BMW G 650 GS Sertão

Adventure Rider Issue #6

• Checkout
• Reader’s Bike: Rowan Carroll’s XTZ660 Ténéré
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• Wish You Were Here
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• Good Points with Karen Ramsay
• DualSport Australia
• Scott Britnell’s KTM 690RFR
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• ADVX with John Hudson
• Packing For Adventure with Robin Box
• BMW G 650 GS Sertão
• Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition
• Triumph 800XC Tiger
• Radiator Guards
• Trek Tasmania
• Reader’s Pic
• Ol’ Mate
• Special Group
• Pretoria To Cape Town
• Industry Players: Janice and Greg Jansen
• APC Rally 2014
• Contributors
• It’s What We Do

Sertão A sassy single

Whatever happened to BMW’s good ol’ 650 Dakar? It became the Sertão, and it took a few big forward steps in the process.

BMW’s 650 singles – we’re not going to try and untangle all the names and model designations they’ve had over the years – have been almost quiet achievers. We say ‘almost’ because it’d be difficult to find someone who didn’t know of the bike’s reputation for reliability, but when you ask for any more than that, everything gets vague.