What I think of BMW's F900 GS Enduro 

Unfortunately very few on YT are left out there speaking their honest opinion ... Great that you're you - independent of brand, bike, topic 🏆👍

Every manufacturer should be send Mr. Riemann a bike to review. He does a proper review!

You are a baddass rider, way above and beyond the average rider. If the bike can withstand your punishment, it’s more than capable for the rest of us. Of course I’m speaking of average riders like me. Love watching you take these bikes to there intended level. Keep the content coming. I’m surprised you don’t have 1 mil. followers yet.

When I see a ARiemann1 video notification you already know its gonna be good.

Really want to see you testing out CF MT450 😀

I agree Adam, the upstart manufacturers are putting pressure on the big guys, and that’s a good thing imo. Not everyone has $30k to drop on a bmw etc. iron horses for courses.

I’d be very curious to see you test riding the Aprilia Tuareg 660.

Can’t wait to see you on a CF Moto 450 MT. I know that’s the brand you’re referring to in this vid, but they seemed to have proved everyone wrong in regards to quality over the years.

All good points and good review with one exception. At one point all the OG brands you mentioned were the new cheaper kid in the block! Maybe we are starting to see better from the OG manufacturers because of the newer startups and cheaper pricing.

Man, I'd sell my soul to be able to ride like that! Another great vid and review!

Love what your doing and how you do it. Honest, clean and no B. S. I really hope and pray that you'll get the opportunity to do a review of the Yamaha Ténéré 700 Extreme. 🙏

Loved your thoughts at the end and feel that way with my 08 990. Shes been with me through thick and thin and I dread the day I've have to put her out to pasture. Always appreciate your drops!

It's what I've taught all my Motocross students for 10 years. You find a girl you date the girl you get to know her and get to understand everything about her. Stop jumping ship and thinking the grass is always greener on the other side. Ride what you know get to know it and do the best you can with what you have.

Great! Is the second part of the review i was waiting for, will wait until arrive at home, sit at the couch and have a beer while watching it!

So at this point why let anybody else review this class of bikes? Thats how you test a bike! Man this was such a thrill to watch!

Best review of the 900 I have seen on You Tube. You my friend are an absolute legend! In you opinion on the handling offroad when compared with the T7?

Cracking Review! I'd give the bloke who handed over the bike to at the dealership a bit of grief for not going through how to get the ride modes though.😂. Your bit at the end has been something that has been going through my mind a lot lately. Mainly because my 2008 690 is now 16 years old and needs lots of love, but.... KTM still has all the parts available for it. Yes, even they are outsourcing now but their core values are still about building good things with a good dealer network. Sometimes that is worth more in 16 years of ownership than saving a few thousand dollars only to throw the bike away in 5 years after buying it.

Love watching your videos. Your riding skills are amazing. I'll never get to that level but appreciate seeing someone that can really run a machine through it's abilities. Great review

Another great and honest review! I am now sold on the 900gs

I think it will be popular, around the same price as 901 & 890R, but hopefully more reliable :)

I appreciate your attention to the details you considered in this review, thank you. I would love that bike with a valving and spring setting from pro racing rally raid suspension tuners 🤘 I got my MX bike done last year and the bike was much more predictable and stable. I checked the fork oil against the setting they claimed it to be and then raised it by 10mm and it wouldn't ever bottom the fork again, so their settings were spot on for me ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Factory Connection in USA

Made me miss my hone tracks around Donnybrook and once again an open honest review well done Adam

👍 to your comment of supporting the brands who invested the R&D with real rally DNA to keep the quality coming in the future.

Amazing Adam you get off one bike on another and race it around a track like an enduro bike but it’s a 900 adventure bike The Beamer looks the goods and sounds like it has the goods and more stream line nice review Totally agree on supporting the key manufacturers who have put the hard yards in Thanks Dave

I saw this bike last weekend and its probably the best looking adv bike right now. And i have first hand information about the 14 liter tank, this is what happened: Bmw CEO : " God damn, i said i wanted the bike to be light, this shit its heavy !!! Trainee hidding in the back : " we have a 14 liter tank from the scooters boss , we can do it, most of our clients only go to the coffee at weekends, wont be a problem " 😂

Nice riding skills. Your riding style makes the review 10x better. I’ve been riding the 2012 800 GS since it came out. They’re not bikes to make that look easy. Seriously. Do this for the Yamaha, KTM, Honda and Kove!!

