Video: BMW F650GS first ride

Name: BMW F650GS first ride
Uploaded: 2008-02-27
Channel: MCN - Motorcyclenews.com
Description: Despite the 650 name, the BMW F650GS actually has a 798cc twin cylinder motor derived from the F800GS and has just been laiunched alongside its bigger sibling. MCN Road Test Editor Phil West travelled to South Africa to see if the motorcycle could better the ‘Funduro’ tag associated with its predecessor. Click here to watch the first ride of the new F800GS

Published: 27 February 2008 Updated: 19 November 2014

Despite the 650 name, the BMW F650GS actually has a 798cc twin cylinder motor derived from the F800GS and has just been laiunched alongside its bigger sibling.

MCN Road Test Editor Phil West travelled to South Africa to see if the motorcycle could better the ‘Funduro’ tag associated with its predecessor.

Click here to watch the first ride of the new F800GS

By Phil West

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