Story by Mike Seate • Photos by Kevin Wing/BMW Motorrad
I know what you’re thinking, faithful readers, what’s a bloody adventure bike doing in Cafe Racer Magazine, and in an issue dedicated to Serious Speed, no less. We wondered much the same when invited to sample the new-for-2024 BMW F900GS in the Nevada desert. Aesthetically, the chunky styling and tall suspension evoke chaps in Cordura riding suits with visions of “Long Way Round” inside their Schuberth flip-open helmets. But let loose on the long fast roads and roller coaster mountains of Southern Nevada, the F900’s churning, buttery-smooth parallel twin engine makes for some seriously rapid progress.
