The organization of the 2012 BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy continues at full speed, with a fleet of specially-prepared F800GS machines having already left the Touratech factory to make the journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Chile. Team qualification is also in full swing with many new Latin American participants hoping to join the party…
To help promote the new 2013 R1200GS, BMW Motorrad is giving motorcyclists a chance to ride the new motorcycle on one of five stages of a world tour. The “One World. One GS” tour will start in New Zealand and end in Europe with stages in Asia (Laos), Africa (Botswana and South Africa) and the…
BMW finally took the wraps off its revolutionary new water-cooled R1200GS at the International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle Fair (Intermot) in Cologne, Germany today. Since we first broke the news of BMW working on their next generation boxer engine two-and-a-half years ago, there have been leaked images of the engine casing, GS test mules and…
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…
For one glorious weekend every year, time is stopped at the Goodwood Revival. In a celebration of gentle British eccentricity and history, the Goodwood Estate about 60 miles from London takes on the pace and look of bygone eras. In the air, Spitfires and Lancasters thunder overhead, while on the ground many of the approximately 150,000…
With anticipation and excitement building for the International GS Trophy event that will be starting in South America at the end of November, the latest nation to confirm its team line-up is Italy, after hard-fought qualifying selection trials last weekend. The selection event for the BMW Motorrad Italia team took place in picturesque Tuscany and was…
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…
Landspeed racer Andy Sills claimed another world record aboard a 2012 BMW S1000RR at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City, Utah on August 29. During the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials, Sills recorded a flying mile two-way average speed of 204.784 mph which sets a new FIM record in the Partially Streamlined…
When Robert Murphy – known universally as Murph – bought his BMW R1150GS Adventure he had no idea he would end up fitting it with a sidecar and spend years traveling the world. But, three years after first getting caught up in the GS lifestyle of freedom and open roads, he has ridden through most…
In September, BMW enthusiast and Vice President of the Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners club, Darryl Richman, will be putting his 1928 R52 to the ultimate test by competing in the Motorcycle Cannonball II – a unique competition open to motorcycles manufactured up to 1929 that sees riders and their vintage machines take on the North American…