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EICMA 2018: Here’s the OFFICIAL launch of the F850GS Adventure. Looks promising.
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Back in the summer, we showed you the first photos of the 2019 BMW R850GS Adventure – our spy snapper bagged the halfway Adventure out on road-going tests in southern Spain – and with the official reveal this morning of the bike from the German factory, we now know that nothing has changed between spy…
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MotoGP: Marc Marquez wins in Malaysia as Valentino Rossi crashes out of the lead
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Victory number 70 for the seven-time Champion comes after ‘The Doctor’ crashes with four laps to go… Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) claimed his 70th career win after taking victory at the Shell Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix. The 2018 Champion looked set to lock horns with nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), but…
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MotoGP: Marquez takes pole but receives 6-place penalty
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He mastered the wet Q2 conditions but an incident involving Iannone means Marquez now starts P7, Zarco promoted to pole UPDATE: After taking pole position by over half a second, 2018 Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has been handed a six-place grid penalty after being deemed to have been riding irresponsibly in an incident…
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REVEALED: Here’s BMW’s 2019 R1250GS Adventure ahead of EICMA
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This is the latest incarnation of the 2019 BMW Adventure which will spearhead the big Adventure big push from the Germans at EICMA in Milan next week. Leaked by Antonio Suriano on YouTube, we can see several documents from the press information about the bike. The Adventure uses the same 1254cc powerplant as the new GS…
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UPDATE: Here’s another photo (plus yesterday’s photo and spec) of the 2019 BMW S1000RR. 207bhp @13.500rpm, 113Nm @ 11,000rpm
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Painted, the bike looks nice – but we’ve been seeing this bike for months now so you knew what the looks were going to be like. Posted on Twitter by shinny_tv, the details are out. Anyway, it’s up and has an underbar swingarm for strength and a host of new electronics. See it for…
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BMW says there are SIX new bikes coming at EICMA next week!
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The German factory has just announced that it’s turning out more new motorcycles at EICMA, Italy next week than was previously thought. Here’s what the factory has said, directly: The Milan EICMA motorshow is one of the most important international motorcycle shows. From 6 to 11 November 2018, visitors will not only be able to…
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SPY SHOTS: 2019 BMW S1000RR superbike snapped out in road trials. Completed bikes and new TFT dash caught on camera!
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Earlier last week week we posted a couple of images of the new BMW S1000RR superbike, that’s been caught on camera out in Spain – and here they are again, in case you missed them. In line with BMW’s social media campaign which has been teasing a new machine – a selection of photos of the new 2019 BMW S1000RR have…
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VIDEO: RIDING BMW’s new R1250GS on (and off) road. FIRST impressions.
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Here’s our first impressions of the NEW BMW R1250 GS – a revised version of the popular adventure machine which comes with more power, more gizmos and more torque for 2019. The main event for the new GS is its 1254cc ShiftCam motor – which we showed you a first video of last week. In…
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BMW introduces ‘Rent a Ride’ Program
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BMW is always looking for new ways to get motorcyclists on to two-wheels – and that’s why the Bavarian brand has created a “Rent a Ride” program, offering short-term rentals direct from BMW dealerships. The concept is currently in its pilot phase, and at the minute is only running in Germany, Austria, and France. BMW…
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MAMMOTH BMW R1250GS launch report in Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine. OUT FRIDAY.
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Motorcycle Sport and Leisure has been out to Portugal for the launch of BMW’s all-new R1250GS – putting its new 1250cc ShiftCam powerplant through its paces across a range of road and off-road riding. And in the November issue of the mag, there’s a mammoth feature talking through the big changes for 2019. Our man…
