Welcome to the official website of The International BMW F800 Series Riders Association - BMW Motorcycle Owners Association Chartered Club #338. We're dedicated to the owners of the BMW F800S, F800ST, F800GS, & F650GS Twin motorcycles.
Our mission is to be an online community to support owners of the F800 through common knowledge, shared wisdom, mechanical know how, new information, humor, drama, and most importantly, the promotion of worldwide friendship between people who haven't yet met.
If you have been using the search feature over the last few days, you might have noticed the link to a new Hall of Wisdom. That new Hall of Wisdom opens now - and we're going to put a bit of oomph behind it.
One thing that I wanted to do since starting this site is make a yearly calendar - something that I could hang up and enjoy every day. I think with nearly 3,000 members, we're at critical mass for something like this to be successful, so lets give it a try!
Step One - What makes a good picture?
A good picture would be something that is interesting - something that you wouldn't mind looking at for a whole month! Good pictures will have something unique in them - great scenery, odd situations, fun... [Read More]
My source said that the bikes are currently in transit to all dealers. The following has just been released:
THE 2009 F 650 GS ARRIVES AT U.S. BMW MOTORRAD DEALERS
08/19/2008
BMW's All-New Entry Level Model Makes its Debut with a Twin-Cylinder Engine
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 19, 2008...
Tame the urban jungle or take the road less traveled! After much anticipation, BMW's sophisticated new addition to its entry level model lineup -- the 2009 BMW F 650 GS -- has arrived at... [Read More]
I'm writing as I have the chance a blog of my trip for some friends to check out and thought that it might be of interest to some people on here. I'll post the link now, but when I have the chance I'll see if I can somehow link the whole thing to this posting... or copy/paste. I don't have the time to post in two places.
From BMW Motorcycle Magazine:
NAKED AMBITION: F 800 R
The latest information from Munich is that the F 800 R project has been put on ice. BMW executives decided that the first prototype, based on the F 800 S with its lightweight alloy frame, single sided swingarm and belt drive would have been too expensive put into production.
That would make sales in the ultra-competitive middleweight Naked sportsbike sector too tough to succeed in the numbers needed, even for a bike built to BMW’s exacting standards.... [Read More]
If you have been using the search feature over the last few days, you might have noticed the link to a new Hall of Wisdom. That new Hall of Wisdom opens now - and we're going to put a bit of oomph behind it.
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I'm writing as I have the chance a blog of my trip for some friends to check out and thought that it might be of interest to some people on here. I'll post the link now, but when I have the chance I'll see if I can somehow link the whole thing to this posting... or copy/paste. I don't have the time to post in two places.
From BMW Motorcycle Magazine:
