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Smartbear

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 a barn in Somerset
Hi, been using my bike a fair bit lately as its been so fine, it's good through the traffic & can get around 80mpg if I'm careful as well :P



Rob
 
Is that the 800 twin? I did a tour up round the highlands with a friend that had the 800gs and his mpg was quite impressive.
 
Dave1971 said:
Is that the 800 twin? I did a tour up round the highlands with a friend that had the 800gs and his mpg was quite impressive.
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Hi Dave, yes it's an f800gt-same engine as your friends really apart from belt final drive & a higher power tune (90bhp)
Rob
 
I hear good talk about these Rob, but surely a BMW two wheeler should have opposed pots and shaft drive ! I know you like me already have the pipe and slippers :D
Bryan
 
Dietcokeman said:
I hear good talk about these Rob, but surely a BMW two wheeler should have opposed pots and shaft drive ! I know you like me already have the pipe and slippers :D
Bryan
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Ha! Had a couple of those Bryan-sold my GS to buy the GT :P
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Rob
 
Smartbear said:
Dietcokeman said:
I hear good talk about these Rob, but surely a BMW two wheeler should have opposed pots and shaft drive ! I know you like me already have the pipe and slippers :D
Bryan
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Ha! Had a couple of those Bryan-sold my GS to buy the GT :P
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Rob
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Nice , I had the same bike, twice along with a k1200s twice before settling for 7 years with R1200RT and an HP2 sport , but sold both last year as they weren't getting ridden and I went Italian again and bought a Guzzi to tinker with . Rebuild it over a few weeks last winter . Posted some videos on YouTube under hamstersbrother . Anyway it gives me Italian style, shaft drive and a thumping sound track , but it's not an everyday bike .
 
here you go......some pics, but how do you find the 800gs against the 1200 gs ?




 
Dietcokeman said:
here you go......some pics, but how do you find the 800gs against the 1200 gs ?




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Nice 8)
Most of my riding these days is primarily a 50mile work commute which the GT is better suited to with its slimmer size & more agile handling, the economy is also a plus factor-im very pleased with this bike so far.
If I was regularly biking long distance I would have kept the GS (which I owned for ten years) or traded in for an RT.
As soon as the road salt appears the bike hibernates in the garage :P
Rob
 
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