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2010 BMW S1000RR - Finally!
The Long-Awaited First Superbike From The First AMA Superbike Champions more
2009 BMW K1300S & GT - Bavaria Mans Up
More testosterone for the maximum K-four. more
BMW G650GS Vs. Kawasaki KLR650 - Salsa And Sensibility
Affordable Dual-Sports Are A Matter Of Taste more
2009 BMW G650GS
Your basic down-to-earth, all-surface single. more
2009 BMW G450X Dirtbike
New thinking from a new player in the dirtbike market more
BMW F800GS - Willkommen To The Jungle
Finally, and F-spec GS worthy of the name. more
BMW R1200S - Uber-Boxer - Track Test
Riding BMW's First Works Racer In 50 Years more
2008 BMW HP2 Sport - First Ride
DOHC, Radial Valves And 133 Horsepower Make This The Sportiest Boxer Ever more
BMW R1200GS And BMW F800GS - BMW 2008 - Up To Speed
If an R1200GS twin is too much and those 650 X-singles aren't enough, BMW is betting large stacks of deutschmarks that this latest GS will be just right. The F800GS, aka the worst-kept secret in motorcycling, has been in the works for a couple of years now, because Munich isn't taking chances with a more
BMW G650 X Series - First Ride
Dirt, street and something in betweenRiding past the 18th green at this four-star golf resort on a dirtbike visibly horrifies the golfers. The fact that we're on BMWs provides some small reassurance, but these aren't like any BMWs they've ever seen. Or us: After a four-day flog over the twisty roads more
BMW R1200GS Vs. Buell XB12X Ulysses Vs. KTM 990 Adventure - The End Of The Line - Adventures In Reality
Adventures are like adventurers, or snowflakes or rain ruts or subdural hematomas. They're all different. What's the best adventure bike? What's your idea of adventure? How far? How fast? How dirty do you want to get between that first cup of coffee and the last beer? Be honest. Is groomed gravel as more
Sport-Touring Comparo: BMW K1200GT vs. Honda ST1300 ABS vs. Yamaha FJR1300AE - Everything All The Time
Why do you need one of these things? Just about any bike will drag you to work, and the super sporty contenders are fine if all you do is carve up the local twisty bits. Honda's Gold Wing and its ilk will haul two people, one overstuffed Alf doll and all manner of kit cross-country as cheerfully as more
First Ride: 2007 BMW R1200R
Bavaria's latest boxer does Old School cool more
Kawasaki ZRX1200R And BMW K1200S - Staffers' Rides - Doin' Time
Kawasaki ZRX1200R* Ringleader: Boehm* MSRP: $8199* Miles: 7000* Average fuel mileage: 38 MPG more
First Ride: 2006 BMW R1200GS Adventure
The ultimate international long-distance carrier more
First Ride: 2006 BMW R1200S
More than ever, not your father's BMWs more
2006 BMW K1200S - Special K Mc Project
Most of us who spend time thinking about such things have pretty much dismissed BMW's K1200S as Serious Competition for the likes of Kawasaki's 176-horsepower ZX-14 and Suzuki's notorious 160-horsepower Hayabusa. The S model is the button-down Teutonic hyperbike you can disappear on every other week more
2006 BMW R1200S And F800S/ST - First Ride - Up To Speed
BMW is worried about you. The German firm has spent a lederhosen-load of deutschmarks in the last few years to make its motorcycles lighter and faster-think K1200R and S-and to advertise its subsequent higher-performance image. But apparently you aren't getting the message; you're just not buying en more
First Look: BMW HP2
"It's like going to a gunfight with a cannon." more
BMW K1200R
"So what's it like? "It's fast!" more
2005 BMW R1200RT
Some recombinant boxer DNA from BMW's 2004 R1200GS has seeped into the German maker's '05 touring lineup, giving us an essentially all-new R1200RT. more
First Ride: 2005 BMW R1200GS
This is what big, adventure-touring streetbikes are all about. A couple of hours ago I was riding along a shallow stream dodging submerged rocks in first gear with the BMW R1200GS up to its cylinder heads in water. Now the new boxer is speeding through a serie more
FIRST RIDE: BMW R1200C Montauk
This whole BMW cruiser thing is finally starting to make sense. The Germans seem to have realized that cruisers require a certain degree of bad-ass attitude, and their latest R1200, the Montauk, looks to add street swagger without giving up the finer things more
First Ride: 2003 BMW K1200GT
From where we sit, the K1200RS has always been something of a jackalope. You know, the beast immortalized on wacky roadside postcards: a composite creature with a jackrabbit chassis grafted to the top half of a puzzled antelope. more