Motorcycling is like sugar – with the first taste fresh in your memory you know it needs to be part of your everyday life. But what happens when something catastrophic happens in your life to prevent you from getting that sweet rush of joy and excitement from riding a motorcycle? In the case of Bert…
BMW Motorrad President Stephan Schaller took the stage at the 70th International Motorcycle Exhibition (EICMA) in Milan, Italy today and announced that BMW will be producing a new model with an “air-cooled” boxer engine in 2013 as a special way of marking the “90 years of BMW Motorrad” anniversary. The drawing supplied by BMW’s PR department…
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…
This amazing one-off custom BMW cruiser is a serious head-turner. Known as ‘Mimosa,’ it was created by French bike builder Francis Villedon back in the mid-1990s. Villedon is a customizer of Harley-Davidson motorcycles but is also a BMW fan through and through—so much so that his personal transport is an R1150R roadster, much to the…
The Edwin clothing company is featuring several classic BMW motorcycles and an automobile in their latest moody promo film. Edwin was founded in Japan in 1969 to manufacturer jeans and now sells a range of men’s and women’s clothing through stores in Europe, Asia and Australia. The film was shot in the UK late last…
Paris-based Blitz Motorcycles has become a byword for edgy, exciting custom bikes. We brought you their half-enduro, half-cruiser “Blitz Sin” in our Spring 2012 BMW Motorcycle Magazine. Their latest creation combines sophisticated British style with a raw punk edge – and it was inspired by the bike’s owner. It is the first bike the 27-year-old…