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Meet the Xs Part 1 - BMW G650X Challenge: Dare You To (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2007 BMW G 650 Xchallenge
I wonder what’s up that road? It’s rutted, rocked and the soil looks loamy with aggregate mixed in. I’d never attempt this grade on an adventure bike, but standing tall… very tall on the pegs of BMW’s new purpose-built enduro the G650X Challenge the previously unreasonable seems within my grasp. A twist of the throttle and a muted dirt-bike “brapp” from the high-mount exhaust signals exploration.
It’s an old logging road and it’s a discovery. The first switchback reveals a rusting abandoned bulldozer. By the second, I’m beginning to realize self-imposed off-road riding limits and looking for a place to turn around.
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Model(s) covered: 2007 BMW G 650 Xchallenge, 2007 BMW G 650 Xcountry
Based off the success of the F650GS and F650GS Dakar, BMW has revamped its dual-purpose machines with a trio of 650 Singles that will simultaneously expand and eradicate the existing model range. The Dakar version will have gone the way of the dodo after 2007 and the standard GS is likely to follow in the next couple years.
The popular six-fifty is still alive and well, however, inside the new X series, but as BMW aims to attract new buyer demographics, the Xs have definitely taken a step away from their predecessors.
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Model(s) covered: 2007 BMW G 650 Xchallenge, 2007 BMW G 650 Xcountry, 2007 BMW G 650 Xmoto
This must be the year for the introduction of the "one platform/three bikes" theme. Kawasaki introduced three versions of its Vulcan 900 all in one model year (reviewed here on WRN); and now BMW unveils three versions of its new G 650 X platform in the same year.
Say hello to BMWs new trifecta of fun.
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