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  • Video: BMW/TVS mini 300cc superbike caught on film testing near Bangalore

    Video: BMW/TVS mini 300cc superbike caught on film testing near Bangalore

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      Now, the quality of this video isn’t that great (and there’s not a lot of the target bike in it), but what we have here IS footage of the soon-to-be released TVS Akula mini superbike out on the road. And from the footage you can see that the bike is pretty much the same…

  • Two more R nine T models on the way next year (caught out with Californian registration documents). One likely to be production version of Lac Rose concept bike!

    Two more R nine T models on the way next year (caught out with Californian registration documents). One likely to be production version of Lac Rose concept bike!

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    The ever excellent motorcycle.com website has been checking out the Californian Air Resources Board (CARB) and has found that TWO more R nine T variants from BMW are on the way. Called the R nine T PURE and the R nine T RACER both bike will use the same 1170cc motor and will be Euro…

  • SPY shots: BMW G310R caught in final pre-proddie testing guise. PLUS secret extra bike hidden in the corner of the garage!

    SPY shots: BMW G310R caught in final pre-proddie testing guise. PLUS secret extra bike hidden in the corner of the garage!

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    Pictures have emerged this morning of the production-ready version of the BMW G310R being testing in India. The bike is going through final shake-down mileage tests on the road and looks great. Check out the size of the rear silencer, it’s huge. And the forks look seriously chunky. ALSO – check out the BMW-camo-painted naked…

  • Spy Shots: BMW/TVS’ mini 300 superbike out on the road in tests

    Spy Shots: BMW/TVS’ mini 300 superbike out on the road in tests

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    These are the first pictures of the TVS Apache 300/BMW S300RR being tested on the road in prototype form – and the shots give some idea about how the bike’s headlights, bars and mirrors will look in its final production form. The bike is the mini-superbike based around the G310R naked which was launched last…

  • TVS to launch the Akula as the APACHE 300 mini-superbike. Paves the way for BMW’s S300RR.

    TVS to launch the Akula as the APACHE 300 mini-superbike. Paves the way for BMW’s S300RR.

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    So, here’s a thing that we’ve just found out about the upcoming TVS Akula – the 300cc-ish mini-superbike made by TVS with some serious partnership input from BMW. BMW and Indian company TVS have already worked together and produced the BMW G310R naked – this bike: Several months ago, we were the first to show…

  • BMW teams up with tech company Rever – it’ll mean much more going on between your bike and phone

    BMW teams up with tech company Rever – it’ll mean much more going on between your bike and phone

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    BMW has teamed up with tech start-up Rever which is kind of a digital hub for bikers who want to share and plan great routes to ride, where to go and other things of interest to the two-wheeled community. For the German company to join up with a firm like this shows how seriously BMW’s…

  • Test ride a BMW at the Bikesafe Show & Squires Cafe this Summer

    Test ride a BMW at the Bikesafe Show & Squires Cafe this Summer

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    BMW Motorrad’s demonstration fleet will attend two Summer motorcycling venues over the next two weeks.   BMW Motorrad UK is bringing its test ride fleet to two big locations this month. Customers with a full UK Motorcycle Licence are invited to choose from the 20 motorcycles and scooters at their preferred location. The BMW Motorrad…

  • My bike review: 1991 BMW R65GS

    My bike review: 1991 BMW R65GS

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    Personal fitness trainer, 56-year-old Duncan Evans reveals his home-built custom… I served my apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer, then worked my way through a number of industries finishing in aerospace, before being a trainer for the past ten years. I started riding at 14 and got an FS1E at 16, before a new RD 200…

  • BMW announces facelifts for R1200 range

    BMW announces facelifts for R1200 range

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    BMW has confirmed that model year 2017 will see a number of updates on models that can be ordered from all BMW Motorrad dealers in the new configuration from August 2016. When the new model year starts in August 2016, the engines of the liquid-cooled boxer models will be subject to supplementary technical changes as…

  • BMW is launching a new… wait for it… Comic book!

    BMW is launching a new… wait for it… Comic book!

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    What’s the only thing missing from the BMW range? Well, erm, a comic book of course! That slight oversight is now being put right with the launch of a graphic novel entitled “Riders in the Storm”, with a policewoman, a wolf, a racing rider and a street artist among the heroes of the motorcycle inspired…

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