I have been having cooling issues with my K16 over the past few years, stripping it down and cleaning in a home-made bath of cleaner, which enabled me to keep the bike “Helga” cool enough…

By Steve Moxey. BMW pioneered the use of electronically adjustable suspension with its ESA system and I am sure many club members have found it to be extremely useful when needing to adjust their suspension preload…

It was a K100RT bought second hand on the advice of a colleague at work. “This is an ideal bike for you Geoff. The BMW K100 is rugged as hell, reliable (with fuel injection) and…

My first BMW was a long time and a lot of BMWs ago, but my first motorbike was even longer ago, a second hand BSA Bantam. Coming from a motorcycling family it was only natural…

This is a bit of a challenge – can you write a post about your FIRST BMW motorcycle? Well this is a post about my first BMW a lovely red K100RS 8V. We purchased the…

There’s nothing unusual about buying a new Motorcycle so why I am telling you, the readers, about mine. It’s simple: – I can’t ride it and no one has seen it, all I can do…

There is a detailed review of three touring bikes in the MCN this week, Monaco or Bust. The review was interesting reading so as the owner of two of the review bikes (R1200RT and K1600GTL) I have…

My R1100RT in the garage in New York, All Angels Hill Road. This is the metallic Opal Blue very similar to Bob’s Glacier Green in a previous post! Originally posted 2011-02-16 22:24:00.

Never thought I’d see this again Originally posted 2011-02-16 22:13:00.

This is a view of the R1200GS adventure 2008, a very fine machine which has found favour with many riders who like the long distance capability of the machine but prefer less wind shield than…