Had the G650GS Sertao for a month

[HyphenHP]

I bought the Sertao end of March and then had to lay it up for 10 days as had an op!
Now back in the saddle so want to give a very very brief report!
(Yep I'm new to this forum stuff)
The Sertao is great, it's light and nimble on the green lanes around merseyside and South Lancs. Suspension soaks up most ruts and bumps.

First gear is a bit tall so needs some careful slow speed dexterity!
On the road it takes effort to get to and maintain 70 but then again it only has 400 miles on the clock and still using the 5000 rpm `running in' limit and awaits its first service!
After this I'm hoping to do a charity run for Epilepsy Action in July/August. Just working out the finer details with the charity. But in readiness ordering luggage from Italy cos reading other threads BMW vario are not robust enough!

 

[Flipfly]

I bought the Sertao end of March and then had to lay it up for 10 days as had an op!
Now back in the saddle so want to give a very very brief report!
(Yep I'm new to this forum stuff)
The Sertao is great, it's light and nimble on the green lanes around merseyside and South Lancs. Suspension soaks up most ruts and bumps.

First gear is a bit tall so needs some careful slow speed dexterity!
On the road it takes effort to get to and maintain 70 but then again it only has 400 miles on the clock and still using the 5000 rpm `running in' limit and awaits its first service!
After this I'm hoping to do a charity run for Epilepsy Action in July/August. Just working out the finer details with the charity. But in readiness ordering luggage from Italy cos reading other threads BMW vario are not robust enough!

BMW varios took me around Italy, France and Germany no issues at all (on my 650 Dakar). Perfectly good pannier system for on road, but I did change to TT items purely so I could go off road with the panniers on.

Varios give better ground clearance when hooning. When they touch down you are right at the point of falling off!! (I only know because I survived a pannier touch down using my lightning reflex and handsome good looks ).

Best road tyres I found were the Continental escapes which wear well, allow you to use all the bikes cornering ability and are nice n cheap too. Shite for anything more than dry, easy going off road though!!

 

[senthx]

hello, I just bought one of these

won't be drag racing it at Santa Pod, but it's damned good fun to ride

 

[Micky]

Welcome there

As Flipfly says, them thar bikes do di biz

 

[HyphenHP]

Saw the MCN joint test

I read last weeks MCN the Sertao -v- Yamaha. I must agree that the tyres need changing especially when travelling on wet grass (Been a lot of that lately!!) But for most farm tracks and roads `unsuitable for mechanical vehicles' the tyres work well. In fact the bike is great not the grunt of the `Big Brother' but handles ruts, bumps and pot holes so `bloody' well it makes me grin:like it
I agree its not fit for Santa Pod (aka motorways) but then again who really wants too!!!! or am just being an old fart

 

[David Nimrod]

The Sertao is great, it's light and nimble...

I'll bet it's a lot of fun; enjoy!

 

[senthx]

Here is my first ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9L5UCHZtwQ

what suprised me, is how easy it is to filter through traffic on,

oh, and I don't slow down for speed bumps at all either

 

[HyphenHP]

Never had so much fun without beer! lots of green lane runs today then thought I'd give it Sertao a blast on a motorway!
When I say blast I mean a bit like tortoise and hare- Raced with a couple of wannabe racers on a Ducati and Suzi!
I beat them good and proper- well for 20 yards from the traffic lights on to the motorway!!!!
Oh well back to the slippery stuff for me!

 

[senthx]

I'd prefer the Sertao to my old Fazer for filtering at the Dartford crossing!