The Summer 2012 BMW Motorcycle Magazine is now available and brings you first an on- and off-road test of the new G650GS Sertão. Like the F650GS Dakar before it, BMW has upgraded their single cylinder machine with a more “wilderness”-ready model variant. Read all about the improvements as well as how it got its name…
The long awaited next milestone has been achieved with Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport climbing onto the top step of the podium. At Donington Park in Great Britain, the team not only celebrated its first victory in the FIM Superbike World Championship but also its first ‘one-two’ in the series. Factory riders Marco Melandri (ITA) as…
BMW S1000RR teams continue to enjoy success in their national race series. The BMW teams in the hard-fought International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) were once again particularly impressive. After dominating the season-opener at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz circuit, they scored a victory and more podium finishes at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben May 5-7. In race one…
He comes from a family steeped in sidecar racing success but unlike his multiple world championship-winning father Ralf, 41-year-old Jörg Steinhausen is using BMW S1000RR power for his assault on the 2012 Sidecar World Championship. His father is of course a hard act to follow, having won the 1975 and 1976 Sidecar World Championships, won…
Year over year sales for BMW Motorrad were flat in April 2012 with the motorcycle division selling just 0.1% more vehicles worldwide — 13,088 versus 13,072 in April 2011. While not the increase we’ve been accustomed to seeing lately, it is still the second-best April sales result in their history. It also means in the first four…
On a dramatic and rain-hit fourth round of the 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship at Monza, Italy, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport equaled its best-ever result. Factory rider Leon Haslam (GBR) finished second in the second race — the only heat held because of the weather — which was an achievement considering his 14th place start….
The BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet SBK Team has successfully taken part in the third round of the 2012 Italian championship (Campionato Italiano Velocità) at the Monza circuit, with the team’s two full-time SuperStock 1000 class riders Sylvain Barrier and Lorenzo Baroni entering this event as wildcards – and Barrier coming away with the victory. Coming…
A new film showing BMW Motorrad’s range of Maxi-Scooters has won a coveted CLIO Award. The film, entitled ‘Modern Movement’ won the bronze award in the ‘original score’ category and its creators will be honored at the 53rd Annual CLIO Awards ceremony in New York City on May 15. The CLIO Awards is one of the…
Following several changes in personnel at BMW Motorrad earlier this year (see new Head of Design, Head BMW Motorrad USA and Head of Sales and Marketing BMW Motorrad), BMW has decided to promote Hendrik von Kuenheim (52), Head of BMW Motorrad since 2008, to the four-wheeled side of the company to manage the BMW Automobiles…
With several podiums already in 2012 and having both led World Superbike races at the last round in Assen, Netherlands, that elusive first victory for either Marco Melandri or Leon Haslam is getting ever closer in this highly-competitive WSBK series. However, in other championships around the world, S1000RR riders are already reaping the rewards with…