Obviously not as much as a sports car which has (at least) twice as many pistons and twice as many discs, but it brakes very well anyway. A 4 piston caliper, a 320mm disc, an aviation hose, when you grab the lever, it brakes. It should allow good comfort, and not play too much lambada on braking braking which by the way is pretty good. 1st traffic light, the fork sinks, but nothing dramatic. On a supermot, barely exaggerating, you roll your arms outstretched, facing the storm, and you immediately realize that it’s cold (I said cool? In fact, it’s cold).Īfter a few hundred meters, an attempt to adjust the mirrors allows, by raising your elbow, to see what is happening a little behind, but it’s not very convincing, you will have to (re) get used to it. On the sports car, you can curl up in a ball, snuggle up behind the bubble, tuck your knees in, in short, escape the cold a little. It’s cool, around 5 degrees, and you quickly see the difference between a sports car and a supermot. The mono poumpoum fills the basement of the parking lot. The handlebars seem huge (obviously, after 10 years of sport), the mirrors allow you to see your elbows well, you feel very straight, well up. This saves the second of an inch to put a little more than a foot on the ground. You quickly understand that you have to sit as far forward as possible in the saddle. The controls are easy to find, Japanese-style blinkers, horn, headlight call, everything is there, except the warning. The bike barely sinks, the suspensions are firm for a trail. The saddle is high, very high, and if you are less than 1m75, only the 2 toes touch the ground. We sit, or rather, we get on the motorcycle. The optional package carrier fits well, and the (approved) Leovince silencer gives the little racing touch that goes well. For the rest RAS, the bike is very beautiful, very sober. It fits into the side cover, but looks a bit cheap anyway. We go around the bike, and there, slightly lacking in taste, the nice cap of the F650 has been replaced by a kind of prominent plastic cap which is not very happy. The commodos are at Japanese standard, the retro design seems a bit small, and the saddle goes almost to the handlebars. Okay, let’s move on, we’ll get used to it. Even on my old 350 DR from 90 there was one. Ok, purists will say that on a mono, it is not necessary, when it hits, we are too low, when it vibrates, we are too high, but still, it helps when we have been riding for 10 years on 4-cylinder coffee grinders. On a motorcycle at this price (8,500 euros anyway at the time), and on a supermotard, we were entitled to expect a tachometer. On the other hand, it lacks a rev counter. Big development for me, who have always ridden on "old" motorcycles, this one gives the time! There is a reserve indicator, 2 partial trips and an LCD screen for displaying the instantaneous speed (the speedometer). The saddle rises to 90 cm high, and when, like me, we are less than 1m75, it is better to aim for a sidewalk to stop.įirst look at the dashboard, it’s clear, there is room to read, and plenty of indicator lights. We approach the bike, and we wonder how we’re going to get on it. Moreover, speaking of the racing aspect, there is a small plate to avoid getting your toes caught in the crown in the event of a fall me who thought that it only fit on track bikes. The anthracite / red color is very classy and contrasts nicely with the sought-after racing aspect (the luggage carrier and the passenger footrests are options). The ubiquitous plastic, the billhook-cut design, the (beautiful) Oz-style baton rims, the high pot, the large inverted fork, if there was no BMW mark on the fake tank, it could be confused with a first generation Austrian duck. The first thought that comes to mind when you see it is “I know this bike, I’ve seen it somewhere before”, followed immediately by “does anyone have a stepladder?”.
In short, the Xcountry and the Xchallenge were relatively identical in terms of the chassis, and the Xmoto differed, in addition to the trim by the adoption of alloy rims.īut it is the Xmoto that interests us today. The X is not there for the prohibition on minors, but in English, it is pronounced "Cross" … which is understandable for the Xcountry, but more difficult for the 2 others. BMW Xmoto 650 !! What is that thing ? Simple! A few years ago, the Bavarian firm thought it was going to go hunting on KTM lands, and released a range of 3 motorcycles with the same chassis: the Xcountry (Scrambler), the Xchallenge (Enduro) and the Xmoto (Supermot).
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