BMW
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My bike review: 1991 BMW R65GS
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Personal fitness trainer, 56-year-old Duncan Evans reveals his home-built custom… I served my apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer, then worked my way through a number of industries finishing in aerospace, before being a trainer for the past ten years. I started riding at 14 and got an FS1E at 16, before a new RD 200…
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BMW announces facelifts for R1200 range
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BMW has confirmed that model year 2017 will see a number of updates on models that can be ordered from all BMW Motorrad dealers in the new configuration from August 2016. When the new model year starts in August 2016, the engines of the liquid-cooled boxer models will be subject to supplementary technical changes as…
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BMW is launching a new… wait for it… Comic book!
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What’s the only thing missing from the BMW range? Well, erm, a comic book of course! That slight oversight is now being put right with the launch of a graphic novel entitled “Riders in the Storm”, with a policewoman, a wolf, a racing rider and a street artist among the heroes of the motorcycle inspired…
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TT 2016: Hutchy tells crowd: “Bet on me for the Senior!”
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FOURTEEN times TT winner Ian Hutchinson has shot a massive warning across the bows of his Senior TT rivals ahead of tomorrow’s premier race. Speaking in a private audience with show on The Island tonight, the Bingley Bullet told an expectant crowd: “You should bet on me for tomorrow!” The rider, who became the fourth…
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Video: FIRST look, BMW’s Lac Rose concept adventure bike RIDDEN!
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BMW has revealed the Lac Rose adventure concept bike at the Wheels & Waves festival. The bike is an homage to the classic Paris-Dakar bikes of the 1980s. We’ve got our hands on the first video footage of the bike being ridden. So we figured we’d show it to you here on MoreBikes because we…
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Video: How the BMW Intelligent Emergency Call works on motorcycles
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Here’s a video from BMW explaining in detail the Intelligent Emergency Call system that we reported on a little while ago. BMW originally designed for cars but have now introduced for motorcycles too. In simple terms, if you crash, it auto-calls for help, or you can manually activate the emergency call. Here’s the video from BMW:…
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VIDEO: BMW smart helmet concept in action
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Here’s a nice video showing how the BMW concept smart helmet with heads-up display will work once it hits production. Earlier this week we reported on the helmet having heads up display, camera, communications and even a mini-computer built in, and now BMW has released a video to show how might feel like to wear…
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SCOOP: BMW concepts for motorcycle laser light and helmet with head-up display
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BMW Motorrad has just announced that it will be displaying two innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on 6-9 January 2016. Laser light for motorcycles and a helmet with a head-up display will be presented, setting new standards of motorcycle safety, along with a technical outlook of how they may be…
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VIDEO: 2016 BMW RnineT Scrambler – a quick look
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If you like the big BMW twin and you’re into scramblers, this is the bike for you: Mikko takes a quick look at the 2016 BMW RnineT Scrambler. VIDEO: 2016 BMW RnineT Scrambler – a quick look
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Pictures: HPnineT custom BMW from High Octane
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How cool is this? A custom café racer based on the BMW RnineT. The bike has been designed and built by the Dutch custom-bike builders High Octane Speed Shop. We reckon this looks like how a BMW built Thruxton might have turned out – and we like it. This is a one-off bike, unlike the…
