When is this bike going into mass-production? Can i order it with tubeless tyres?

- Thanks for the two books you recommended. I just ordered them online.

- i'm having some off-road experience, two weeks Marocco and two months crossing West Afrika. Came from a suzuki v-strom 1000, changed it for a new yamaha tenere (2008) which was my first Marocco companion and is in Nigeria now (for sale there).
At home (Belgium), i'm riding a BMW GSA the whole year. No car anymore. Now i'm looking for a new lighter all-round bike, have seen the new F800GSA at the dealer few day's ago. Was thinking about changing my GS for it. Reading this topic i'm more heading to a X-Challenge now as a second bike in Belgium and once preparing for a RTW tour.

this also made me change my mind. Buying other rims is a peace of cake, other engine out of the question. :-)

But just curious, could you comment more on this?
It's kinda heavy for off-road, i know ( just saw this > youtube: F800GS trail adventure ) but so is my Yamaha Tenere, 'top-heavy' while the BWM's gravity center is lower due his lower located fuell-tank. But these are somewhere dual purpose bikes. And loaded with long-time-travel luggage on such bikes i would for sure avoid trail tracks anywhere as much as possible :-) Have done some day's on sand(y) tracks in West Afrika, whished i was on a bicycle those day's!