BMW F750GS Test Ride Review

It was announced at the Milan show in 2017 BMW F750GS / F850GS released last November 2018. What is the evolution of Middle GS, which was a completely new design? In this article, I will introduce the ride of the F750GS given the characteristics that focus on on-road.

Is it a light ride Kimo is a reverse rotation crank?

It was that I experienced the new generation of F750GS and I was relieved in spite of the full design of the new design, the “richness” was maintained. The F-GS likeness that I think is something more familiar than the older brother, although it has outstanding inclusive ability leading to the big brother R-GS, and its impression is almost the same for both the predecessor and the new model. Nonetheless, even though the impression of becoming a major premise is similar, the character of the previous generation and the new type were similar things. Compared with the simple and lightweight predecessor, the new model was steering in a direction that seems to be a little heavier …

First of all, if you explain about “fine quality”, the movement of front and rear shocks trying to maintain as flat a car body posture as possible while taking advantage of the damper moderately by the luxury of the exterior parts and the friendly touch of the operating system, It will be an element that defines. Conversely speaking, for these points, the former awareness of cost reduction was felt, but the new model has acquired the quality that makes me think of my older brother.

Regarding “somewhat heavy” on one side, the first thing I would like to mention is the engine. Simultaneously with expanding the displacement from 793 → 853 cc to the crank phase angle of 360 → 270 degrees, the newly designed parallel twin has a thicker middle and lower torque than the previous generation, and a pulse feeling like 2 cylinders is thicker than before. Most personally, I think that there was a charm that was difficult to throw away even in the past engineering feelings of pastoralist Kuroko, but in order to demonstrate its presence in the battlefield middle adventure world, the new type of allegation The strength of the answer is correct.

However, I initially remembered a bit of confusion in the movement of the body that became stable, rather than being thicker than the previous one. Although I think that it is because I know the lightness of the previous generation, the weight of the car is heavier than 10 kg and the behavior of the new type in which the gas tank moved to the general position from under the seat is the big brother R – GS It is an impression that I approached.

But unexpectedly, as the distance goes away, the puzzle disappears, and the new model shows us the light handling unique to F-GS, which leads to the previous generation as if keeping pace with the rise in speed. For a concrete story, the lane change in the high-speed zone can be easily and easily done, and the steering angle around the front that the driver feels when entering the corner on the pass road is easy to understand with sputs and sharpness, and when it enters the turning posture The load transfer from the front to the rear can be done naturally.

Perhaps this behavior is the benefit of a counterclockwise crank which does not give unnecessary load around the front. Of course, there should be the influence of the revamped car body and the foot around, but while maintaining a sense of stability above the predecessor, in order to maintain the same lightness as the previous generation, if the new model adopts the reverse rotation crank Is not it? Either way, I had a favorable impression on F-GS for a long time, without denying the previous generation, I was greatly impressed by the new qualities that I upgraded while skillfully passing on the beauty of the previous generation It is.

If it is a slightly strange expression, if we apply GS series characters to 30 cm ruler, if R’s of older brothers are 30, predecessor F 15 and youngest brother G 0, the new type F is 20 impression (Of course This number is irrelevant to the magnitude and fun of the displacement). And I believe that this position change will bring empathy from many GS users and their reserve forces.

Main Specification

● Sentence: Tomohiko Nakamura ● Photo: Oka Taku
※ It is reconfigured based on the article published in the February issue of Young Machine 2019.

Original Source[ Young Machine ] (*Japanese)

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