Being an older rider 58, I am a new fan to you and have always given the wanker sign to ADV bikes/riders….. but….. I love your honest channel bro! Please test the fucking Aprilia Tuareg 660 as I’ve just bought one on a cheap deal and with most RU-vidrs the tide has turned and they think it’s a Yamaha T7 killer! So do I! That engine! Handling is mad good! Please let me hear your honest thoughts💪👊 from the good old UK👊

An honest review and a clear opinion. Cheers for that.

Great honest review, you've really nail it in a very nice maner. I wish everybody could review the adventure bikes that way, of course some riding skills needed :)

Wise words, mate, about those adventure wannabes... I do get your point about recognising the brands that put in the effort of R&D. We are being flooded by brands from you-know-where with their dumping price-tags and people get lured into their copycat crap. I made a bit of an effort to go for the World Raid favouring the trustworthiness of the Yamaha house name and I just can't see myself buying some copycat puzzle even if to save 5 or 6k. Grate review, as usual, your sick riding skills makes me so envious and conscious of how incapable I am. Cheers!

Isn't it always the way.. I still don't understand why they split rebound and compression. And watching this forks move thru the stroke. That's a lot of bike to throw around they you so.. but that's what you do.. you show what the bike IS REALLY LIKE. Your test will give future buyers a real guide to its abilities and it's so refreshing to have a tester not bag the general design. I also noticed that you did not gripe about the pillion leg locations.. I wish you would just do tests on all the big hitter's Aprilia, Ducati and more so the we can truly see the aspects of what you are trying to put across. Great test..

Awesome video - really enjoy watching what you do - but the last 3 minutes of this one was said exactly how it should be. Congrats on speaking the truth and keep the honest real world videos coming

Loved this video, it feels more raw. Your opinion is raw and I liked that you rode the bike, sat there and talked for a minute and rode again. Feels really nice and honest to watch. Thanks for your stuff Adam.

hehe had the pucker muscle going 10 cent 50 cent swapping in the ruts up that hill mate she took it really well great vid ya flogged her good cheers

I was waiting for this part 2, great review, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this !

It looks like a decent bike, at least while it’s new, I dread to think of the problems that will appear after a few years of trail riding and mud, once all those electronics start corroding and breaking down😱 I’m a big believer that less is more! It’s one of the major reasons I bought a Yamaha World Raid, and that’s still got too much techno wizardry on it, but nothing like the BMW or KTM equivalent. 👍 excellent video as usual, thanks!

Love ya channel mate,also a member. Have honda and yamaha. Done a lot of big trips recently purchased a cfmoto 650mt and bang for your buck get into the market. Not going to ride like you do. But things are changing in the bike world. And so far 15000 no issues to date.

Many thanks for the honest and nice review and advices. I would love to see you testing new r1300gs or adv next year like traveling in Australia you did with your AT. Manufacturers should involve experts like you when they are designing and developing new bikes. Cheers.

😂 brother you handled that scenario very very well and thank you for video taping it 😄 That was entertaining as hell...

It’s taken me 3 generations of 790/890 Adv R’s but I reckon the 23 model got me.. it’s a keeper.. wanna see how 100s of thousand km I do… my BMW 1150 GS unfortunately got written off at 330,000km in Africa

Hope to one day see some of this kind of content on the vstrom 800. I don't imagine it is even close to the realm of the F900's performance, just love your open commentary and clear opinions and takes.

The second this bike launched I put my name on one and always hoped that this review would happen. Thanks for the videos! I bought the bike with my heart not my brain, but it's awesome watching you push bikes to the limit, making me feel confident I wasn't a complete knob.

