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First Ride: 2008 BMW F800GS A little dirt won’t hurt the newest GS.
I’m writing you from Durban, South Africa, where I just spent the day on the BMW F800GS, the newest in the German company’s line of parallel Twins. Last year we rode the F800S and ST and wondered when...
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Long-Term Test: 2008 BMW F800GS The adventure begins.
Photography by Blake Conner Screwy as it sounds, we don't get too many brand-spanking-new motorcycles here at Cycle World. Of the 60 or so machines that pass through these doors each year, almost all...
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Best Dual-Sport Bike: BMW F800GS Ten Best Motorcycles of 2009.
Dual-sports reside in an unusual market segment. Bikes range from essentially off-road racers that are barely street-legal to liter-class adventure machines that rarely get soil on their...
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Long-Term Test Update: 2008 BMW F800GS With a few modifications, the BMW...
Our long-term F800GSis finally back on road—and trail. Plans to install an off-road-oriented Öhlins cartridge fork kit never came to fruition, so, after waiting several months for parts that failed to...
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2009 BMW F800GS – Dyno Video Cycle World's long term BMW F800GS on the Dyno.
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2009 BMW F800GS – Long-Term Wrap-Up Commuter meets tourer meets off-road...
Our long-term evaluation of BMW’s F800GS wasn’t supposed to take this, um, long to complete. Mix-ups with a couple of aftermarket suppliers, for example, forced us to miss an entire summer of riding....
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Wicked Bavarian Beemers
German accessory company Wunderlich showed a trio of heavily tricked out bikes at this year’s Intermot show. Our favorite is its BMW S1000RR “Poisoned Arrow” painted in the legendary Gulf racing...
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North to Alaska – Print Exclusive Feature BMW F800GS vs. Triumph Tiger 800XC:...
Bonus content for the print exclusive feature "North to Alaska" in October's "Road to Adventure" ADV issue. (October, 2011 pg. 26)
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Erzberg Nuda X-Cross Touratech-modified Husqvarna Twin battles ultimate...
When is a Nuda not a Nuda? When the supermoto-style, Europe-only, 898cc Husqvarna parallel-Twin gets a full street-to-dirt facelift to do battle at Austria’s Erzberg Rodeo, far and away the toughest...
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Touratech Preps Fleet of F800GS’s for GS Trophy
Touratech Press Release: With the start of this year’s GS Trophy only a few days away, Touratech is proud to announce that it has been selected to outfit 45 BMW F800GS motorcycles with the necessary...
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BMW GS Trophy Photo Competition
BMW Motorcycles Press Release: The 2012 BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy is now under way in South America with 45 finalists representing 15 international teams for a week of adventure riding,...
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2012 BMW GS Trophy Adventure Challenge International teams of “normal folk”...
We sent our contributing writer and photographer as the embedded journalist on the U.S. team for the 2012 BMW GS Trophy in South America, which was competing on a team of four against some 50 other...
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2014 BMW F800GS Adventure – First Look New version of the F800GS is worthy of...
Until now, BMW Motorrad has applied the “Adventure” moniker only to its large GS models with Boxer engines. In mid-June, however, that changes with the debut of the all-new 2014 BMW F800GS Adventure,...
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2014 BMW F800GS Adventure – First Ride New Adventure model gives the F800GS...
Although not as radically changed as the 2013 R1200GS, the F800GS takes a leap forward with the addition of an Adventure model added to BMW’s 2014 middleweight lineup. On the surface, it might appear...
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Corbin BMW F800GS Dual Saddle
Corbin Press Release: Naturally, we set out to design a seat to fit the bike visually as well as improving the quality of your ride... Corbin's new Corbin BMW F800GS Dual Saddle does just that. Our...
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Touratech BMW F800GS ESA Suspension Upgrade
Touratech Press Release: The ESA option for BMW’s 2013 and newer F800GS allows the rider to choose from three modes on the rear shock. With the press of a button, the damping settings on the rear...
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North to Alaska - Print Exclusive Feature
Reviews BMW F800GS vs. Triumph Tiger 800XC: Middleweight Adventure in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Bonus content for the print exclusive feature "North to Alaska" in October's "Road to Adventure"...
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Erzberg Nuda X-Cross
Racing Touratech-modified Husqvarna Twin battles ultimate Austrian enduro. When is a Nuda not a Nuda? When the supermoto-style, Europe-only, 898cc Husqvarna parallel-Twin gets a full street-to-dirt...
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Touratech Preps Fleet of F800GS's for GS Trophy
The Wire Touratech Press Release: With the start of this year’s GS Trophy only a few days away, Touratech is proud to announce that it has been selected to outfit 45 BMW F800GS…
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