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04-27-2008, 12:22 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008
Bike: TBD
Location: Ithaca, NY
Posts: 8
|  99 BMW F 650 - a good starter bike for sport touring?
So a friend of mine is selling her 99 BMW F650 "funduro" bike since she is moving to Boston for a post-doc at MIT. Boston is no place for a bike she says. It has about 20K miles, and is supposedly well maintained. I'm going to go over and look at it today. The bike is actually categorized as dual-sport/enduro/off-road. It's not a real sport touring bike - more like an adventure bike. It seems like it can take some panniers and cases though if you wanted to do some touring on it. It's a single cylinder bike making 48hp, and Bikez.com lists it as 440lbs with a top speed of 99mph. Most people selling it say it's great around town, but doesn't have any real highway legs. That kinda puts a hold on any decent touring I had plans for. Any thoughts on this bike as my first? It fits the 650cc and below rule for a beginner bike. But she's asking $4200 and that seems high since I see others on the net going for like $3300 to $3800. New in 99 it's MSRP was $7900. I'd be more interested if the price was lower, but she said something about the previous owner did a some upgrades with it... I'll have to see. |
