BMW R NineT First Ride, Stelvio Pass! 

Thank you very much Paul. It really seems that those who have actually thrown a leg over this machine know exactly what I was dealing with. The rest just immediately assume that i got my license in a Cornflakes box! The Urban GS sounds like it might be more the bike that i was expecting. This one is weirdly tight considering how big it looks! Thanks again for weighing in mate.

OK, come on. It wasn't that bad. Not once did I crunch anything or force anything. I just had some misjudged shifts on a new bike. Luckily these things are designed with a fair bit of resilience. Though I too wouldn't ever want an ex display. They chuck these things out for full use with zero miles and no run in. Madness!

'He' hasn't ridden it like anything. 'He' rode it like a bike he jumped on as the camera started rolling, on one of the most technical mountain passes on the planet. 'He' did have a blast and, as expected, took a little while to find the groove with an unfamiliar machine.

Hi Andy. Thank you for taking the time to comment. And you’re totally right. I was to quick with my judgmental blabbering. I didn’t even watch the entire video when I did. Now I did, I can only say, thanks for the video. Great honest first experience on the rninet. And what a scenery. Amazing place to ride a bike.

RIP my ability to take anymore bleating on about this bike! Jeez guys, I barely tickled the thing. I assure you that the bike is fine.

Well, you did point out that the bike didn't like clutchless shifts, then continued doing them, then uploaded a video of you doing this ;-)

Thanks RbN! So good of you to stop by and say so! I feel somewhat vindicated 😊 Good to hear that I'm not the only one who found the switch from one style of engine and drivechain to another a little slow. Amazing how so many people seem to know so much better and feel that the monkey on the bike is the only problem here! Cheers very much mate!

You're absolutely right Karl. I think knowing the bike better would have made for a smooother ride! But it was still fun, nonetheless! And I got to see that, ignoring the drivetrain, the R9T is sadly too small for me physically. So I can stop lusting over it and move on!

NO HE HAS NOT CORRECT SENSIBILITY. IS NOT A TIME PROBLEM FOR HIM BUT ABOUT TO FEEL THE BIKE. EVERY DIFFERENT BIKE FROM HIS

OK Mt o7, no need to shout. Seems like you feel very strongly about this. Do you have an R9T? Have you even ridden one? It is precisely nothing more than a time thing. The bike had a vey different character to what i was used to and with more time i would have been able to adapt my riding to match. As it was i had 20 minutes on one of the most technical stretches of road in europe, if not the world. The fact that i didn’t drop it, ram it into the guy in front of me or throw it off of a cliff was already a large victory for me!

Maybe read the description and listen to the commentary before you leave a comment? Hmmm maybe? At no point did i think that the bike was clutchless. The clutch lever was a dead giveaway. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Andy Man Cam yeah, did that and yet at 8 minutes into the video you’re complaining about the “kick” of the shifting while you wonder if it has a speed shifter [ie clutchless shifting].

Well clearly you didn't pay attention, because at 3 minutes in, I clearly state that I don't think it has 'Shift Assist'. Which in itself is NOT a clutchless system. Merely a quickshift feature which allows you to perform upshifts without using the clutch. After this, I am just trying to get used to an unfamiliar bike, on unfamiliar roads and perform manual clutchless shifts. If you do these yourself, then you'll know that every machine is different and takes a little while to get the hang off. If you don'T do clutchless shifting, for whatever reason, then you've waded unprepared into entirely the wrong conversation.

Andy Man Cam You just confirmed my entire original post.

I have never known such incredible proliferation of the “look how right I am” attitude as in the comments of this video. It’s incredible, and a little bit depressing. Some of the most beautiful sights available to the biking community have been lovingly explored, recorded, edited and published in stunning HD for your viewing pleasure. Yet all you can get hung up on is whether or not I knew if the bike had a clutch!? (FYI, as I already said in answer to your strangely short sighted first post, i knew from the off that the bike had a clutch. No DCT System. No CVT. No automatic gearbox. A clutch.) So not only have you sidestepped the awe-inspiring beauty at the core of this video but you’ve also completely ducked the whole story that has brought about this wonderful riding opportunity. I couldn’t research, because I only knew 5 minutes before that I would be riding this bike. Also, all the research in the world wouldn’t prepare you for the characteristics of this bike when ridden for the first time. Ultimately I feel very sorry for you that you and many others have missed out on the wonder that lies within this video. Just to take an opportunity to try and kick somebody who has done something imperfectly. Of course the overall and underlying truth is that I do in fact thank you all. Your small minded Nitpicking, coupled with your short sighted inability to say “oh, ok Andy. Fair enough” and move on has actually rocketed this video into the position of being my fastest viewed video in the first week since I started making videos. It’s not the audience that I would have perhaps wished for, but youtube only cares about eyes pointed at screens. And you lot have absolutely nailed it! Congratulations.

