BMW Motorrad

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22 September 2023

Mad Maxi for Eco Warriors

While sales of new EVs in the car world are taking off, and there are new models arriving on an almost daily basis, not the same is true of electric motorcycles. In NZ you have the high end LiveWire One and at the low end there are cheap Chinese electric scooters, but there’s not much in the middle ground. A
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28 November 2021
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2021 BMW S 1000 RR review

BMW has reworked most aspects of its S 1000 RR to keep it ahead of the pack and top of mind. Has the makeover worked? It has been...
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16 June 2021
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2021 BMW R 18 review

In the cruiser world displacement rules. BMW Motorrad tried a 1200cc cruiser once and it didn’t fire. So the counterpunch is an 1800cc boxer twin with an R...
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20 May 2021
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2020 BMW F 900 R review

Most BMWs arriving here come with all the option packages but in the case of the new supernaked F 900 R does that make it overdressed? Sometimes a...
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30 October 2020
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2020 BMW G 310 R review

The least expensive machine with the blue and white roundel just got less expensive by $1000, making it a LAMS whiz. Can’t believe it, how time flies, but...
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8 November 2019
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2019 BMW F 750 GS review

So the R 1200 GS is BMW’s most popular bike but is it the best for actual dual purpose work? We’d suggest it’s smaller sib might be. We...
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7 June 2019
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2018 BMW R nineT Urban G/S review

It looks trail ready but the fourth member of the R nineT family is more a stylish road-oriented all-rounder. Is this the pick of the modern retro set?...
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8 May 2019
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BMW GS Launch

BMW Motorrad recently hosted an ADV event where all its new models, the baby GS excepted, were available to ride. We sampled the lot, including the new boss,...
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8 April 2019
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2019 BMW F 850 GS review

Actually, BMW’s F 850 GS is essentially a new machine with a fresh frame and larger engine. It’s also now a better looker and has more gear as...
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12 August 2018
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2018 BMW S 1000 R review

Bike makers have created some lairy monsters by stripping the bodywork from superbikes but not all end up demented. Take this one, for example, the S 1000 R....
5 September 2025
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BMW Motorrad reprises old design with Vision CE

At the Munich motorshow, BMW Motorrad is displaying its Vision CE. It is an electric bike for urban centres and can be ridden helmet free! The firm says it offers riders “an increased sense of freedom and a casual, carefree riding experience”. And they add it is a fresh take on commuting. The company already sells the CE 04, a
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17 June 2025
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A stylish retro G/S model joins the R 12 line-up

BMW Motorrad’s R 12 line-up expands with the Dakar special that reminds of the original R 80 G/S. It is, of course, the R 12 G/S.  In 1980 BMW Motorrad produced an enduro bike with a boxer engine, dubbed R 80 G/S. Now, 45 years on, there’s a new version, the BMW R 12 G/S, featuring long suspension travel, cross-spoke
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19 March 2025
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2024 BMW R 12 Review

Part of the reason people buy cruisers is for the look, and if styling matters then BMW’s new R 12 should grab your attention. Critics have been praising the look of the new R 12 nineT, even if it is a crazy name. How can it be 12 and 9 simultaneously? Actually, the nineT relates to BMW Motorrad’s 90 years
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26 February 2025
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Autocar Rides Auto Bike – BMW R 1300 GSA ASA

Motorcycles may be late to the trend that started half a century ago in the car world, self-shifting transmissions. But it is really happening now, and is fast becoming an industry-wide phenomenon. We attended a BMW Track Day experience recently, with an invitation to ride something new. It was a beautiful hot day and so busy, with hundreds of BMW
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