BMW S 1000 XR versus Honda VFR 800
BMW S 1000 XR
Honda VFR 800
Year of construction / RRP / Test report
Competitors
- Silky smooth, powerful motor with performance in all situations
- Really good QuickShifter
- Very finely balanced machine
- Brakes extremely well and can be controlled
- every conceivable accessory available
- hissing and at the same time hoarse sound
- Sporty engine
- Good comfort
- Gripping brakes
- Value for money
- Reliable model
- Vibrations at higher speeds
- The driver always has one foot in prison
- QuickShifter, heated grips and cruise control not standard
- Rear view
- Vibration
- Exhausting manoeuvring
Dimensions & Weight
Length : 2.156 mm Height : 1.460 mm
Seat : 850 mm
Weight : 227 (max: 450 ) kg
Length : 2.130 mm Height : 1.190 mm
Seat : 820 mm
Weight : 249 (max: 444 ) kg
Engine
Displacement: 999 ccm
Hub: 50 mm
Hole: 80 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: Kette
Aisles: 6
Displacement: 782 ccm
Hub: 48 mm
Hole: 72 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: O-Ring Kette
Aisles: 6
Performance
Performance: 170 HP at 11.000 U/Min
Torque: 114 NM bei 9.250 U/Min Tank contents: 20 Litre
Consumption: 6 l
Reach: 323 km
Performance: 109 HP at 10.500 U/Min
Torque: 80 NM bei 8.800 U/Min Tank contents: 21 Litre
Consumption: 6 l
Reach: 350 km
Chassis
Aluminium composite bridge frame, motor supporting (aluminium) Front suspension:
Upside-down telescopic fork, diameter 45 mm, rebound and compression damping electronically controlled (Dynamic ESA) (travel 150 mm) Rear suspension:
Dynamic "Electronic Suspension Adjustment", spring preload electronically adjustable, rebound and compression damping electronically controlled (suspension travel 150 mm)
Rear suspension:
Two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 120/70 ZR 17
Rear tyres: 190/55 ZR 17
Bridge frame (aluminium) Front suspension:
Telescopic fork, Ø 43 mm (travel 120 mm) Rear suspension:
Central strut (travel 120 mm)
Rear suspension:
Aluminum cast single-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 120/70-ZR17
Rear tyres: 180/55-ZR17
Brakes
Double disc brake, 4-piston fixed caliper (∅ 320 mm) Rear brake
Single disc brake, 2-piston floating caliper (∅ 265 mm)
Three-piston caliper (∅ 296 mm) Rear brake
Three-piston caliper (∅ 256 mm)
Result
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The machine was made available to us by Bergmann & Söhne in Neumünster. If you really want to experience something, go there and dare to take a test drive. Every test driver is guaranteed not to forget them.
Expensive, but always back
What remains? Without sponsors, this would have been a rather expensive affair, as there are cheaper offers on the net. And yet we are glad to have dared this experiment: the Honda is too good not to try it. Our advice to all those who can make friends with a sports tourer: Definitely shortlist!
This was the emotional section of our brain, but the truth is that these costs cannot be recovered from a sale. But no matter what we do with the VFR, we have not yet decided. We just enjoy :)
That cost the fun, all the numbers in Euros:
Motorcycle: 1,600
TÜV: 80
Battery: 100
Brake pads and air filters: 230
Oil and oil filters: 40
Front blinkers: 62
Spark plugs: 146
Halogen lamp 40
Tank ceilings: 20
In total, that's 2,318 euros. To this end, we have received services from sponsors. For new Michelin tyres, LSL levers and mirrors as well as the paintwork a further 2,377 euros would have been due, so summasumarum 4,695 euros.
