New Six-cylinder BMWs: K 1600 GT and K 1600 GTL
Rider Contributor
July 2, 2010
Munich, Germany (July 2, 2010) – Since BMW Motorrad presented the six-cylinder Concept 6 last fall, rumors have circulated about what model might receive such a potent, in-line six engine. Six-cylinder in-line engines have powered BMW automobiles for over seven decades. Today BMW announced that... Read more »
BMW GS 30th Anniversary Special Edition Motorcycles
Rider Contributor
May 10, 2010
2011 R 1200 GS Adventure 2010 marks 30 years since BMW Motorrad founded the segment of large touring enduro motorcycles with the launch of the BMW R 80 G/S. The G/S (the “G” stands for Gelande or terrain, and the “S” stands for Strasse or road) earned victories in the Paris-Dakar... Read more »
Wunderlich BMW R 1200 GS Accessories Review
Rider Magazine
May 5, 2010
[This Wunderlich BMW R 1200 GS Accessories Review was originally published in the June 2010 issue of Rider] It’s overwhelming how many accessories are available for a popular adventure tourer like the BMW R 1200 GS. If you bolted on everything in the Wunderlich America catalog, for example, you’d... Read more »
2010 BMW S1000RR Road Test
Rider Contributor
January 15, 2010
by Kevin Ash; photography by Jason Critchell [This 2010 BMW S1000RR Road Test was originally published in the March 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 BMW S 1000 RR in action. 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. If you’re... Read more »
2009 BMW K 1300 S Road Test
Greg Drevenstedt
April 28, 2009
[This 2009 BMW K 1300 S Road Test originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Rider magazine] As cool as it is to ride a sportbike on the track, all decked out in leathers and doing my damnedest to grind down my knee pucks, that is a special occasion. My bread and butter riding is done on the street,... Read more »
2009 BMW K 1300 GT Road Test
Rider Magazine
April 28, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2009 BMW K 1300 GT Road Test was originally published in the June 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2009 BMW K 1300 GT One measly pound, just 16 ounces. That’s how little weight the top-line 2009 BMW K 1300 GT sport tourer has gained, even with numerous improvements and... Read more »
2009 BMW G 650 GS Road Test
Mark Tuttle
March 17, 2009
[this 2009 BMW G 650 GS Road Test was originally published in the May 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 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, to a brand-new XL600... Read more »
2009 BMW F 800 GS Road Test #2
Bill Wolf
December 12, 2008
[This 2009 BMW F 800 GS Road Test was originally published in the January 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 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 521 pounds gassed up and ready... Read more »
2008 BMW R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure Motorcycle Road Tests
Clement Salvadori
July 9, 2008
photography by the author and Kevin Wing A good motorcycle is like a good suit of clothes — it should fit properly and be comfortable. I have to say that this GS fits me just about perfectly, with looks that are quite acceptable at a formal occasion, and it doesn’t mind getting out and playing... Read more »
2008 BMW R 1200 HP2 Megamoto Road Test
Rider Magazine
July 9, 2008
[This review of the 2008 BMW R 1200 HP2 Megamoto was originally published in the August 2008 issue of Rider] 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 inconvenience to be the first person to have the New... Read more »
