BMW F 450 GS vs Honda XL750 Transalp on track
One standing-start lap of the Ref Ring, our 3.4 km circuit with no home-crowd corners. Every braking point, apex speed and straight is computed from the published specs, so the stopwatch has no favourites.
One lap of the Ref Ring
3.4 km, nine corners. Simulated from published specs, played back 3.7x faster than real time.
0:00.0
BMW F 450 GS
0 km/h / 48 hp / 178 kg wet
Gap
+0.00 s
Honda XL750 Transalp
0 km/h / 91.8 hp / 208 kg wet
Speed through the lap
0 to 206 km/h, shaded zones are cornersRace notes
The Honda XL750 Transalp laps the Ref Ring in 1:49.71 on paper, 7.31 seconds quicker than the BMW F 450 GS at 1:57.02. That gap is worth about 287 metres at the flag, and the biggest single chunk of it, 1.90 s, comes at Spec Sheet Straight.
Through the corners it is 7 apexes to 0 between the F 450 GS and the XL750 Transalp. Top speed goes 162 km/h to 195 km/h. A faster lap is not the same thing as the better buy, which is why the full comparison scores value, practicality and ownership too.
Simulated lap times from published specs with stated assumptions, not measured track data. The circuit is fictional and the physics are listed under the race. Read about both bikes: BMW F 450 GS and Honda XL750 Transalp.
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