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electronic suspension. The XR<br />
boasts a beautifully crafted<br />
mini-fairing and screen, with<br />
longer travel suspension and a<br />
more upright, less aggressive<br />
seating position.<br />
The bikes share an<br />
insane amount of electronic<br />
innovations from rider and<br />
suspension modes to that<br />
brilliant TFT screen that even<br />
measures your angle of lean.<br />
ABS, cruise control, quick<br />
shifter, Traction control… you<br />
name it and you can look it all<br />
up or chat to your dealer.<br />
Beefy Brembo brakes<br />
(thankfully) worked flawlessly,<br />
despite this riders lack of any<br />
kind of talent around the tight<br />
corners. Naturally, the tilt meter<br />
worked hard throughout with<br />
riders seeing who could get the<br />
greatest angle of lean. This guy<br />
did not win…<br />
the gridlock. That power is just<br />
perfect for getting away from<br />
the urban hustle and bustle.<br />
Pop your goose on the back<br />
and take off for the weekend<br />
in absolute comfort. This bike<br />
eats up the kilometres and the<br />
relaxed seating position and<br />
decent sized fuel tank will give<br />
you plenty of distance between<br />
refuels. They reckon you’ll use<br />
4.2 litres per 100. The plastic<br />
moulded tanks (15.5-litres vs<br />
13-litres on the F 900 R) that’s<br />
more than 300kms between<br />
top-ups.<br />
At the launch we did not go<br />
far enough to run out a full tank.<br />
Hats off to the BMW<br />
designers - the new<br />
F 900 XR is a proper<br />
looker from every angle.<br />
The F 900 XR<br />
In true BMW XR fashion, the<br />
900 is built for fast, comfortable<br />
cruising. For sure a perfect bike<br />
to use to work and back every<br />
day, neat, nippy, nimble (How’s<br />
that for the 3N’s?), with lots of<br />
power when you need to escape<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE MARCH <strong>2020</strong> 75
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