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    BMW F 750 GS

    Aug 14, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS/PHOTOS THE BEAR

    WHEN YOU TURN A motorcycle’s handlebar so that the front wheel is at right angles to the frame, you create a figure that is not entirely stable. When subsequently your boot slips on the heap of loose gravel on which you have foolishly stopped, there is a good chance that said motorcycle will seek to take on a horizontal position. After I’d picked it up again – back to the bike, handlebar turned towards you, take the strain on your legs etc – my BMW F 750 GS showed only one bit of damage. The end of the front brake lever had broken off.

    Good design there; you’ll always prefer to have that pre-notched nubbin go than to lose the entire lever. It hardly makes any difference. And

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