I ******* love my F800GS!

[craigs]

I ******* love my F800GS!!!

It does everything and it does everything well! It's has style, it's light, it goes off-road like an off-roader, on road like a cruiser and then it scratches like a sports bike! Scraping toes on corners and roundabouts is a sinch and it wheelies effortlessly.. Not exactly law abiding but so much fun! Filtering through city traffic is a breeze and I develop a smug grin as I pass everyone with my hazzards on (a neat trick I learnt from European riding, it has the effect of making traffic part and let you through).

People whine about the hard seat but that's cos it's a man's bike and it doesn't actually bother me anyway! I have a lower seat on mine cos I'm 5'5... which also helps with the standard screen deflecting the wind over my short arse head!

I love every minute riding that bike and as far as I'm concerned there is no better bike!

The end...

 

[divelandy]

*like*

 

[ILMV]

and it wheelies effortlessly

I don't want to sound like a twat when I ask this, but how do you get the front wheel off of the ground? I've slipped the clutch off of the lights once but never managed it whilst moving.

Cheers!

 

[Ragnar]

Arrrgh. Stop it!! I keep agonising over whether to trade my 1200 GSA in for an 800. You're not helping!!

 

[Dave Ett]

Personally I don't see the point of the 1200GS. If you want to tour, buy a K1200GT or if you must have a weird engine an R1200RT. If you want something which goes distance and then is good off road buy an F800GS...

 

[Shep]

Personally I don't see the point of the 1200GS. If you want to tour, buy a K1200GT or if you must have a weird engine an R1200RT. If you want something which goes distance and then is good off road buy an F800GS...

The 800's got a chain and there are no foot warmers fitted as standard

Therfore it's not a 'real' GS

 

[divelandy]

The 800's got a chain and there are no foot warmers fitted as standard

Therfore it's not a 'real' GS

It is a problem, not having somewhere to pre-heat my slippers..

 

[chippy]

Disagree with the off roader bit,take a ride off road on a modern enduro bike,which are half the weight of an 800 gs,no were near as bulky,then get back on the gs and see if you still agree with that statement.

 

[Micky]

43,500 miles and still smiling

Great bike, no problems, no corrosion, no shaft drive/final drive problems, no gearbox oil seal problems, keeps up with the 1200's, does everything they do but better, much less fuel consumption just an aside

But Chippy ... you wouldn't ride down to the Atlas Mountains, or the Pecos of Spain on a modern enduro would ya? Or to the KKH northern Pakistan?

Now will you all keep quiet as to just how good these 800GS's are please because soon enough, when the secrets out, every fecker Oops will be riding one

 

[Ogmios]

I have to agree.
had a go on one at the M.E.P. Rideout in Brussels this week and had to "test ride" it before hitting the road - became a hooligan in seconds and competent / confident in minutes.
Loved it apart from that feckin saddle.

 

[Big Bird]

13000 miles in nine months. Ridden to Morocco and done a Euro tour. Alpine roads, sand dunes, motorways or the muddy mountain behind my house. Its all the same for the 800.

 

[Dave Ett]

Disagree with the off roader bit,take a ride off road on a modern enduro bike,which are half the weight of an 800 gs,no were near as bulky,then get back on the gs and see if you still agree with that statement.

Sure, but now you ride that enduro bike from the channel to Morocco, or all the way down the the Trans American Highway without your arse bleeding or head falling off.

The 800GS is a bloody good compromise.

 

[Rob Farmer]

I ******* love my F800GS!!!

Good. So you must be about ready to chop it in and buy a real bike

 

[chippy]

The coment was about "goes off road like an off roader" not rideing to morroco,or outa mongolia or where ever you ride to,although my mates as done all that on his knackered royal enfield,imagine how good the 800 gs would be on the road with a 17 inch front wheel.

 

[craigs]

Arrrgh. Stop it!! I keep agonising over whether to trade my 1200 GSA in for an 800. You're not helping!!

Have you ridden one?? I think you'll find your answer there!

 

[craigs]

Disagree with the off roader bit,take a ride off road on a modern enduro bike,which are half the weight of an 800 gs,no were near as bulky,then get back on the gs and see if you still agree with that statement.

It does the type of off-roading that I do and it does it very well for my ability... I have no plans to enter any supercross events with it...

 

[stash]

Moorespeed airhead

It is a problem, not having somewhere to pre-heat my slippers..

Ask Dave Ett if he saw Moorespeeds airhead GS at the Horizons meet. Me thinks those hobnails would grind you into dust. Stash.

 

[SamD]

I love my 800. It's never let me down, it's been all over the place. I think I've got mine pretty much perfectly set up now (a better seat being the most important change!) and am happy to ride it any distance (proved by >1000 miles in 19.5 hours I think). Now explain to me why I am thinking of selling it and getting an 1150

 

[gs_lad]

Its a lovely bike indeed.
Fast, agile, and capable of long touring.

I don't know if its wise to trade a 1200gsa for one though

 

[(RIP) Ewan]

Love mine....

... (6'5") and the missus loves hers too (5'6") - what a versatile bike!