BMW F800R gets naked

It should come as no surprise that BMW is offering a naked version of its popular F800 series, but it speaks to the growing popularity of niche models that it’s the last of five models to be offered from that series, two years after the F800S debuted the 798cc parallel twin. Where once naked roadsters like this were the bread and butter of most bike companies, they’re increasingly seen as being less sexy variations of their oddball counterparts.
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