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Intermot show: BMW shows the 2017 R nine T Racer and R nine T Pure officially
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Intermot show: BMW shows the 2017 R nine T Racer and R nine T Pure officially So the covers are off on the BMW R nine T Racer (the Racer is pictured above) and R nine T Pure (pictured below). Here’s what BMW itself says about the bikes – we figured we’d show you this…
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BMW’s C Evolution Long Range shown at Paris show
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BMW’s C-Evo scooter is getting some major work for 2017 – mostly centred around the three biggest problems that have dogged the big plug-in scoot so far; speed, battery and range. Two versions of the super scoot have been shown at the Paris show. The C now comes in a 125cc equivalent (11kW version which…
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BMW launches FIRST airbag textile jacket packed with Alpinestars MotoGP tech!
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BMW Motorrad is launching the BMW Motorrad Street Air by Alpinestars, an advanced airbag system built into a jacket similar to the tech used by MotoGP stars. Adopted from the current Alpinestars Tech-Air street airbag system – a set-up needing no motorbike-mounted sensors – the kit uses a sophisticated algorithm that detects imminent danger and…
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EXPOSED: 2017 BMW K1600GT’s next generation secrets
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We’ve been seeing the next generation BMW K1600GT doing the testing ’rounds’ for a while now and ahead of the launch of the bike at the upcoming motorcycle show at Intermot, Germany, details have come in from our friends abroad about the big tourer. Essentially the big tourer is staying at the same power, little…
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1800 BMW R nine Ts to be recalled next month
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Nearly 1800 BMW R nine T machines have been issued as needing a recall because of a problem with the rear indicators. The notice affects both 2014 and 2015 models, specifically bikes that were made between November 27 2013 and January 26 2015. As the recall is happening in the USA, the recall is through…
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BMW concept motorcycle looks more like a weird fish than a superbike
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This is the Titan – a futuristic superbike based around a BMW that looks like the offspring of Batman’s Batpod and a dustpan and brush following a boozy one-night-stand. Turkish designer, Mehmet Erdem, has created several BMW motorcycle concepts in the past but this latest version of what Erdem thinks about the future of two…