That said this new 900 GS clearly not only looks the part but cuts the mustard too👌👍

As much as you skate around saying "CF Moto" it would be really interesting to see you trying it out.

Opinions on the Desert X compared to this guy? Hope it’s not one of the bikes you referenced at the end… also great review. You do a better job than anybody.

Do people realise these upstart "new" manufacturers are in joint ventures with the main manufacturers. Both ktm and Yamaha are getting cfmoto to build bikes/motors for them. The problem people are having is realising they've been overpaying for a brand name for years. It's a kick in the ass the big manufacturers needed when it comes to pricing.

awesome F900 GS an video Mr ARiemann an can not wait until your next big trip video

Awesome review Adam 👍 we trust your honest opinion and integritty 🎉

F900GS vs Tenere700? Or perhaps a better comparison would be the F900GS vs DesertX? Regardless of money, what would you pick?

Great vid and good points on steering clear of the cheap brands!

someone please get this man to review an AJP PR7. I would love to see his opinion on it!

They bolted the crash bars to the engine case? Wow, It's like everything that hits the crash bars, that wouldn't be hitting the engine case is now actually hitting the engine case via the crash bars.

at 01:10 you tune the suspension, a video about this, tips and tricks would be very appreciated :)

Thanks for another epic video. She looks the business. I would like to take one for a test ride sometime at the dealership in Cape Town.

Refreshingly honest comments about the future of adv bikes. Mate I reckon you could release a new video from about the 10min 30sec mark, because that was gold and really made me think. Thank you for that dose of brutal honesty about the current craze in new adv bikes and "cheaper is better". Let's hope the established brands don't dilute their quality going forward. Cheers mate for an awesome vid

2 Questions: What do you mean by "tower clunk" that all adventure bikes have? With your closing comments on the cheaper bikes, I'm curious your thoughts on the CF Moto stuff since they've partnered with KTM and essentially make the 790 and call it the 800MT?

I'd submit that precious few riders would ride the 900 like you just did! For enduro racing maybe, but not for riding far from help and resources. Those who do will put the right tires on. You rode the hell out of it, but you almost lost it a couple of times. So, good test for enduro, maybe. Not an adv rider test. The crash bar issue is real. Nothing should be bolted into the engine casing. I'd like,to see you take it in a couple of days ride, with luggage and into adv country. That would be a real test. Apparently, the road handling is really good. But who needs to spend twice the price of a Honda Transalp for a bike that fulfills essentially the same purpose? I'm looking at this video for the second time, and I do agree with his comments about sticking with the real deal, the Afrika Twins, the Yamaha models, the Suzuki bikes, the BMWs, even the KTMs, i.e., all those who put real quality into their bikes and have parts and dealers throughout the world. Who would like to be stuck in Afrika with a Kove?

At BMW, they made incredibly good and usable motorcycles. I agree with you Adam. 👍👍🍺

Interesting comments about the sound of the engine and loose tolerances... One of the things i dont like about my 890R is the fact it sounds awful on idle. Was hoping BMW could make same power without making it sound like its about to dynamically desintegrate, but it looks like not.

Great honest review, the bike looks the biz.

As always great video. I especially appreciate your comments about standing behind real deal brands. I think that this is arguably most important, honest and brave stance to take in light of the unravelling of many budget adv brands where an attractive price is likely combination of cutting corners and unfair state subsidies. In the long run it will be beneficial for us, riders to support established brands even if that means paying a premium over the unfair competition

yooo 1:35 nice effects ._. great Viedeo as always. Best wishes from Germany

What upgrades will I need to get to the coffee shop and back? Lol. Good review, and by the way, I reckon almost all bikes, road or dirt, come out with far too soft suspension for a skilled rider.

