Comments on: Review: 2013 BMW G 650 GS https://bikereview.com.au/2013-bmw-g-650-gs/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alan Dunn https://bikereview.com.au/2013-bmw-g-650-gs/#comment-287852 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:40:25 +0000 http://bikereview.com.au/?p=227#comment-287852 Sorry Kris but Greg Hellsten is 100% correct.

It’s a 192kg bike – with 47hp / 35kw so it comes in well under the power to weight restrictions imposed under the LAMS rules of 150kw per metric tonne.

1000kg / (192kg + 90kg rider) x 35kw = 124kw per tonne.

LAMS allows for up to 150kw per tonne.

The UK / European 34hp restricted version never came to Australia because the full power version easily met LAMS restrictions.

]]> By: Jeff Ware https://bikereview.com.au/2013-bmw-g-650-gs/#comment-282785 Tue, 20 May 2025 04:07:04 +0000 http://bikereview.com.au/?p=227#comment-282785 In reply to Greg Hellsten.

Hi Greg thanks for the message – the bike tested here is a specific Australian model restricted in power for the learner market called LAMS.
Cheers
Jeff.

]]> By: Greg Hellsten https://bikereview.com.au/2013-bmw-g-650-gs/#comment-282384 Wed, 07 May 2025 12:13:35 +0000 http://bikereview.com.au/?p=227#comment-282384 Refer
BMW’s G 650 GS is a versatile multipurpose LAMS machine… Here’s our BMW G 650 GS review. Test: Kris Hodgson

These figures quoted in Kris’s review of a 2013 G650GS are not correct ;
CLAIMED POWER: 25kW[34hp]@6500rpm
CLAIMED TORQUE: 47Nm[34ft-lbs]@4500rpm
need to be corrected.
Much higher figures were produced at the wheel as quoted by Motorcycle.com for a 2011 G650GS
and much higher figures are quoted for G650GS models by entering the VIN in the BMW Vin decoder

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