Once again, BMW Motorrad topped the prize results in Motorrad magazine’s readers choice “Motorcycle of the Year 2013″ awards. They won in four categories, ”touring bike,” “sport bike,” “trial/enduro” and “scooter,” and placed in three others in the 15th edition of the German magazine’s awards. In the “sport bike” category, the BMW HP4 placed number one….
BMW’s upcoming i3 all-electric car will have the option of adding a 2-cylinder gasoline engine from BMW’s motorcycle division when it goes on sale late this year. According to the Automotive News, the gasoline-powered engine will be used to extend the range of the car from its typical 60-90 miles to 250 miles. The engine…
Under blue Sydney skies the new era of Urban Mobility recently arrived in Australia with the launch of the C600 Sport and C650GT maxi-scooters. A selection of Australian motorcycle and car journalists were gathered in the 2000 Olympic city to be fully briefed on the two scooters and to put them to the test through…
The water-cooled GS is finally here! This revolutionary motorcycle was launched at this year’s Intermot show in Germany and features the latest generation boxer engine from BMW. Our Winter issue brings you all the news from specs to tech to design. Through tables, diagrams and timeline, the progress from oilhead to hexhead to camhead to…
Pierre Fredet celebrated a second place in the Scooter class at this year’s Dark Dog Moto Tour in France. He rode his BMW C600 Sport more than 2,200 miles (3,500 km) in what is proclaimed the world’s greatest motorcycle road rally. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Dark Dog Moto Tour (DDMT) took place from October 6-14….
Freestyle stunt riding legend Chris Pfeiffer concluded a busy week at the International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle Fair (INTERMOT) in Cologne, Germany with a victory in the Electric Scooter World Championship Series race on Sunday, October 7. Taking on a whole range of scooters powered by alternative drives, Pfeiffer entered and won on a BMW…
After being delayed twice, BMW says they will begin delivering the C600 Sport and C650GT scooters to customers starting in July. Available first, due to the upcoming holiday season, in Italy, Spain and France on July 14, 2012. A week later, on July 21, 2012 will be deliveries in Germany, followed by all other European…
While everyone’s talking about the new C600 Sport and C650GT Maxi-Scooters from BMW Motorrad, we thought we’d take a moment to show you the beautiful R10 prototype scooter of the early 1950s. It nearly made it into serial production before the plug was pulled on the project by the Board in favor of the BMW…
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…
The BMW Group picked up 11 accolades from the red dot award: product design 2012, including the “best of the best” for two of its products: the BMW AirFlow 2 helmet and the Husqvarna Nuda 900R motorcycle. The red dot award also goes to the BMW’s C600 Sport, C650GT, K1600GT, G650GS, 6 Series Gran Coupe,…