2023 is the year when German motorcycle maker BMW Motorrad is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It was only natural then for us to be subjected to a wealth of new models being launched, but I have to ...
Look familiar? If you're a fan of BMW's from the past 50 years, you'll immediately recognize which model the new R 12 S is honoring. BMW has been making motorcycles for over a century now, and they’ve ...
BMW has just replaced the beloved R nineT motorcycle with the new R12 nineT. The new model arrives 10 years after the R nineT was introduced and follows the same philosophy as that model but has been ...
The BMW R nineT Urban G/S was a neat-looking bike, but beneath those R 80-inspired looks lay a very traditional street bike: Cast wheels, five and a half inches of suspension travel, all ingredients ...
Although there are presently other bike makers that rule the enduro segment (think KTM or Honda), at least as far as competitions are concerned, the Germans from BMW, they too heavyweights of the ...
Beginning in 1923, BMW has made motorcycles with a common heartbeat: a flat opposed twin engine known as a “boxer” that literally hangs its two cylinders out in the breeze for optimal cooling. While ...
For as much of a fuss as we motorheads can make about different kinds of bikes (and the people who ride them), sometimes the biggest distinctions are aesthetic. How else would it be possible for, say, ...
BMW’s retro sports naked bike is getting a new generation this year. And to mark the occasion, its name gets another number, one in numerals this time. The BMW R 12 NineT will take over from the R ...
Let’s get into the gritties. As you all know, BMW discontinued the R1200C cruiser with the following reason offered by BMW Motorrad’s boss Dr. Herbert Diess (now the CEO of the Volkswagen Group) in a ...
If what we hear is true, BMW has just filed for rights to the name ‘R12 S’ – and it’s a toss-up whether BMW will resurrect their WWII-era bike into a refreshed new model, or if they will slap the name ...