Thanks Dejan! It seems that in these snowflake filled times, people are just waiting for the next thing to overreact to! How very dare I not immediately fall in love with their favorite bike! Speech is free, but opinions must not offend! 😉

Wow. Just wow. Seems like everybody rides their bikes with velvet gloves and slippers on. These are performance machines. Manufactured to the highest tolerances to withstand hard use under pressure. If you think this engine didn't already get switched on and revved to the limiter on the factory line, you're living in a dreamworld. Not to mention the fact that the rev limiter is there to protect the engine. You could probably ride this bike just below the limiter ALL day. Hell people even chip them to RAISE the limiter! Bottom line, no poor little fluffy eared boxer engines were harmed in the making of this video.

Amazes me that folks think the rev limiter is some mystical place that they'll never visit! I've found it on all of my own bikes and they still work just fine! 😆

Thanks Jonathan! I'm not surprised to hear that it's not perfect in the lower gears. That motor is just SO direct and torquey! Which of course is certainly no bad thing!!

Thanks Andy! I think you're right. It seems that those who have actually ridden one of these bikes, understand the experience that I had! Awesome bike, but needs a bit of a riding style adjustment, which I didn't have time to go through. I just assume that the haters have no clue, and those who know, know! 👍🏻

If I'd have had the revs any higher when I was trying clutchless shifts, this bike would have thrown me off the back! But yeah, didn'T really get any speed and I certainly wasn't comfortable yet by the end of the ride. Stelvio is NOT a road that you're comfortable on even on a well known bike!! I like to keep all my videos real. If I gush about something, I really like it. If I see something I don'T like, I'll talk about it.

Looked like a beautiful place. The RnineT is very mechanical. I give you a lot of credit for taking a road that challenging on a strange bike with notoriously horrible stock suspension. Mine is/was a 2014 and rides over 50 miles were killing the lower back, stopped poorly, cornered sluggishly, but suspension upgrades improved it a great deal. I was probably "too fat" for stock suspension at 6'2" 195lbs.

One of the more beautiful places I've been to in my life. The views from the top... wow!

I want to ride some places like that once back on 2 wheels. Some dude rear-ended me and trashed the RnineT 6 days ago. :(

May I draw your attention to 4:36 Typically, it's good practice to listen to whats being said in the video, to avoid that awkward situation whereby you tell the creator something that they have already shared with you IN said video.

@@AndyManCam yet he kept doing it over and over again. It's like the definition of stupid when you know it's wrong yet you keep repeating the same action expecting a different result.

No, in this case it's called practice. 'Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.' You don't just jump on a strange bike and suddenly nail ever aspect of it. Also I don't think that you would tell me I'm stupid if I was stood in front of you, so why would you do it when you're hiding behind thw anonimities of the internet? When did everybody become so rude and uncultured?

@@AndyManCam I certainly would tell you to your face if we were riding together, As I have done before in group rides when a person's actions either place other riders in danger or watching someone riding erratically bouncing off the Rev limiter.

Wow, the folks who get to ride with you must feel SOOO lucky...assuming there are actually still folks willing to ride with a blustery, self-important pedant like you.

Ha! At least we saw that it was within tolerances!

There’s a mixed opinion about “running in”. I once had an ex race demo speed triple and it put more power down since it had been thrashed out of the box

I think, as I said in a different comment, that running in isn't so much about actually running in anymore. Just makimg sure that any tools or rodents left in the motor from the production line get flushed out before they do any real damage! 😂

How different did it look back then? was the road in better condition on the Italian side!?

Thanks mate. It really was special. And on a new bike too!

Well whoopeddy-doo. Aren’t you a hero. I’ll get your trophy engraved and we’ll have an award ceremony.

