Great Commuter

HamptonRoadRacing · 08-19-2011, 10:54 AM

The F800R has been a excellent in-town commuter...

newbie1 · 08-19-2011, 10:59 AM

I was looking at that yesterday. How is the power on that? They tolod me 87 hp so I was not sure how that put it to the ground?

I liked it, it was comfortable too.

HamptonRoadRacing · 08-19-2011, 12:31 PM

It's got good power for around town, only at highway speeds does it seem a little anemic and buzzy.

YELLOPER1L · 08-19-2011, 12:52 PM

I ran one for a few weeks and while I liked it for being very light and very agile I think the engine was a bit breathless. Figures here put it at 79bhp. I regularly bounced off the limiter trying to get it hustling and that was when I was riding the GS, before the screaming S1k! if it had a bit more power it would be awesome.
I believe that the new Husqvarna Nuda is using this engine but it's tweaked to deliver just over 100bhp. That might be enough to make the difference.