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Meet the Xs Part 2: BMW G650X Country – Softroader Brilliance (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2007 BMW G 650 Xcountry
Watching the Dakar Rally I know the special gene that urges a man to self-flagellate across a desert for a month is missing in me. I respect these, and other, skilled dirt riders in a way reserved for potentially dangerous asylum escapees, because they inevitably suggest “locking the rear tire”, “giving it more throttle” or “going limp when you fall” – acts I associate with sending thank you cards to the local E.R. staff. With my learning curve to “hard core” “sicklier over with the pale cast of thought”, I am a softroader.
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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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