Me neither. Though nowadays, 'running in' is more of a precautionary phase instigated by the manufacturers to catch any loose fixings or foreign bodies in the oil before you can give it full beans. If for one second you don't think this engine has already seen the rev limiter before it even went into the bike, I think you'll find that you are very much mistaken.

Too bad about the gearbox then.

But why? How many times did you hear the gearbox crunch, whine, clatter, labour or chug? It's not made of kendal mint cake for griefs sake!

Cheers Ben. Entirely my pleasure mate!

That bike is clearly as tough as nails! With more time, I'm sure that I'd have learned to get the best out of the bike. Sadly I had no time!

Dude... Did you not hear the part where i figure that out for myself?

I agree. Stunning machine. Maybe a lot of the problem was in the nut behind the bars. Needed to ride it different.

they are lovely he just wasnt used to it

My pleasure Stephen! Thanks for watching (and remaining positive!). It's a great bike, and beautiful too! If the platform works for you, then you can't go far wrong. I really wanted to love it, but we were like chalk and cheese! Luckily Honda made the CB1000R NSC with the same neo-retro looks and my preferred inline four configuration!

Thanks Christopher. It's pretty cool isn't it! I like the way it's stabilised and digitally gimblified! It is VERY tight in places, but nothing your V1000 can't deal with! 😀

Perfect for a Versys. I know my 650 loves that super tight stuff.

My Versys 650 was perfect on these bends. Even when it was fully loaded up with the twin Ali cases! Fabulous bike!

Thanks Brett. It’s a beautiful bike, no doubt! I just didn’t gel with the motor and the drivetrain. But hey, you can’t please everyone! Luckily the CB1000R has a similar aesthetic and suits me just fine! Definitely take a ride on one mate. 👍🏻

AndyManCam Will do that for sure. Going to hit up my local BMW dealer and see if I can pinch one!

Have fun!

We were all following a local tour guide. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@AndyManCam So you're someone that breaks the law if someone does it in front of you?

So you’re someone who gets their knickers up their arse about a video in which you can’t even see the speedo?! You need to find a hobby mate.

Apparently not. Although the boxer in the R1200R didn’t seem to mind it too much. But this one is different. I know that now.

Nope. This was my first time. Maybe you could tell me where I was going wrong?

hollowaysteve ffs eh? Needs clutchless etc. needs to learn to ride a real old school bike - really wasn’t having a good day.

You'Re not wrong! I guess the inertia of all that spinning metal doesn't WANT clutchless shifts as much as my free-revving 4! I think you're right that practice would make perfect. WHo knows, maybe another couple of hours and I might have started to enjoy riding it a bit more. But my knees wouldn't have been able to take it though!! :D

I was just taking a little longer to adjust to a somewhat agricultural drivetrain, in comparison to what I normally bomb about on! To say I was having a bad day would be wildly off the mark. I was having a friggin amazing day!!

Andy Man Cam For sure. IL4’s are ‘much’ easier to clutchless shift. Twins are inherently more difficult and then you’re adding an unforgiving (direct drive) shaft. It’s a great engine though and in that R9T an absolute hoot! I think they’re great. I don’t want that one though. It needs a new gearbox 😉

Naaaah, the gearbox is fine. The shaft on the other hand....

Nooo, I had a GREAT day, just a clumsy ride!! Yeah a bit longer to adjust the thinking to fit the style of the bike would have been good. Maybe 1st rides on crazy technical stuff like the Stelvio aren't such a great idea!

Cheers Stuart. A voice of reason! Yeah I know ALL about where my expectations were wrong now! 😂 I'm sure that with a different approach and a bit more time, I would love it too. ALthough it was a little bit more cramped for me than I'd hoped.

The BMW is fine, I assure you. I didn't realise that the newfound need for everybody to be so offended by everything also extended to getting used to a new machine!

Cheers Niek. I think with a bit more time I might have enjoyed it a bit more. I think also if I'd ridden this when I had a Versys 650, it wouldn't have been such a change. But jumping on this after my sprightly FZ1 was a big leap! Horses for courses I guess and as beautiful as this bike is, the ride wasn't for me. The Stelvio is definitely one to see. Not my favourite, but I've been been lucky enough to ride some amazing passes lately!

Absolutely! Destruction tested and deemed indestructible!

Haha! Cheers very much! I think you nailed it! It won't be this pass, but i got to belt the fz1 up no less than 8 swiss passes a couple of weeks later. Needless to say, it was a lot swifter and less clumsy! Videos to come! 😉

Thanks JR. Cheers for coming along.

