When 18-year-old aspiring stunt rider David Bost broke his leg, we took pity on him and invited him to BMW Motorrad Days to meet his idol Chris Pfeiffer… For more information and other BMW Motorrad videos CLICK HERE Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
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 [...]
The 12th edition of the BMW Motorrad Days took place recently at Munich and the famous Bavarian ski resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen, an event that attracted 35,000 visitors from every corner of the world who made their way to the world’s biggest meet for BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna Motorcycles. The two factory BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Marco [...]
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 [...]
After criss-crossing the continental United States in a Winnebago for two years, I decided to take a break to explore more of South America. Not exactly RV country, or “casa rodante” as they call them in Argentina, motorcycles were the obvious choice for a cross country road trip. Before I left to spend the winter in [...]
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 [...]
“Man, people sure drag a bunch of stuff they don’t need up the Dalton Highway,” IM’d a friend, once he was back from his adventure up there. That’s funny, because he’d been planning on packing his Ram so full of survival gear, you’d think he was visiting the apocalypse, not Alaska. I’d talked him out [...]
Last week we posted the transcript from the wire tap regarding the Monza circuit scandal. The smoking gun revealed circuit directors knew that the asphalt had problems before the start of the World Superbike round, but kept quiet about it, which will probably cost them an accusation or more likely a fine for willfully ignoring safety regulations in [...]
Short movie about passion, work and emotions that animate races of World Superbike Championship. Through the faces, efforts and movements of the people who live the paddock for work or just for fun. Film tells the emotional tension, the devotion and the feelings of a day of competition. For more information CLICK HERE Bookmark on [...]
Touratech’s Herbert & Ramona Schwarz retrace steps from a motorcycle journey taken 30 years ago. They ride a 2010 BMW R1200RT through France, England and Scotland stopping along the way to soak up the history and sample the local traditions and culture. Read the full story in RoadRunner magazine. For more information CLICK HERE Bookmark [...]
BMW’s “Safety 360°” – an Integrated Approach to Motorcycling Safety Motorcycling and safety – these two words are inseparably linked as far as BMW Motorrad is concerned. For decades now, BMW Motorrad has established a pioneering role for itself when it comes to issues of safety in connection with motorcycling. Thanks to its powerful innovative [...]
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