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…
The Winter 2012 edition of our BMW Motorcycle Magazine is mailing out to subscribers now and we should have copies to order from our website next week. In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy seeing a few additional, unused photos of the terrific custom motorcycles featured in our Winter issue’s Scrambler Special Section. Sure,…
We are now just a few weeks away from the start of the third BMW Motorrad GS Trophy and so, BMW Motorrad has put together some FAQ of what to expect. The 2012 edition of the International GS Trophy will take place on the tracks and trails of the lower Andes of Chile and Argentina in…
With the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy coming to Chile and Argentina for the first time, there is plenty of excitement in Latin America. Many of these countries have already completed pre-qualifying tournaments, from which the most successful riders were recently sent to Panama to compete in the GS Trophy Regional competition for the Latin…
Yet another team has been confirmed for the forthcoming International GS Trophy in South America, bringing the total number of teams that are participating in this exciting event to 15—the highest number yet. Following a grueling three-day challenge at the Country Trax off-road academy in Mpumalanga, the three members of Team South Africa have been…
Teams of BMW enthusiasts are being chosen from around the world in a series of off-road competitions and challenges in order to select the best three men or women to represent their country at the GS Trophy finals in South America. Riders in the United States have a chance to join the fun with the…
The Husqvarna Enduro Team by CH Racing’s Juha Salminen saw his hopes of a double Enduro 2 class win end on day one of the Enduro World Championship GP of Argentina. Leading the E2 class at the time, the Finn was forced to retire after a stone became lodged between the chain and front sprocket…
Husqvarna Enduro Team by CH Racing riders Juha Salminen and Alex Salvini both secured podium results in the opening round of the 2012 Enduro World Championship at the GP of Chile held in Talca. Reigning Enduro 1 World Champion Salminen claimed a win in the Enduro 2 class aboard his TE310 on day one, while…
BMW Motorrad France recently organized its first ever national GS Trophy event and the 60 competitors who signed up enjoyed three days of friendly competition amid the fantastic surroundings of the Orange region. Run in partnership with Touratech France and open to all GS machines — from the original R80G/S of the 1980s right up…
Things couldn’t have gone much better for the Husqvarna CH Racing Monster Energy Team at round three of the 2011 EWC series, staged in Francavilla de Sicilia on the island of Sicily. Starting the event as leaders of both the Enduro 1 and Enduro 2 world championship classes, the team not only enjoyed continued success…