The long-awaited water-cooled GS goes on sale this spring and all the tech behind this newest generation boxer engine is analyzed in this issue, along with the inside scoop on why it’s truly revolutionary for BMW. The GS is not BMW’s only new bike, however. There’s another new Gran Tourismo on the scene as the…
The winter break is drawing to an end and the countdown is on to the 2013 FIM Superbike World Championship. With just two weeks to go until the season-opener in Phillip Island, Australia, the realigned BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team was presented to the public in Munich this week. The international media launch took place…
BMW Motorrad will be supplying Bimota, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer, with engines from the BMW S1000RR for their upcoming four-cylinder model. An initial concept of this new motorcycle will be introduced at the EICMA show which opens this Thursday, November 15th in Milan, Italy. Bimota boasts a long tradition of 4-cylinder supersports motorcycles. The first Bimota…
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…
Former airline pilot Peter de la Rey capitalized on the straight line speed of the S1000RR to win a second successive Superbike Elimination class championship in the South African drag racing championships. Competing in the final round at Tarlton International Raceway on Sunday, October 27, the 57-year-old from Germiston defeated his closest rivals, Jerry Lombard and Bertus…
There’s a saying in motorcycling that the older you get, the faster you used to be, but 53-year-old Stéphane Mertens is certainly showing no signs of slowing down. On the S1000RR in 2012, he has won just about every race he has entered this year, including helping Team Herpigny win its second Belgian Endurance Moto…
BMW factory rider, Marco Melandri (ITA) finished the 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship in third position overall. While it marks the highest placed BMW rider finish ever in this series, it still must feel like a disappointment. After moving into the lead in Moscow with a first and second place results, Marco did not finish, or receive…
French rider Sylvain Barrier was crowned champion at the season finale of the 2012 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup at Magny-Cours (FRA). For his BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet STK Team it was the second title win in three years competing in the series, after the triumphant season with Ayrton Badovini (ITA) back in 2010. In the…
While BMW announced the 2013 HP4 two months ago, it’s making its official world press debut today at the Intermot show in Cologne, Germany and BMW is taking the opportunity to announce pricing and packaging. If you’re not already aware, the new HP4 is based on the popular S1000RR and is a continuation of BMW Motorrad’s…
Greg Gildenhuys wrapped up his and BMW Motorrad’s third consecutive South African Superbike Championship in style at the penultimate round in Cape Town on Saturday, September 22. The 23-year-old from Boskruin near Johannesburg rode his BMW S1000RR to victory in both races, beating off a determined challenge from Nic Grobler, who was also on an…