This guy seems more interested in filming himself in the glass reflection than the bike.basicly he wants one but is a dreamer.

I like this guy's style, succinct and to the point.

Shout out to Cal Moto and his no bullshit reviews! :D

Thanks for the shout out dude - good to hear you're still tuning in and great to hear that I can still make you smile - ride safe buddy x

Great 'real world' bike review! Much appreciated!

BMW are making some bad ass bikes lately.

Another quality review. Keep it up man.

I test rode multiple different R9T models and found the Scrambler to be my favorite so I now own one. I agree with you on the tires. Sure, they were great out on the sand in Ocean Shores but on the road, the noise was too much. I can't wait to swap them out for something more road worthy. Thank you for the great review!

I like how you call it like it is! Ha ha. 👍

Hey Cal - love your videos. I own one of the original R NineT's (highly mod'd) that is quite likely my favorite bike. While I love the looks of the scrambler it handles so much better than the new one. After owning one for a couple of years I have to say it's one of my favorite bikes of life. Not a stellar performer but just so fun to ride and easy to make your own. I'm lucky enough to have "better" motorcycles, but they have a hard time putting as big a grin on my face. Funny how that is. Keep up the good work.

I want this god damn bike

Ha ,having fun with it after some negativity . Great bike! Bought myself one a little while back and does not disappoint. Sure the standard R9T has a better fork ,a tach ,blah blah. who cares? At 6"2" this bike perfect for me,R9T too small.Regardless,this one in a class of it's own.Seat comfortable (at least for me) and karoo 3"s are just fine,and I don't much ride off road. Really fun bike.

I knew this guy was still alive !

tell ryan in parts jim from the central valley says whats up.. thanks again for the parts.

Haha I hoping anyway keep the reviews coming

The Karoo III's do move around .... it's so that BMW can get you to upgrade the option list with ASC

Dude you beat me to it, was going to publish a vid on Monday for this bike.I rode this bike in Berlin earlier this year and I prefer this bike over the RnineT.

The Crumble is a legend 👍 Cool review

Red light jumping at 3:40?:P

Just love your reviews Cal. Funny how they offend people but opinions are why we watch. Well, opinions plus the odd "Holy Shit those tyres are fuckin garbage". As someone says below, I always smile or laugh t your reviews, and they change my thinking. Keep em coming please!

I did my review vid in the rain on those tyres ...they're lethal ...im going back when they fit road tyres and a higher seat ...Good vid mate

This is the second review of this bike I have seen where the reviewer mentions how bad the tires supplied with the bike are. It is a simply gorgeous looking bike and ticks all the right boxes for me if I were in the market for a new bike, and it looks a hoot to ride. I love my G650GS to much to justify a change though.............. Not sure why you are getting some personal and bad comments. Thanks for the insightful review.

can you change the forks and tyres back to the rnine t ones.....?

I'm not sure why some people are giving you a hard time. I thought it was a damn good review/video. I like how you were honest. You were all set to hate the bike at first, but in the end, you seemed to have turned around and actually had a lot of good things to say about the bike. I took the bike for a test drive too. The one I rode had 250 miles on it and I thought the Karoo 3 tires were fine. I took a rode with some sharp curves and I had no problem. The bike was fun, responsive, great braking, easy shifting, and definitely great looks and sound. Don't listen to the haters. Nice review.

I've just ordered some Karoo 3s for my AT!!

Now that is a neutral review ..thumbs up.. i love this bike. and i respect your review ..

I still don't understand modern "scramblers," you can't really do much scrambling on them. Aside from that, the bike does look cool I guess, but I'd have a really hard time paying that much and not getting upside down forks. Keep up the enjoyable videos!

Spirited ride. The dash needs a digital speedo with a rev counter in the same unit. Wouldn't cost much more.

Do you have a Ducati Scrambler review?

There's some modern classic bikes out there that can get away without a tail tidy, but this is not one of them.

Great review. R9T would get my 💰. Hope they hit Aus soon. Have you ridden the Ducati Scrambler?

The reality is that most guys who buy these "scramblers" will never ever take them off roading.