Sadly my test ride was as long as it took to get to ths top of the Stelvio. So about 25 minutes.

Poor record player, the same record has been playing for 48 hours and the needle has worn through the stupid record and is scratching into the poor record players turntable. The part of the record player in this sad analogy was played by Andymancam.

Yep, I didn't do a great job. But in my defense, the R1200R and RS were far more user friendly and I just assumed they were sharing the same core values!! Turns out the R9T would rather be a tractor! Shame as I wanted it to be a sporty retro that was comfortable enough to tour on.

That's not really a new concept! :D I started this ride with the assumption that all BMW's had shift assist. When I quickly realised that wasn't the case, I tried clutchless shifting (because I like to change gear like I'm going somewhere, not like I'm driving miss daisy). But when that also proved unsuitable, I used the clutch. Simple.

So THAT'S what the lever on the left is for! I wondered why the rear brakes weren't working.

Exactly. If it's got a quickshifter, don't roll off the throttle, just kick it into the next gear. Rolling off the throttle and trying to use a quick shifter ends up being very messy...

Andy, I spent a day yesterday watching a local bunch of semi professional tractor pulling teams doing their utmost to make shite of their pride and joy, one off custom builds ... so grateful to see you do the same on that boxer... I too had an R1100RT for 4 years, many an acre we ploughed ... great vid Andy, well played.

Not really. I've got a quickshifter on my own bike and I've found that a tiny backing off of the throttle during the shift can mean 2 things. Firstly the gear goes in even quicker and secondly that the revs are better matched for the next gear giving a much smoother shifting experience. So when it's more about smoothness than extra tenths of a second, a little roll-off can go a long way!

Hahahahaha! Finally somebody to join in with the irony a little!! Made my day Seamus! I'm still waiting for the Massey Ferguson branded R80 GS custom build!

I don't remember winging at any point Heather. I was merely pointing out that the bike wasn't what I was used to and the characteristics were very strange to me. You try riding something completely different to what you've normally ridden, on one of the most technical roads in all of the Alps. It's always so easy to throw digital dung from behind the impenetrable internet fortress of the keyboard.

@@AndyManCam You can talk till the cows come home and no doubt thats what you are good at. However I wont budge at all from my previous statement You were winging. If i was on that road in Switzerland or many of the other great passes there, I would choose a motorcycle that I felt comfortable on... Its not rocket science.

If you’re hearing winging, then that’s because winging is what you want to hear. I was having the time of my life, i promise you. I chose the bike I really wanted to try. Surprise surprise, this was the first time I’d ever had the opportunity to ride an R9T. It didn’t ride like I expected it to and i discovered that it’s not my dream machine. Oddly enough, everybody else on the day who rode that bike for the first time made much the same discoveries that I did. It has a particular character, that has to be ridden in a particular way and we didn’t have time to get used to it. Which model of R9T do you have, Heather?

Funny you should say that, that video will be along soon enough! ;D

Ha! It must have some kind of record. Most turns per mile or somesuch!

Cheers mate! It just falls out!

Cheers very much! The gimbal like view is pretty cool, isn't it?!

Ha! Sounds almost as exciting as it actually was!! Yeah the Duc was WAY more comfortable. I was fairly disappointed with the ergos on the R NineT. Agreed aswell that I would have been WAY faster on the FZ1! Louis seem like such an amazing company with their core values in the right place. Riding comes first!!

Cheers mate! Yeah it's got some tricks up it's sleeve that camera! Luckily I got loads of footage in Switzerland before I have to give it back to Garmin! Yeah the R9T is a bit lumpy, and sadly quite cramped for me!

You have a bit more length in ya legs than us stumpier fellows! :D

True, which is why i didn't rattle on about the ergos too much 😁 unlike everybody else with the gear shifts. You try to highlight a characteristic of the bike and now folks are one step away from starting a benefit rally for that 'poor BMW'. The world has turned into an over-sensitive but bored little girl that actively seeks out the next thing to get upset about!