Great video and loved the honesty and your experienced opinions. About the can of worms you opened though... I do agree with a lot of your points there, particularly about having a long term relationship with your 'wife bike' so she's reliable and does as you ask everyday all day, there is a silver lining about 'all this (Chinese, Spanish) crap starting to flood the market. Yes, I agree some of them are straight up copy cats and that is cutting corners to a degraded point. But a lot of these bikes coming out from unknown manufacturers have already been building bikes for years in other markets and even engines for well known brands. But also, these bikes now coming out are bikes that a lot of the market here have been crying out for. That is, they enot just copying. I'm looking at the Kove 450 Rally which is just like a rally bike, but to a cheap price but is a decent weight single with decent fuel range. Look at the Kove 800 which is a twin but weighs a fair chunk less that every other similarly powered bike on the market. Then look at Rieju's 500 Honda rip off, which has an engine exactly the same but also has 4-600kms a fuel range. Cfmoto's 450 twin bike, but a bit porky. KTM were supposed to build a 'unicorn' lightweight 490 adventure bike but that got canned. What I'm getting at is that with this 'crap' flooding the market does come change, variation and options. Not only do we get a great range of adventure bikes across all different classes (most legacy manufacturers are still only pumping out good reliable 700+ cc bikes which they're good at) but we also get lower prices which allows a heap of new riders come into and enter the adventure market. I own a KTM 1290, had a Husky, had an Africa Twin and I choose to pay for that "reliability and known R&D". But I believe it's exciting to see these new bikes coming out and how the market adpats and changes and provides us, the consumer, a whole lotta options. It's a bright future, I think.

Someone get this man a Tuareg!

Love your channel! Can you do a review of the Aprilia Tuareg? It seems to be right up your alley...

Can't wait to see you on Tuareg 660

Great video, great insight man!

09:40 So you're saying the crash bars shouldn't be built for longevity but to be more like crumple zones on a car, where through the "crumpling" (i.e. the deformation of specific parts) energy gets absorbed and doesn't go through into the rest of the bike or in this case directly into the engine block? That seems like a good idea.

Great video and comments. Thank you.

HE RODE IT LIKE IT WAS STOLEN! BMW get back an Banana

Great riding and completely agree about supporting manufacturers who have been in the game for years, decades. There's what, 6 new manufacturers coming out of China and half of them are KTM based? I'd like to hope that we can still continue to support the big names such as Honda, Yamaha, Triumph, BMW, Suzuki... But it's the wild wild west of adventure motoring.

"You don't want a one-night stand with an adventure bike, you want a wife." That's an amazing sentence.

It has a nice sound to it 👌 It's the price tag that we are afraid of😳

Looks like a bomb of a bike. But the work with those buttons and options/settings is frustrating just to even watch...

Wow the ery first 500 pound dirt bike. Very impressive.

Big adventure with 14L tank 🤦‍♂️

Great video and review. You didn't mention the HUGE elephant in the room with the F900 GS Enduro. It's fuel tank capacity and there for range which is pretty important for adventure riding. Also a way to cheat the claimed weight. Does look like an absolute ripper though!

It's not just your skill and knowledge that enables you, it's your courage. Doesn't matter what you're riding you'd make it work! Keep 'em flowing.

As a Guide and mechanic specializing in BMW’s, I don’t care for the 700-850cc ADV bikes off road. If I’m going off road I use my personal KTM990 or 500exc to lead tours. We are awaiting the 900’s availability and are taking delivery of a 1300 soon. I spent 12 days in Baja on an 850 off road and I just don’t find them capable. Seeing your and other testers wringing out the 900, I’m starting to look forward to getting one. It’ll take a heck of a bike to get me off of my 990!

You can't turn off the ABS because it controls the radiator fan, which is almost entirely electronic.

Looks like a fun bike, I bet the weight would certainly be a workout off-road. These other brands coming in at better prices is a good thing for the consumers, who can't afford the big names. At the moment some big brands seem to be moving production to Asia, but will they reduce their eye watering prices?

this is fully jacked with gear. Just checked it's cca 25 000 euros in NL! 😱

The first 10 seconds of this video confirmed it. Anything is fit for adventure if you're riding it 🤣

