Sean: Wait, are you saying the F700/800SG series is not water-cooled? Or are you stating that removing approximately two-thirds of the water jackets will somehow add power to the F700/800GS series. Very confusing.

You are who I wanted to hear from. And you’re a bad ass. And I want your garage.

I’ll bite. I own a BMW F800GS, and I ride the balls off it like it’s a three-trick pony. I’ve done 700-mile day road trips to Canada, ridden single track in the woods with my buddies on 2 strokes and kept up, and dragged pegs on Sundays to the amazement of the street guys - all on the same bike with the same set of…

Are there two Sean MacDonalds working at Gawker?

Parallel. Draw a line from one wheel's hub to the next. Take that line and extrude it north to the rider's head. While the motorcycle sits erect on the earth, the orientation of the rider/bike assembly (the plane) is perpendicular to the ground plane. When the rider is on the wall, the plane is parallel to the floor.

noooooope

i hate you with all of my being

the island is called Sardegna, or “Sardinia” if you want to anglo-cize it. it’s my home.. spell it right Mr McDonald.

What do I want to know?

How is it different from the BMW R1200GS or KTM 1190 Adventure R?

How much more does the watercooled motor suck compared the previous generation’s allmighty 1100DS air-cooled plant?

So, a rebadged KTM 690 SMC R? Same weight, trellis, motor, components, different forks? The bikes been out on the market forever, it just had different colored plastics...