@@AndyManCam haha, winters coming, them snowflakes don't melt so fast when it gets colder! :D

Yeah, we can't all be perfect eh!? Apparently all the haters in this comments section never got anything wrong in their lives!! 😂

Due to your astounding rudeness, I can’t be bothered to formulate this reply in German. But in any case, with only 20 minutes to ride a new bike and on one of the most complicated mountain passes available, i think i should be forgiven for taking a minute or two to get used to how a bike rides. It was quite obvious to me that it was not a 4 cylinder. The huge Boxer tractor engine between my legs was a big clue. It’s also important to note that this engine was DESIGNED to be revved to 6000 U/min. At 6000 it is producing the maximum torque. The rev limiter is actually at 8,500 U/min. It’s always a good idea to check your numbers before you start throwing your weight around on the ever so critical interwebs. Also I own a 4 cylinder bike that will happily rev to 12,000 U/min before you have to shift. So I know how that feels too. All in all, thanks for your little rant and also for your dirty ‘Daumen runter’ protest. It all helps!! I wish you a happy new year full of false neutrals! Prost!!

Thanks Chris! I think they look beautiful. But I'd need more time to get used to the character. Like an arranged marriage with an educationally challenged supermodel, I'm sure I could learn to love it eventually!

It's not a classic bike Gerd! It's brand spanking new! 😜All the other R1200 based BMW's have electronic shift assist, so I thought that this one might have it too. Turns out I was wrong!

I haven't ridden the F900R, but based on the looks alone I'd go for the R9T. I'm sure I could get used to the engine and drivechain eventually!

Haha! Cheers mate. Sadly I have to give this one back. Then we'll be evens again! (Well, once I repair my crashed drone!!) It's a Garmin VIRB 360. I can keep it for the discounted price of 600€ if I want. :O

@@AndyManCam it's great isn't it.. but for that money it wants to be!! Hmm time to email my Garmin contact 😂😂

It was a MASSIVE pain of a post production process!! For these videos, they were natively stitched in camera (only 4K, up to 5.7K is available, but then you have to stitch in the software.). But I then had to apply stabilisation and framing in the VIRB Edit app, after that I had to do colour balancing (which is a bit rubbish) in Davinci Resolve and THEN I put that video into my final edit in Vegas! WHAT a faff!!

OMG Well the work was justified because of the location, it looked awesome. I know youre not fcpx but "ripple training" channel had some interesting vids on the gopro 360 using it instead of 2 cam set up.

Thanks! Yeah these beasties are a definite feasible alternative to a 2 camera setup. In actual fact, a potentially infinite camera setup as all angles are covered! :D

My sentiments exactly! A LOT of comments here from people who either A: haven't ridden an RnineT or B: Haven't ridden the Stelvio Pass (or anything like it). OR BOTH! I'd advise you to stay well away from this bike then mate! I found the R1200R pretty good ergo-wise and this was way tighter feeling. But I'm 'only' 34" inseam! :D

Funny thing too, actual 1st gear switchbacks in the U.S. are pretty rare, I don't think most have any idea what they are like. It's not something to easily get practice with here. To make it more fun, the places that have them where I am are heavily frost heaved, basically random ripples the size of a bowling ball all through the turn surface. Nothing like a nice off camber 1st gear switchback to put a little zip in ya.

Thanks Ian! Cheers for a realistic real life BMW owners honest insight into the clunkiness! 😆

Because it's been ridden up a mountain by a motovlogger who barely even pushed it to within 50% of what it's capable of. Seems like quite an obscure rule to live by. This is a hire bike from a rental company BTW. When I said 'new' I didn't mean like it had just come off of the production line. But you probably have an obscure life defining mantra associated with rentals too! :D

Andy Man Cam seems I touched a nerve

@@martinfrost3596 no, you're just approximately the umpteenth person to say the exact same thing!

Wer sein Drehzahlbegrenzer nicht kennt, hat seine Machine gar nicht kennengelernt! Don’t worry about that bike. It’s fine, i promise you.

Haha! Cheers! Yeah the need to be a bit more relaxed didn't gel with me in this short space. Maybe with more time, it would just make me a more relaxed rider. Who knows. But I do love a good quickshifter!

I wanted to love it, i really did! Tge camera is a Garmin VIRB 360. sadly only a temporary addition to the channel!

Looks really cool.

The ability to have it follow the direction of travel is pretty cool in the hairpins is a winner! If you can be arsed, you can also dig in and control EXACTLY where the camera looks, zoom in and out etc with keyframes for a fully directed video.

Thanks Jerico! I agree on both!!

