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Thursday, July 30, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) BMW’s S 1000 XR: A MotoGP bike for the masses » Inside a nondescript industrial building south of Los Angeles, the custodian of the gaggle of new press bikes stored there...
Thursday, May 28, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Putting the F 850 GS to the test over 11 days » Photos by Ely Woody My first review of the F 850 GS came courtesy the BMW press-launch and was featured in the Janua...
Saturday, April 18, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) BMW’s new F 900 R and XR: A minivan for Millennials is actually a sleeper for Gen X » Once upon a time, Dodge released an ugly but incredibly practical passenger vehicle onto an unsuspecting suburban populati...
Sunday, December 15, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) When the HP2 came to America » The first double overhead cam boxer engine was awaited most anxiously by US race teams, like BMWs of San Jose and Atlanta....
Friday, August 2, 2019 (5 Comments - view/add) The BMW S 1000 RR, A Decade Later » Photos by Kevin Wing The S 1000 RR is a dramatically different object de machina to its different stakeholders. To...
Thursday, May 2, 2019 (4 Comments - view/add) Riding the new 1250s » We’ve all heard the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what was running through my mind moments after I was...
Sunday, December 30, 2018 (6 Comments - view/add) Late, but worth the wait: The BMW F 850 GS finally arrives » Photos by Kevin Wing Over the years, I’ve spent more time on an F 800 GS than any other motorcycle. While it has a s...
Sunday, September 24, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) 2018 K 1600 B: First Look » BMW’s Bagger: A First Look Photos by Kevin Wing Close your eyes. Picture the kind of motorcycle they call a “ba...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2018 R nineT Urban G/S » The 2018 R nineT Urban G/S: Nostalgia and heritage or maker of brand-new memories? Photos by Jon Beck The newly...
Saturday, July 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2018 R nineT Racer & Pure » BMW's Heritage boxer time machines Photos by Jon Beck and Will Guyan; additional photos courtesy BMW Motorrad. I...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2018 G 310 R » G 310 R: First Look BMW Motorrad has always danced to the beat of its own drum, never following fad or fashion but purs...
Thursday, December 1, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) 2017 R nineT Scrambler » R nineT Scrambler: First Look Photos by Jon Beck and Kevin Wing They were the dirt bikes before there were dirt...
Monday, August 1, 2016 (1 Comment - view/add) 2016 R 1200 RT: A two-wheeled rocket ship » 2016 R 1200 RT: A two-wheeled rocket ship Photos by Bill Wiegand There are all sorts of ways to ride these days...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) The Adventure Brothers take on the 2016 R 1200 R » The Adventure Brothers take on… the Roadster? The Adventure Brothers are known for their prowess in the dirt, with deca...
Thursday, October 1, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) 2016 R 1200 RS: First Look » 2016 R 1200 RS: First Look Photos by Kevin Wing In 1976, BMW introduced the R 100 RS. The motorcycle was built a...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) 2016 S 1000 XR: First Look » BMW S 1000 XR: First Ride Photos by Kevin Wing Not too long ago, I used an image of a Ducati Multistrada as the...
Friday, May 1, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) 2015 S 1000 RR: First Look » 2015 BMW S 1000 RR launch Photos by Kevin Wing In late 2009, BMW shocked the world with the release of the new S...
Monday, September 1, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) 2014 R nineT: First Look » 2014 BMW R nineT Representing 90 years of BMW Motorrad history and coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the legendar...
Friday, August 1, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) 2014 R 1200 GS Adventure: First Look » 2014 BMW GS1200 Adventure introduced Photos by Jon Beck and Kevin Wing Having often been reminded by my moth...
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