Was that a motorbike or bicycle lane? Not judging, just curious I am not from the US but I would love to take a big (motor)bike trip there. Always curious about the specificity of local rules and road design before I wheelie the crap out of the proverbial Sunday's Lance Armstrong of this World :-D :-D :-D Ok I must be a tad obnoxious because to me the biggest drawback of all Nine-Ts is the sound, or lack of it. I don't want high pitch unbearable moped like sound but I like a big rumble that changes tune whether you accelerate or decelerate. Something that gives the bike character or a more brutal presence if you know what I mean. I am selling a Yamaha BT1100 with a set of double GPR and the sound is... magical. It is a V-twin but the original exhaust sounded very subdue, with the GPR, it is not quite Harley like but close, not obnoxious but enough to turn heads and let's be honest, that's what we all want. It is not just for showboating, I like to have noise also for safety reasons, you know the proverbial driver with a cellphone/make-up/12feet sandwich who swerve right into your face because he/she "did not see you coming", did not indicate and well was not doing much driving at all (automode yeehaa!...) yeah there are billion of these specimens on our roads, so I like my exhausts to do the warning for me especially when I ride on tight spaces between lanes. Here I come, big rumble. So my idea is to shove two tubes one on each side, old straight tubes very Harley like, nothing fancy something simple and old style precisely, but I have not bought the bike yet. I am thinking it through, visualizing :-D It is definitely the Scrambler I am after, aluminium tank. So yeah the sound... a little bit disappointing for me. I am no Boxer aficionado, maybe that's why I cannot quite appreciate its sound as it is. Having said that, I was not more excited when I have heard the Triumph Bonneville. What I hear just does not match what I am seeing somehow. I don't know if it is a matter of V-twin vs parallel twin vs Boxer, but the V somehow sounds more alive. The Buell (well that's Harley I guess) were exciting to me, not from the look, they were not but from a... personality viewpoint, it was alive. That's what I after. And I know for sure this can be achieved with a Boxer. Out of curiosity, do you guys know of any exhaust/muffler manufacturer in the US who have a more traditional line specifically for those BMW 9Ts? Something a bit more, raw should I say. You know the kind of shop that takes old bikes, restore them and give them a second life with awesome neo-retro looks. Anyway, great video, very informative. Thumb up.

Well in your review of the r nine t you said do your self a favor and go to your dealer and get one and enjoy your life. I'll always remember that probably. Well probably cause I did and 9,000 miles later I have enjoyed my life. Thanks Cal This is my first street bike I ever owned . So do you still like the r nine t as much as you did year and half ago when I saw your video or is there a new king of cool?

what is msrp price?

How much does this baby cost in your country? Mine is roughly 30k USD. SO expensive :((

I love Karoo 3's. Scary? WTF?

I'm looking at the bmw scrambler or bmw 700gs. The gs just doesn't do anything for me but probably the more practical bike. any thoughts? BTW really like your reviews. a lot a negative comments on this one but fuck it keep "em coming. Trolls are a dime a dozen.

Interesting here in Europe these tires are an option ...

So are the tires good or nah?

Jet. Stream on this scrambler

The spokes look and perform better

In my opinion you didn't get the point of the scrambler, BMW decided to use those forks and those tyres because it's (also) intended for dirt roads usage where it's better to have regular forks and tessellated tyres. I see the point that it's plenty of better off road tyres, but so far I haven't seen any producer giving top first equipment tyres, they are always just...ok... Please, don't get this comment as a "u dumbass know nothing about bikes", I've seen some of your videos and you've a pretty good motorcycle knowledge...I might sound assumptive but that's just because I'm italian and my english is not as good as I might think hahaha

Axl rose... is that you speaking in this video?

Ha Ha you were trying to knock the bike but you were having a good time... "I like this bike" ---- sure wrong tires for this bike.

Good review , those tires look similar to the Metzler Tourane witch I just installed on my tiger n haven't driven yet . I'm hoping there not the same .

First time with a camera, eh?

You really need to put a dead cat over your mic. I can't handle the amplified sound of your breathing throughout the video.

Metzeller Karoos are not Garbage. They are exceptional tyres. But they don't belong on this bike. They are a 50/50 Tyre that belongs on an adventure bike. So maybe the correct context will be good when you make factually incorrect statements like that!

Not very helpful with the wise cracks. Were you in a bad mood or something. Everybody has a right to a bad day.

Good job but you just insulted 25.000 Scrambler owners for a lousy tire!

stop the cursing.

You are a menace on the road. In this video alone you've violated few traffic laws. You're one reason riders are getting a bad rap. How hard is it to follow very simple rules??

Haha, take it out, get laid. Does not look cool. Stick to Ducati and Triumph scrambler . It's design for very old man bike. Hate those engine that stick out and shaft.