BMW
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Milan show: Latest reincarnation of BMW R1200GS officially revealed
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BMW has updated the most popular travel enduro bike in the world, the R1200GS. With the update, BMW has introduced styling packages to the GS range. Customers can now give a BMW GS a more marked touch of enduro or distinguished style to suit its preferred area of use by ordering the style packages Rallye…
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Milan show: BMW rolls out new R nineT and R nineT Urban G/S
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The new BMW R nineT Urban G/S has just been revealed in Milan. We have already shown you the Lac Rose prototype that the bike is based on, but we now have a confirmation that the bike will be in the German manufacturer’s range for 2017. BMW also showed the new R nineT at the…
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Milan show: BMW updates the K 1600 GTL tourer
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BMW has updated its big tourer, the K 1600 GTL, to meet the new Euro 4 emissions requirements. The six-cylinder mile-muncher has a maximum power output of 160bhp and 175Nm of torque. The bike comes standard with ABS Pro, Dynamic Traction Control DTC, xenon headlamp, grip and seat heating, multi-controller, three riding modes, cruise control…
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Milan show: BMW revises the F 800 R and F 800 GT
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BMW has revised the F 800 R roadster and the sports touring bike F800 GT. The water-cooled two-cylinder in-line engine with a capacity of 798cc remains unchanged, with an output of 90bhp at 8,000rpm. While the sporty roadster F800R has a chain as secondary drive, the F800GT has a toothed belt, geared towards lengthier motorcycle…
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Video: Some car going flat out then this guy comes past… watch it
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So what do you do if you’re going flat out in your car (don’t know what car it is, we don’t like cars… anyway, 319kmh on the speedo) – giving it the big one and you then hear the howl of a BMW S1000RR coming in pretty quickly? And then see that it’s this guy……
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BMW to officially reveal new GS adventure bikes
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BMW has just told us what it’s going to show the world at the EICMA show in Milan in a couple of weeks. Well, actually, the details are are a bit sketchy but four world premiers will be taking place at the show, and two of those will be within the GS family. Now, we…
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Wunderlich launches new wind-stoppers for the BMW S1000XR
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Wunderlich launches new wind-stoppers for the BMW S1000XR. Designed to improve airflow and reduce buffeting and turbulence, Wunderlich Wind Deflectors are now available for BMW’s S1000XR. Plugging the gap between the screen and the lower section of the XR’s fairing, Wind Deflectors help channel wind and weather away from the rider’s upper body, bringing welcome…
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Video: Roland Sands 1936 BMW R5 inspired custom RnineT
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Roland Sands has treated us to some awesome custom bikes recently, and his latest work is of the same high standard. The custom BMW RnineT takes inspiration from the 1937 R5 and the classic, beautiful lines of the early BMW machines. According to Sands, “the RnineT is a pretty simple machine to cut up and…
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Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots.
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Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots. Ooooh, yah bugger! Check out this sequence from the US launch of the BMW RnineT Scrambler of a wheelie going ever-so-much off the straight and narrow with some serious metal breakage…
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Video: BMW reveals its motorcycle future. Pretty wacky ideas from the German bike builder
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The future of motorcycling is – according to BMW – going to be based on three essential factors. They are: 1: No need for helmets or leathers because bikes are going to be self-balancing and super safe 2: Frame-assisted super steering that automatically adjusts as required 3: Looking like a cross between the Batpod and…
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