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BMW Unveils All-new, Liquid-cooled R 1200 GS

The wait is over. After years of hand-wringing by the Bavarian faithful, months of rampant speculation and numerous leaked spy shots, the all-new BMW...

2012 BMW R 1200 RT – Road Test Review

My, how time flies. Our last full test of a BMW R 1200 RT was back in August 2005, when you could still get...

Rider Magazine’s 2012 Motorcycle of the Year

Our 23rd Annual Award! The chilly “New Economy” seems to be thawing slightly at this writing, but it’s been a challenging 12 months since Rider...

2013 BMW F 700 GS and BMW F 800 GS – First Look Review

BMW’s F-series model family includes four motorcycles powered by the company’s 798cc parallel twin engine: F 800 R, F 800 ST, F 650 GS...

2012 BMW ­­G 650 GS Sertão vs. 2012 Kawasaki KLR650 Comparison Review

What would you do with an extra $2,351? Even at today’s high prices, you could fill your gas tank hundreds of times. You could...

Scooters: BMW C 600 Sport and C 650 GT Review

By Mark Tuttle, photography by Arnold Debus If you live in a large city, it doesn’t take much thought to figure out why BMW is...

2012 BMW K 1600 GTL vs. Honda Gold Wing GL1800 ABS | Comparison Test Review

When BMW unveiled the all-new 2012 K 1600 GTL, a high-tech, high-performance replacement for the long-running K 1200 LT, the company declared that it...

2012 BMW G 650 GS Sertão Road Test Review

Sertão is Portuguese for hinterlands or back country, particularly the arid badlands of northeastern Brazil, the sort of place the new offroad-ready G 650...

BMW C 600 Sport / C 650 GT Scooters – First Ride Review

If you live in a large city, it doesn’t take much thought to figure out why BMW is jumping into the scooter market now....

2012 BMW C 600 Sport and C 650 GT Scooters – First Look Review

Having shown its Concept C scooter at the Milan Show in late 2010, few were surprised when BMW unveiled its C 600 Sport and...

2011 BMW R1200GS Adventure vs. 2012 Yamaha Super Ténéré | Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing This 2011 BMW R1200GS Adventure vs. 2012 Yamaha Super Ténéré Motorcycle Comparison was originally published in the January 2012 issue of...

2011 BMW G 650 GS Road Test Review

When I started working at Rider a few years ago, a friend of mine asked, “Now that riding is work, what will you do...

2012 BMW K 1600 GT vs. 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 | Comparison Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing This comparison was inevitable. After the Kawasaki Concours 14 won our last sport-touring comparison (Rider, November 2010), among the new bikes...

2012 BMW G 650 GS Sertão | First Look Review

In much the same way BMW produced a more offroad worthy (and subsequently very popular) F 650 GS twin with its F 650 GS...

2011 BMW R1200R – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing BMW calls the updated 2011 R 1200 R model tested here a “roadster,” which I have to admit is much cooler...

BMW G 650 GS Approved for Training

Photos by Chris Johnson Ride West BMW in Seattle, Washington, will evidently be the first dealership in the United States to offer the factory-modified...

First U.S Ride: 2012 BMW K1600GTL – Road Test Review

photography by Rich Cox When upbeat reports started hitting the Interwebs from the very first evening of the BMW K 1600 GT/L world introduction in...

2010 BMW R1200GS/Adventure Review

photography by Kevin Wing and Jonathan Beck Standing beside the mud-splattered, BMW 2010 R 1200 GS in my garage, I was losing my patience....

2012 BMW K 1600 GT and K 1600 GTL | First Ride Review

  Two years ago, at the press introduction for the 2009 BMW K 1300 GT and K 1300 S, Pieter de Waal, VP of BMW...

2011 BMW F800R vs. Ducati Monster 796 vs. Triumph Street Triple R – Comparison Review

Gathered around the shiny, all-knowing orb in Rider’s soundproof think tank, our hands lightly clasped, minds melded into an awesome intellectual force capable of...

2011 BMW F800R – Road Test Review

photography by Rich Cox Whenever I cram too many alphanumeric motorcycle models into a conversation, my girlfriend, Carrie, rolls her eyes and says, “It’s all...

2010 BMW R 1200 GS | Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing and Jonathan Beck Standing beside the mud-splattered, 2010 BMW R 1200 GS in my garage, I was losing my patience. A...

New Six-cylinder BMWs: K 1600 GT and K 1600 GTL

Munich, Germany (July 2, 2010) - Since BMW Motorrad presented the six-cylinder Concept 6 last fall, rumors have circulated about what model might receive...

2010 BMW S1000RR – Road Test Review

  If you’re going to hype a motorcycle as much as BMW has been hyping the S 1000 RR, then it had better be good....

2009 BMW K 1300 GT Road Test

photography by Kevin Wing One measly pound, just 16 ounces. That’s how little weight the top-line 2009 BMW K 1300 GT sport tourer has gained,...

2009 BMW K 1300 S – Road Test Review

As cool as it is to ride a sportbike on the track, all decked out in leathers and doing my damnedest to grind down...

2009 BMW G 650 GS | Road Test Review

Growing up I owned a series of Honda "thumpers"-single-cylinder four-stroke bikes-starting with an XL250 basket-case I sort-of reassembled that ran for about two weeks,...

2009 BMW F 800 GS | Road Test Review

What have we here? A middleweight version of the venerable R 1200 GS? A lighter, more manageable iteration of the long-way-around traveler? Well, not quite.... At...

2008 BMW R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure | Road Test Review

photography by the author and Kevin Wing A good motorcycle is like a good suit of clothes -- it should fit properly and be comfortable....

2008 BMW R 1200 HP2 Megamoto – Road Test Review

We all know First Adopters, folks who stay on the bleeding-edge of the latest and greatest. They are willing to endure remarkable levels of...

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