BMW F650

[J.Mencalice]

Anyone ever owned one of these thumpers?  Opinions welcome.
They were tagged with the name "Funduro" and related to the Dakar.

[sandy]

The F650 is Beemers light duty ADV bike. The F800 is the heavy duty model with HD suspension and a reflashed ICM. It makes more HP but gets lower MPGs. The engines are the same CCs.

[DIGGER]

The BMW Thumper referred to the twin cylinder opposed design    I had several of the old Thumper before buying my Valkyrie    they were great bikes   

[ridingron]

I thought Thumpers were single cylinder bikes.

I had a BMW F650 GS ('01). I think they were the same as a Fundoro except the Fundoro was belt drive vs chain for the F650. The F650 GS was the ABS version of the F650. They were pretty big and heavy for the dirt bike part of a dual sport. They did OK on the road with the FI models pulling ~60 mpg when ridden less than 65-70 mph. After riding the Valk, the F650 was like riding a bicycle.

[J.Mencalice]

I thought Thumpers were single cylinder bikes.

I had a BMW F650 GS ('01). I think they were the same as a Fundoro except the Fundoro was belt drive vs chain for the F650. The F650 GS was the ABS version of the F650. They were pretty big and heavy for the dirt bike part of a dual sport. They did OK on the road with the FI models pulling ~60 mpg when ridden less than 65-70 mph. After riding the Valk, the F650 was like riding a bicycle.

The early models back in the 1990's were single cylinder 652cc. Rotax, chain drive.

[six2go #152]

"The BMW Thumper referred to the twin cylinder opposed design "

Don't think so. A thumper is a single cylinder bike. The opposed twin BMW's are Boxers.