The BMW F650GS Dakar… is that a bad thing?
http://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/gb/en/products/enduro/enduro_main.html
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YES!
It’s like sitting on a sowing machine. Gutless and no fun out of town. Get the GS instead.
I agree, it must be the GS1200
see I’ve got a 600 now and it’s perfect for me… I sat on the 1200 at the show and I couldn’t touch the floor… then I rode Charlies in France and I thought it was wonderful as I pulled the front end up outside the war museum… but it’s just so BIG!
It just looks so much more of a bike than the 650.
I’m not denying that the 1200 is a sexy sexy machine… I’m just being a little realistic… it’s too tall for me and I can afford the 650 and have enough dosh left over to put some decent kit on it.
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I’d rather stay with what you already have than change to something of the approx same cc and have your servicing bills go throught he roof!!
who said I was going to change… this would be an addition to the family of Cashmore bikes… and I do my own servicing now… 
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The F650GS is boring. Gutless. Very uninspiring.
have you had a go?
Buy the Aston! 
I’ve rode the CS650 ( the one with the rear tank and empty tank in front of ya) from south london BMW.
gutless and boring.
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Yes. Seriously, it’s a single and doesn’t go. You’re used to an inline 4 600. Go for a test ride then wash your mouth out with fuel additive 
okay! I’ll book a test ride… and then buy the car.
why not go for the older gs 1100, u can pick em up well cheap these days and they are very reliable!!! and you will have more cash! ha ha ha, get it?! doh!
I had a go on a mates F650…awful is the only word to describe it! I wouldn’t mind trying the 1200GS though, it looks like the motorbike equivalent of a Tonka toy!
I applied online yesterday to BMW south london to test ride the 1200GS for next saturday afternoon. (9th)
I will let you know if they tell me to pi** off or not!!
S’funny how a bike can inspire someone to passion …
… whilst it leaves other bikers stone cold…
…but the bike in question may still be a great bike.
Sorry but this one leaves me stone cold…