We here at GearheadExchange love motorcycles. We love all kinds of motorcycles, but we’re especially fond of sport bikes and Superbikes. For decades that class has been dominated by Japanese and Italian manufacturers, especially on the race track. Honda and Ducati have virtually owned World Superbike, while Suzuki, Yamaha, and Kawasaki have had their [...]
Three-time motorcycle land speed record holder Valerie Thompson set a new land speed record on her BMW S 1000 RR in the PP-1000 Production motorcycle class, when she posted a top speed of 197.46 mph (315.936 km/h) at the East Coast Timing Association
It is official: the 2012 BMW S 1000 RR is Australia’s Ultimate Sportsbike, as voted by the Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN) AUSTest shootout. …
The 18th Edition of the toughest and biggest adventure rally in Europe, the Breslau rally, recently finished, with German rider Tina Meier achieving notable success as the top women’s finisher, a stage winner – and 15th overall – on her Husqvarna…
In addition to the well-documented success of the S 1000 RR in various national race series, there are many other superbike championships that don’t have the global coverage of more prestigious series like the German, French, British or Spanish Super…
Freestyle stunt legend Chris Pfeiffer continues to be the most popular live act at BMW Motorrad Days, with crowds of fans flocking to the main arena every time they hear his high-revving, tyre-smoking antics on the F 800 R. In an exclusive interview, C…
They say that behind every great man is a great woman, and this certainly appears to be the case with Manuela Raffaeta, the fiancée of World Superbike rider Marco Melandri. It was Marco who recently made history by winning BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s …
BMW Motorrad will also line up a factory team at the start of the FIM Superbike World Championship in 2013. At the same time, the company is carrying out a strategic realignment and pooling superbike activities. …
For custom builders, older BMW airheads are starting to approach Honda CB and Triumph Bonneville levels of popularity. This one was built by Aric Russom, an artist and photographer from Western Massachusetts. He’s owned the BMW for 13 years, and in that time, has given it two major overhauls. This is a café racer in [...]
BMW is clearly moving into the urban mobility segment of the two-wheeled world. With a design philosophy to create a machine that has the functionality of a scooter and the riding pleasure of a motorcycle, BMW introduced their two new Maxi Scooters recently in Madrid, Spain. Centered around the same frame architecture and sharing a [...]
BMW’s Motorrad division has made a number of changes to its 2013 model-year range, most of it having to do with paint colors. The preeminent development is that all of its bikes, worldwide, will come with ABS standard. The move comes three years ahead the European Union’s 2016 requirement that all motorcycles sold there come [...]
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