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up 10 percent over the 850.
While BMW will offer upgrades for both bikes,
two riding modes are included in the base pack-
age: Rain, Road, with Dynamic and Dynamic Pro
added as a premium option (Ride Modes Pro).
With the upgraded Dynamic and Dynamic Pro,
riders receive more ability to customize throttle
response, traction control (DTC) intervention,
engine braking (DBC) and cornering ABS. There
isn't much difference between Dynamic and Dy-
namic Pro. Dynamic Pro goes a couple of steps
further by altering allowable rear wheel spin and
disabling wheelie control.
The engine rides in a steel-bridge frame simi-
lar to that of the F 850.
Braking comes courtesy of four-piston radial
brake calipers biting on dual 320mm discs
up front and single-piston floating caliper and
265mm single disc in the rear.
You might be wondering what's the difference