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.
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]
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]
Ok, let me tell you about the R1200GS, as a start, the bike is AWESOME! Ok, let’s go deeper. The first impression after leaving the F800ST is that you are buying a Panzer, all is huge, the handlebar, the engine, the seat, the windshield, the sidestand, but not the rear tire (150 vs. 180). So once you’re sitting on it, except the grips and switches, all changes.
The first thing you notice is a HUGE handlebar, the seating position remind me of my previous motocross bike, with your arms raised, and really apart... [Read More]
Just a quick note - please be prepared for a bit of website downtime this upcoming Monday. A critical update to vBulletin 3.6 has been released and needs to be applied ASAP. We're also going to take the opritunity to flop the IP address as well.
I'd normally do it over the weekend, but the Euro Moto track day kinda throws a wrench in the works. When the forum does come back up, we're going to have a *HUGE* announcement to make. ... [Read More]
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! 
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:
Ok, let me tell you about the R1200GS, as a start, the bike is AWESOME! Ok, let’s go deeper. The first impression after leaving the F800ST is that you are buying a Panzer, all is huge, the handlebar, the engine, the seat, the windshield, the sidestand, but not the rear tire (150 vs. 180). So once you’re sitting on it, except the grips and switches, all changes. 
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