One World, One R 1200 GS Tour USA
Greg Drevenstedt
March 7, 2013
Since returning from South Africa in January, where I was among the first wave of journalists at the world launch of BMW’s all-new, air/liquid-cooled R 1200 GS, I’ve had a jones to ride the bike again. As I wrote in my first-ride report, “The new, more highly evolved R 1200 GS is better in nearly... Read more »
2013 Vintage Motorcycle Festival Selects BMW Motorrad as Featured Marque
Rider Magazine
March 5, 2013
The Vintage Motorcycle Festival at LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) has named BMW Motorrad as featured marque for the August 24-25, 2013, motorcycle event in Tacoma, Washington. The decision to feature the Munich-based motorcycle manufacturer coincides with the 90th anniversary of BMW Motorrad. “BMW... Read more »
BMW Motorrad USA Announces Pricing for 2013 R 1200 GS
Rider Magazine Staff
February 20, 2013
BMW Motorrad USA has announced pricing for the all-new liquid-cooled 2013 R 1200 GS. The next generation flat twin enduro will have a base Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $15,800 and will be available for purchase through authorized BMW Motorrad dealers in March 2013. The base model... Read more »
BMW Motorrad Sells Husqvarna
Rider Magazine Staff
January 31, 2013
The BMW Group is realigning its BMW Motorrad business and signed an agreement with Pierer Industrie AG (Austria) for the sale of Husqvarna Motorcycles. The acquisition will proceed subject to approval by anti-trust authorities. Both companies have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Pierer is... Read more »
2013 BMW R 1200 GS – First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
January 28, 2013
Redesigning a motorcycle that established and continues to define a robust market segment, one that has been a perennial bestseller, inspires fanatical devotion and is the culmination of a design philosophy that has endured for nearly a century, is a major undertaking. After setting new standards among... Read more »
2013 BMW F 700 GS – First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
November 26, 2012
When BMW decided to update the F 650 GS for 2013, it was clearly in a generous mood. The folks in Bavaria gave the street-biased enduro model more horsepower and torque, a shorter gear ratio for quicker acceleration, a second front disc brake, new switchgear and instrumentation, and updated styling.... Read more »
BMW Motorrad Announces New Boxer Model
Rider Magazine Staff
November 13, 2012
At the big Milan, Italy show this week, BMW Motorrad President Stephan Schaller announced that BMW Motorrad will introduce a new model in 2013 with the air-cooled “boxer” engine as a special way of marking the company’s 90-year anniversary. The very first BMW motorcycle—the BMW R... Read more »
BMW Motorrad Presents A Special K 1300 S Model
Press Release
October 26, 2012
At the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy (November 15-18, 2012), BMW Motorrad is presenting the exclusive special model K 1300 S “30 Jahre K-Modelle” to mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW Motorrad K series. It was in 1983 that BMW Motorrad launched the K 100, the first ever BMW fitted... Read more »
BMW Unveils All-new, Liquid-cooled R 1200 GS
Greg Drevenstedt
October 2, 2012
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 R 1200 GS has been officially unveiled at the International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle Fair—better known as Intermot—in Cologne, Germany. It has... Read more »
Ridden & Rated: 2012 BMW R 1200 RT
Greg Drevenstedt
September 7, 2012
My, how time flies. Our last full test of a BMW R 1200 RT was back in August 2005, when you could still get money for nothin’ and mortgages for free. And an RT hasn’t ridden through the pages of Rider since July 2008, when we compared it to the Moto Guzzi Norge 1200—right about the time gas prices... Read more »