It is the Nishua Enduro GT 👍🏻

Most tractors are pretty robust. 😜

yes, and who drives tractors?🤣

BMW R9T owners!

@@AndyManCam yes 😍

@@AndyManCam no no man, farmers ride with tractors!🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

Oooh yippee! It’s been a while since a keyboard warrior has been along to tell me about how much of a terrible rider I am! I’m SO glad! ☺️. But please do also tell me, have either ridden this exact bike or this exact road?

What would you suggest?

@@AndyManCam It's an agricultural bike with an engine which is like an oil head from the 90's. You have to ride an R nine T like a Buell or older Guzzi or T120 etc...

Gotcha. Next time I’ll know! 😉

Thank you for pointing your face at it!

Wouldn't want to ride your rocking horse.

It has got a real guttural quality about it!

Well done Carl. Thanks for your input. 👏🏼

Thanks! No, it was far more agricultural. I guess that a quickshifter would probably tear the poor thing apart! Interesting to hear that the ergos are different on the different versions. Maybe hope is not lost!

Thanks Ian. I like to dabble in the arts! 😅

Cheers again mate. I reckon with more time I'd have found a better place with this bike!

Firstly, this isn't a review. I was just riding the bike up a hill, for the first time. Secondly, I could have ridden all the manual bikes in the world, but this bike still had a very different (agricultural) character that took some time to get used to. Time which I didn't have because once we got to the top, I had to swap! You are, however, right about the road though.

It is a beautiful machine. You have to ride it to see if it suits you though. Seems like a real love it or hate it sort of experience!

I’m afraid you have to start a comment like that with your credentials. Also, i didn’t get paid for this and it is not my job. So congratulations, you’ve brought nothing new to the table. Unless you have tourettes... In which case I’m very sorry.

I totally agree. I was hoping for sporty fast shifts, but it's just not that kind of bike! It still does look friggin awesome though. I think I might have to try and get an extended go on one and see if I can learn to love the mechanics as much as the looks!

I'm easy to find, just listen for the creaking of my old knees! :D

Or the creaking of my neck and back - getting old is Hell !!!!

Clothes do not maketh the man. It looks like a retro, but it’s an electric fuel injected, traction controlled, ABS toting, taught framed, supple-sprung modern bike. I expected it to ride as such. If I wanted a bike to ride like a tractor, I’d have jumped aboard a 70‘s classic. Kawasaki managed to make a retro style machine that rides like a modern supernaked. Even Honda managed it (i had one for 2 years and would describe it as being infinitely more fun to ride than the R9T). The blame for the mismatch between my expectations and BMW‘s execution simply cannot be placed at my feet. The bike has 99 fans, but this boy ain’t 1. Shame really as I totally wanted to love this bike.

Haha! Not unless I was born on a motorbike! 😂

This was on the Stelvio Pass, between Italy and Switzerland.

I thought it looked familiar. It's a lovely ride

But if you’d never seen a fish before, you’d have to first find out for yourself that it couldn’t in fact climb a tree, in order to see the sense in your worldly quotings.

The weird bars that came with the bike! 😂 It’s a completely stock bike.

I can't help it. It's just my way! It's utterly stunning there. When they make a 3-D, 360 camera with the same quality as our eyes, THAT will make a good video. Some of the most stunning views of all of the alpine passes IMHO.

Thanks Eric. Absolutely mate, it was an AMAZING day!

It’s the Stelvio Pass on the Italian side of the italy/switzerland border in the alps.

Not once did i bitch or complain. I observed. I had a great time in fact. I was also thrown the keys to the bike 30 seconds before we rode off. Schaaf works for a motorbike magazine and receives bikes for several days at a time. Yes, he’s a skilled rider, but he also has far more time and opportunity to get used to the machines he rides. Have you ridden an R9T?

AndyManCam yes I own a bmw r nine t pure.

So you should already know the eccentricities of the bike and how it’s different to others. Yet instead, you decide to be aggressive and holier than thou about it. Good biking spirit there.

AndyManCam it’s those details and uniqueness that make this machine unique. You were bashing it the whole time and went about praising the apparels you were wearing instead. That’s very disrespectful to your viewers who want a true and tried testament of what this bike can do. Every time you get on a new bike you become a beginner, we all know that. Well than how about truly trying the bike out, instead of giving your viewers a wrong opinion based on an all of a sudden random ride. Why do you think your video has sooo much hate. It’s the way you went about it. It’s not about your shifting, yeas it was crap. But so what you weren’t used to this bike. It’s the disrespect what bothered.

