BMW R1200RT 2014 (Water-cooled) Announced

BMW has just announced the new 2014 R1200RT water-cooled boxer at the EICMA show in Milan. http://youtu.be/2TXps9eQTPQ This bike is sure to be a big seller in the UK and hopefully will be at the…

F700GS

My K1600GTLE was a wonderful machine on the road, but was too heavy for me to push around and to balance when I stopped at junctions.  So I have swapped it for an F700GS.  This…

New water-cooled R1200RT on test!

MCN has a report and photographs of 4 new water-cooled R1200RTs spied testing in the south of France, click here to see the MCN report. The new bike uses the water cooled engine seen in…

New GS meets Old GS!

The new watercooled R1200GS is now here at BMW Bahnstormer Motorrad, this photo was taken outside the Alton branch and shows the new GS on the right and the old GS on the left. The new…

S1000RR recall in USA sidestand bolts loosening

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-industry/s1000rr-sidestand-recall/22020.html

Bike Show NEC 2012

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 F800GT Breaks Cover!

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…

Alaska in Winter!

Whilst we are waiting for John Ottaway to recount his excellent trip to Alaska I thought this might be interesting. Doris Weideman and a friend did this trip across the US and up the Dalton…

British Superbikes @ Silverstone 2012

Thanks to everyone who took advantage of the Silverstone Club Offer, this year, and braved the cool winds of Silverstone. We sold 46 tickets, for this event, which gave an impressive representation by our club…

New Light Weight BMW Sports Bike? Spy shot from Portugal!

The fellow riding this was really excited to tell me all about it in very broken English. It’s actually a Chinese made Bike, about a year old, which he modified to look like a “board…