open my wallet.