I couldn’t have been more honest mate. I said exactly what i thought and felt, as it happened. The only disrespect here is that you’re disregarding my opinions simply because they don’t correspond with yours. Wake up. Not everybody likes what you like.

Eigentlich ist es ein schnitt aus ein 360 grad Video. Mit dem Garmin VIRB 360 aufgenommen. Kooles Kamera! Muss es aber leider zurückgeben!

Haha! Cheers mate! If only Stepdad had had his camera on, we'd know where it was! 😂

Me too. Beautiful bikes. I really wanted to like it a lot more though. If the handling had been a bit softer, I'd understand the heavy drive. But it felt sporty and rigid, just didn't drive like that!

Cheers mate! You'Re absolutely right! I was still getting used to it on the Cafe tour, but after a week in the Alps, I'm absolutely loving the thing! Very happy with the machine!

Thanks Paul! Yeah lot's of negative attention on this video for some reason! Guess everybody only wants to hear how awesome everything is!

Is the RLIP Gearbox an optional extra?

Cheers mate!

Very true! My rear end was already a little tender after just 25 minutes on the thing!!

Have you ridden one of these?

I agree! Although it may seem like I’m complaining, i had an amazing time and really enjoyed trying out the bike!

I haven’t ridden a scooter for about 12 years. What I have learned to do in that time is clutchless shift. But it doesn’t work very well on this bike. Oddly enough, all the decent people who own one, admit that it doesn’t work and that they don’t care. All the people who’ve ridden one, agree that it’s a quirk of the bike. But all the armchair warriors that haven’t ever ridden one and want to throw some bitterness around, jump on the band wagon of slating the skill and intelligence of the rider. When all he’s really doing, is trying out something different, for the first time. This video was a part of an amazing experience. But it’s effects have seriously damaged my beliefs that there are good people out there and that the internet deserves my efforts. Do better. Be better.

@@AndyManCam Sorry for the rude comment, but the way you change gear made me cringe I stopped looking at the video. I was looking at reviews on the BMW R nine T as I had ridden one about 2yrs ago and it was a great bike but too expensive for me at the time now prices have come down on second hand I'm looking again. Armchair warrior I'm not this is the first time I've commented on anything like this ,I think you are going to get criticism the good and the bad as you can see .I probably should have worded the first comment better. Clutchless shifting on the bikes I have owned through the years Honda, older Triumphs, Yamaha , Norton (1971), Kawasaki, Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson ,newTriumphs .Ducatis yes the others wouldn't bother either not made for it or too old ,so I've had just a little bit of experience (40years) .The 2018 Triumph Thruxton I have I did it but by mistake it will do it but I see no point in it unless your racing,I think the idea has come from Moto GP and World SBK, etc these bikes are made for it and yes there are road/sportbikes now that are designed /made for it a through off from Moto GP and World SBK.I don't think the BMW R nine T is in this category Cheers Barry Mahan

Apology warmly accepted! I also apologize for the overly defensive reply! To be honest, the way i was shifting made me cringe too. But with such a different characteristic from the machine, it took time to get used to it. Plus the guy in front of me (very narrow mindedly, i think) jumped on a bike that he knew well and was riding rather spiritedly! I wanted to try something completely new to me. I totally agree with you that this bike is not in the category that needs the sort of riding that invites clutchless shifting. On my own slightly racier bike i find that clutchless shifting makes for a smoother riding experience. But then now I have a quickshifter so it’s even more effortless. I’m certain that with more time, i could have adjusted my own attitude to better suit the character of the R9T. I definitely in no way intended for this video to be a negative opinion of the bike. I still think it’s one of the most beautiful stock bikes out there! 👍🏻

Yeah, the Scrambler might have been a better fit. You're also a full on twin convert now!!

@@AndyManCam the knobblies where a bit of a challenge, but I'd have one for sure👍😜

I can imagine! Though the 'semi-Knobblies' on the next bike I rode on this day were surprisingly useable! I managed to (accidentally) back it in a few times and locked up the front twice, with no nasty surprises!

@@AndyManCamit rode great when I'd got used to it, but the initial tip in was quite brutal. No idea what tyres were on it, I never checked.....big black round thingies with sticky out bits on them😜