No Free Rides

September 23, 2008

The reality of buying a new bike has set in for myself and Brad

We’re no Ewan McGregor or Charley Boorman, so no free rides from bmw. The F800GS isn’t cheap but it’s better than the KTM and Yamaha options we checked out.

At the end of the day there are lots if capable bikes, go with what you like I say, you only live life once.

Reality is I’ll be working my arse off here (see office pic below) to pay for this F800GS bad boy.

Yeah yeah I cleaned up my desk for that shot, actually just dropped something behind the desk and it resulted in a mass clean.

Workin for the man to afford the escape, 8+ hrs a day!

So I’m slaving for the man so I can afford the dream of 2 to 4 week adventures from time to time.

That’s the other reality, not many of us can drop everything and travel around the world for 4-6 months.

Finally we also realized this week that our trailbikes have to be sold for funding. That was a sad day, really want to have both. Had some great weekend adventures.

My trusty KTM has gotta go for funds towards the BMW upgrade.

 



the F800GS Test Ride

September 22, 2008

Today was an exciting day. Brad and I took the F800GS out for a test ride! We had the bikes for just over an hour, which was plenty of time to give them a good workout.

The bike is much more maneuverable than the 1200GS.

We both felt sold within minutes of riding the bike; its light and agile enough for some real fun in the dirt, but more than capable for the long haul and carting equipment on a long adventure ride.

Comfort levels were phenomenal, along with the bike being extremely smooth to ride but with some real poke through the gears if you decide to give it something extra. The stock pipe has a nice note as well.

The suspension could do with a beef-up, and the clutch and indicators will take some getting use to.

Aside from that … sweet ride.

We did not get the chance to really push them (nor did we feel it was entirely responsible to risk it on bikes that were just loners!), but apparently the bike goes quite well from 50 to 150 km/h.

We put a deposit down when we returned, mainly because of the wait time to get one, and knowing we could always change our minds. Can’t say we are very happy with the 2+ month wait to get a bike in the country. C’mon, lift your game BMW!


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