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Rider magazine gives you a close up look at BMW’s versatile R 1200 R Roadster, which for 2015 is powered by the latest liquid-cooled...

New for 2015: Big Bangs for the Buck

The 2015 crop of new bikes is a big one, with lots of all-new or significantly updated models. We’ve covered the new stuff from...

BMW Motorrad USA Announces Pricing for Five 2015/2016 Models

BMW Motorrad USA has announced pricing and equipment for the five new models in its lineup for Model Year 2015/2016. The Model Year 2015...

2015 BMW R 1200 R – First Ride Review

When we heard that BMW’s versatile R 1200 R Roadster would be powered by the latest liquid-cooled version of the 1,170cc boxer engine for...

2015 BMW F 800 R – First Look Review

The F 800 R roadster joined BMW Motorrad’s other parallel twin-powered bikes in the F model family for 2011. Updated for 2015, its liquid-cooled,...

2015 BMW S 1000 XR – First Look Review

Since its debut for 2010, BMW’s S 1000 RR sportbike, powered by a ferocious in-line four-cylinder engine that makes a claimed 190 horsepower (for...

Intermot First Look: 2015 Motorcycles from BMW, Ducati, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Zero

Held in Cologne, Germany, the International Motorcycle, Scooter and E-Bike Fair, known as Intermot, is the first big international motorcycle show of the fall...

2014 BMW R nineT | Road Test Review

It’s hard to imagine, but some riders are only interested in the practical side of a motorcycle—how much it cost, what it can carry...

2014 Adventure Bike Shootout: BMW R 1200 GS Adventure, KTM 1190 Adventure, Yamaha Super Ténéré ES

Although they represent a small minority of motorcycle sales, large-displacement adventure tourers have surged in popularity recently. Buyers are drawn to their one-bike-does-it-all versatility,...

2014 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure Review

Introduced for 2013 on the R 1200 GS, the latest version of BMW’s air/liquid-cooled boxer twin powers two updated 2014 models, the R 1200...

BMW Introduces Cornering ABS for the HP4

BMW has announced that it will offer ABS Pro as a retrofittable option for its top supersport model, the HP4, through BMW Motorrad dealerships....

2014 BMW R 1200 RT – Road Test Review

Sport-touring bikes have a love/hate relationship with weight. A rider generally moves up to a sport tourer in order to get creature comforts such...

BMW Announces 2015 Model Updates

BMW Motorrad has announced updates for some of its 2015 models, as well as the special model K 1300 S Motorsport. The following is the text of...

2014 BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive – Road Test Review

When BMW’s K 1600 GTL streaked onto the scene for 2012, packing a 1,649cc in-line six that sends 135 horsepower and 114 lb-ft of...

BMW Unveils Boxer-powered Concept Roadster

At the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014, held on the edge of Lake Como in Italy, BMW Motorrad unveiled its latest design exercise, the...

BMW Manufactures 500,000th BMW GS With Boxer Engine

The 500,000th BMW motorcycle of the flat-twin-engined GS model series came off the production line today—a R 1200 GS. Since 1969, motorcycles have been...

New Motorcycles For 2014

The new Indian Motorcycles, Star Bolt, Suzuki V-Strom 1000 and Yamaha FZ-09 we showed you in recent issues were just appetizers; here’s the main...

BMW Motorrad USA Announces Pricing For Five Latest 2014 Models

BMW Motorrad USA has announced pricing for the five latest 2014 Model Year motorcycles set to be introduced late winter / early spring 2014....

Scooter Shootout: 2014 BMW C 650 GT / 2013 Honda Silver Wing / 2013 Suzuki Burgman 650

Scooters are often seen as something less, something that one learns and practices upon until he or she is ready for a real machine....

2014 BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive – First Look Review

One complaint you almost never hear about BMW’s top-line K 1600 GTL touring bike is that it’s not luxurious enough. With cushy heated seating...

2014 BMW S 1000 R – First Look Review

The emperor has lost his clothes. After quickly climbing to the top of the liter-class sportbike heap with its 193-horsepower, in-line four S 1000...

2014 BMW R 1200 RT – First Look Review

With the introduction of the liquid-cooled BMW R 1200 GS earlier this year, it was only a matter of time before the lighter, more...

New BMW R nineT First Look

Retro is back at BMW with today’s reveal of the R nineT, or nineT for short. Created to mark the 90th anniversary of BMW...

2014 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure – First Look Review

A year after BMW Motorrad unveiled the heavily revised, partially liquid-cooled R 1200 GS at the Intermot show in Cologne, Germany, the company has...

2014 BMW F 800 GS Adventure | Road Test Review

When the BMW F 800 GS was introduced for 2009, it offered the touring enduro versatility of the popular R 1200 GS but in...

BMW Announces R 1200 R "DarkWhite" Special Edition

In his test of the updated-for-2011 BMW R 1200 R, Editor-in-Chief Mark Tuttle concluded, "Whatever you want the R 1200 R to be, it's...

BMW Motorrad Announces Initial 2014 Model Updates

BMW Motorrad is offering product changes on the following models for 2014. New Special Six-Cylinder Model: BMW K 1600 GT “Sport” A new “Sport” version of...

2013 BMW R 1200 GS | Road Test Review

Given its status as adventure-touring’s most popular, versatile motorcycle and worldwide best-seller, we made sure to cover BMW’s new liquid-cooled R 1200 GS touring...

2013 BMW F 800 GT – Road Test Review

Earlier this century, when BMW Motorrad decided to shed its gray-haired, pipe-and-slippers image for good, rather than abandon the boxer engine that had been...

BMW Concept Ninety Celebrates 40 Years of the R 90 S

Ninety years of BMW Motorrad, 90 years of two-wheeled history—few motorcycle manufacturers can boast such a longstanding and successful heritage as BMW. The BMW...

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