The major motorcycle manufacturers were there, together with several minor ones.  We all know the major ones, but Royal Enfield, Norton, Matisse and even Watsonian Sidecars were there as well. My first view was of…

BMW Motorrad have just announced a new F800 model at the EICMA show in Milan, the F800GT. This appears to be an F800ST improved for touring with new fairing, proper luggage, ESA, and more power…

Well the new liquid cooled R1200 GS has just been announced by BMW at Intermot show in Cologne! http://youtu.be/bX3r7orw5j8 http://youtu.be/i6I–Q-Akg4 http://youtu.be/qP4XwVdL9ZY For more information here is a link to the BMW Press Release the new R1200GS…

An update on the lost route problem with Garmin firmware 4.50 and the BMW Navigator IV when used on the K1600 GT/GTL. For details of the original problem please see my earlier post . I…

Hi everyone, just to alert any K1600 owners or prospective owners to a problem using the BMW Navigator IV with the K1600 integrated mount. This  probably affects the Zumo 660 also but I don’t have one…

It has now been confirmed that David Robb, head of motorcycle design has left BMW Motorrad. David Robb has been responsible for every BMW design since the R1150RT and is credited with moving the company…

Report on attending the IPT course and taking the RoSPA Advanced Rider Test. Background: I received an email from Steve Moxey, our Oxford Section Chairman. He had been offered the chance to take part in…

BMW run an excellent series of off road skills (ORS) training in South Wales at the Walters Enduro Park, 4,000 acres of what was once an open cast mine, but is now well forested, an…

For the latest in our occasional series on ‘Two Wheeled Transport Around the World’, we bring you some shots of bikes in Lisbon, Portugal – taken after a recent conference I attended there. Here is…

On Saturday March 19th Oxford and Southern sections attended the Bahnstormer K1600GT (and GTL) launch at Bahnstormer near Alton. Incredibly for March the weather was really good, more like California than England so the riding…