Middle-weight roadsters are a rarity in a world full of extreme bikes, built to do serious stuff. Their basic intent is open to interpretation, and as a consequence, you get this broad variety of bikes, each peculiar in its own right, but a clear contrast to rest. From the razor-sharp Triumph Speed Triples and the KTM 790s to the road-oriented Kawasaki Z900, and then with the Beast, there’s Ducati doing entirely their own thing. Today, BMW Motorrad has this all-new F900R, a horse in the race. The F900R has its own special value proposition as the first parallel twin in the market, apart from being the most available big-bike in the motorcycle fleet.
Design & Features
The muscular tank flows into the bikini fairings with sharp recesses and finishes at the front in a low mounted LED headlamp cluster, giving the F900R a distinctive forward-canted position. With a small-triangular flyscreen mounted below it, the strongly mounted instruments are sharply angled towards the rider and somehow connect the front-end of the F900Rs together. If you are into that kind of thing, there are gold USDs as well. In direct comparison to the muscular front end, the bodywork on the rear is sparse. The Phat rear tyre and the interesting stubby exhaust that is filtered from the underbelly are the only real attraction from the back. Without being noisy, and something you just have to respect, the F900R has an undeniable appearance.
The BMW is not armed with circuitry to the teeth, it’s really as easy as it comes. Two travel modes, Road and Rain modes, and a traction control system with two on and off settings and, of course, a dual-channel ABS are included in the Nanny systems on board. With dedicated buttons on the bars, both devices can be turned on quickly. It makes the riding experience simple and easy. A 6.5-inch TFT display, which is transparent and easy to read, is replacing the instrument console. The tools also serve as an app for BMW’s Motorrad networking suite that allows you to turn directly on the monitor between media, calls, and even navigation from your phone. And when you are on the move, the rotary controls facilitate navigation through the menus.
Engine & performance
The BMW F900R is the only parallel twin in the section, and compared to the segment it is underpowered with a maximum power output of 105bhp, where the segment benchmarks are closer to 120bhp. It’s also heavy with a curb weight of 211kg, but despite this, the F900R sounds every bit as vibrant as one might expect from a roadster of 900cc. This can be due to the unusual BMW parallel-twin value proposition with a 90-degree crank that fires 270/450 degrees at V-twin. As a result, from as low as 6,500rpm, you get a complete 92Nm of peak torque, with more than 80Nm available from as low as 3000rpm. In all, while the manic top-end of some of the three and four-cylinder engines in the segment might be absent, the F900R sounds more like a road-focused performance bike with most of the grunt in the rev-low-to-mid-range. the band’s Apart from the results, the character of the engine is another thing that stands out.
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