BMW Motorrad

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16 June 2021

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 rating. As if to commemorate the fact that BMW Motorrad has been producing boxer twins for 100 years, the company has decided to go for the cruiser jugular, designing a “Big Boxer”
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12 June 2018
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2018 BMW G 310 GS review

Not many ADVs cost under $10k but here’s one that does and gets most of what it does right. Plus most people think you’re riding the thrice as...
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13 September 2017
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2017 BMW G310R review

BMW is targeting LAMS central with its new single-cylinder G310R. Is this sub-$10k machine from BMW Motorrad worthy? So it’s the smallest bike from BMW in the modern...
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13 July 2017
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BMW Superbikes on Track

For 2017 Aprilia and BMW superbikes have been refreshed to counter the new Gixxer and CBR1000RR from japan. We head to the Downs to check out the latest...
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13 April 2017
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2016 BMW R NineT Scrambler review

The second in a family of five R nineT variants to arrive in New Zealand, the Scrambler dots down in an increasingly popular segment but is it the...
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13 March 2017
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2017 BMW R nineT review

IT LAUNCHED FIRST IN 2014 AND HAS BEEN SO POPULAR WE’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE ALL WERE PRESOLD, UNTIL NOW. SO IS BMW’S RETRO...
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14 January 2017
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2017 BMW R 1200 R review

BMW Motorrad’s R 1200 R melds an old-school engine honed over almost a century with modern electronics. It works in spectacular fashion. Who says old means old hat?...
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15 August 2016
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2016 BMW R 1200 RS review

BMW has enviable heritage in building flat-twin sport-tourers, and it shows in the latest R 1200 RS, forty years in the making. When you think of vehicles with...
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15 March 2016
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2016 BMW S 1000 XR review

BMW has spun off another bike from its S 1000 RR platform, the XR an ‘adventure sport’ model. Offering superbike performance with long distance comfort, it may be...
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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5 December 2024
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BMW’s R 90 S Rides Again

BMW Motorrad is expanding its Heritage range with a tribute to the iconic R 90 S of 1973. It can do that because it has been using the same flat-twin engine layout for nigh on a century. The BMW R 12 S transfers the spirit of the R 90 S into a new era. Only it is way more gorgeous
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