Thanks for these to vids. Good on ya

I wrote this before you shared your thoughts on the newer companies; however, I would really enjoy a build series on the new CFMoto 450MT. I’ve seen it shake up the middleweight class, and it offers a pretty decent bang for your buck. I currently own a CFMoto 450SS, and its engine is flavorful, and the bike is great in general. I’ve owned 23 motorcycles, and it's no less of a bike than any Japanese or European bike I’ve owned. But I think it would be interesting to see you compare both ends of the spectrum. CFMoto is the more affordable and approachable option versus the T7 or the BMW. What I’ve found after owning quite a few bikes is that it’s more enjoyable to be surprised with what an affordable bike can do rather than spending a bunch of money on a bike that you know is capable. Anyway, that’s also my opinion, but I still would like to see you try the 450MT. I get that a lot of these manufacturers are popping up, but CFMoto has been around for 30 years, and I think they are going to become a household name like any other big 4.

What manufacturer is he doing an adventure with? Where is the T7 WR!

Nice honest review 😊

ADV main request : reliability. I simply can not go away of Japanese Engineering.

I always wondered why guys like you don't point out to manufacturers what is wrong so they can fix it during production and design and why the manufacturers don't even listen or look for it !!!! So weird. You guys can bring in so much of information that is priceless. Great review.

Spot on! yet again on so many levels.

Great review, Adam. Not everyone needs a new bike - wait a year and buy a used one and get some of the extras for "free". And in reality very few people need all that power, and there aren't many who can really handle it either. Increasing the engine size, power and weight each year is only a money spinner aimed at the well-off. My F650GS/Dakar from 2001 still runs well and I don't need a dealer to service it. Stay safe Adam🕊

Disagree. Its EXACTLY because of R&D that we, now more than ever, need to do our homework on the bikes coming from the "big brands". For example: did you know youve just been riding a Loncin Voge DS900X with bmw electronics attached to it? Yeah, this 15k bike is no better than its 9k chinese counterpart but with german electronics. And people will pay 15k for it. Same goes to ktm. Pretty much all R&D for their parallel twin cylinder engine bikes gets done by CFMoto with production in india. People are paying a premium for these european big-name brands and taking a chinese bike home. Now, just so we are clear on this, im not bashing on chinese bikes at all, in fact theyve gotten ridiculously good in these past years, but then im also not about to drop 15k on a chinese bikes either. So again, we need to do our homework. The fact that they invest and win dakars and such is just pure marketing, unfortunately the r&d that goes into those bikes are not scaling down to the consumer bikes now a days anymore (except obviously for race machines, like an EXC). Homologated street bikes are becoming more chinese by the day. I used to be a test-driver and r&d engineer for the motorcycle industrie and let me tell you, most of you guys would jump back if only you found out just how many of these european high-end bikes are chinese. I will happily keep my T7WR for now...

Great review! Love the way you drove the shit out of it…😂

Long time fan from Morocco. Check out GoPro export Settings in your editing software to reduce Compression. The difference is night and day

you should do one of your trips with the f900 GS ( if you have the motorcycle for longer )

I know I will never be able to ride like this….incredible skills. Just enjoyed watching this. Nice going.

YES!!!!! THAT is the best analogy. I want my ADV to be my life partner. (And I’m happy w my thick 990,…. I’ll never call her fat)

What about testing the one with the Enduro pack uprated suspension?

This is the perfect adventure bike...perfect for the BMW marketing department to give to a (former) professional racer to make an impressive video of him doing things that 99.9% of owners are never going to do. How much adventure can you have with a 14.5 litre fuel tank? But the Adventure model has a 23 l fuel tank, you say. Yes it does, and it also weighs more than a R1300GS. How will the 13:1 compression ratio engine run on Opal fuel, let alone whatever is available in Outer Mongolia? This bike is the antithesis of ARiemann1's favourite adventure bike, his XRV750 Africa Twin. He has made videos of many adventures he's had on his Africa Twin, but strangely enough he hasn't made any videos of himself flogging it around a short enduro loop or getting it into a "motorcross situation" (his words). It's amazing what people will say when they are sucking on the teat of a corporate giant. Welcome to 2024, where "Adventure Bikes" are designed for creating Instagram and Tiktok content.