Singapore, Aug. 1 -- Despite its medium-sized engine, the 2020 BMW F900 XR makes you feel like a fighter pilot.

When you attack a bend, its colourful TFT instrumentation shows you braking G-forces. Downshifting on its quickshifter induces that sweet auto-blip grunt as you tip the handlebars to make a turn.

In mid-corner, the dashboard displays the percentage of traction control as well as your real-time maximum lean angle.

As you accelerate out of a bend and see the rev needle sweep towards its 10,000rpm ceiling, a gear shift indicator lights up, urging you to kick up a gear.

It is an exhilarating bike, even if the speedometer reads only 75kmh.

The 900 XR's technologies are usually found on bigger and pricier motorcycles. By putti...