Moto-test: BMW F 700GS

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The designer-refreshed machine is the successor to the F 650 GS, which has gained some volume. The field designation derives from his name, but otherwise the Germans intended it for a motorcycle cohort of people who are not exactly at home in the field, but are sometimes tempted to go there on a moderate excursion. More than with the serious intention of finding off-road adrenaline pleasures, such bikers prefer to enjoy themselves on the road, and in doing so, they like such an ‘adventurous’ look. If nothing else, cast aluminum wheels without spokes are not exactly the first choice of 'off-roaders', are they ?! As is customary with the Bavarian house, it is offered in three versions: standard, Rally and Rally LS, which differ in the set of equipment. At the same time, you can play as with Lego bricks and add a sea of accessories to individual versions, as is usually the case with blue and white. Yes, the F 800 GS model is also available; it is the larger, more serious, and more powerful brother of the Seven Hundred, whom you will recognize by the pointed wheel rims.

Low and high

Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like my friend Peter was in the newsroom, and I was in a safe shelter on Asphalt. And there’s really nothing missing on the road. It is a decent middle class motorcycle. With the parallel two-cylinder, it is not a typical representative of BMW, but it is durable enough, robust, but at the same time fresh enough to impress both motorcyclists and motorcyclists. For those with a kilometer more, the idea that this is a motorcycle without excesses may harden, but beware, this is its advantage. Drivable, undemanding for everyday use, for a weekend hike and for a summer getaway to the Adriatic. Also in pairs. Its technique is tested enough not to let you down, and at the same time already in the basic version (ABS, ESA) modern and advanced enough. It is also available lowered, for those with shorter legs, or ‘choked’ to 35 kW, for beginners.

Moto test: BMW F 700GS

text: Primož Jurman, photo: Sašo Kapetanovič

Basic data
Sales: BMW Motorrad Slovenia
Test model cost: € 9.500 XNUMX €
Technical information
engine: 798 cm3, two-cylinder in-line, four-stroke, liquid-cooled, electronic fuel injection, four valves per cylinder
Power: 55 kW (75 km) at 7.300 rpm
Torque: 77 Nm at 5.300 rpm
Energy transfer: 6-speed gearbox, chain
Frame: steel pipe
brakes: front double disc 300 mm with double piston caliper, rear disc 265 mm, single piston caliper, ABS
Suspension: front telescopic fork 41 mm, rear center spring foot
Tires: 110/80-19, 140/89-17
Growth: 820 mm (790 mm, 765 mm, 835 mm)
Fuel tank: 16 l (4 l reserve)