03 April 2008

Team Motobike wins with the BMW HP2 Sport at the ‘1,000 km Hockenheim’

Adverse track conditions and temperatures only just above freezing were not enough to stop Team Motobike from an excellent victory last Saturday, as Markus Barth and Jürgen Fuchs (151) achieved a clear win in Class 4 of the prestigious 1,000 km Hockenheim race. The BMW HP2 Sport passed its test in series production sports racing with flying colours.

19 March 2008

F 800 up for the Cup!

Although it was only launched in 2006, BMW Motorrad’s cleverly designed and engineered F 800 sports middleweight machines have become firm favourites with lots of riders, many of whom are new to the brand.

19 March 2008

Round 5 of the World Enduro Championship

Hafren Dirt Bike club are pleased to announce that everything is moving along well with preparation for this years World Enduro Championship round to be held in Llanidloes, Mid Wales in July this year.

12 March 2008

Sensational BMW Duo in top six at Daytona!

Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Richard Cooper and Brian Parriott finished a sensational fifth and sixth respectively in the Formula Xtreme Daytona 200.

12 March 2008

Xtreme WEC

Under the management of Racing Director Berti Hauser, the Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport team will soon be battling for points in the 2008 World Enduro Championship (WEC), which starts on 15 March in Östersund, Sweden.

12 March 2008

A great start to BMW Bike Week at Daytona

American rider Nate Kern of BMW Motorcycles of Atlanta and Englishman Richard Cooper of Morton’s BMW race team have garnered five podium finishes during the opening weekend of racing at the Daytona Bike Week 2008.

12 March 2008

Pre-season preparations intensify for BMW Motorrad

As the first round of the 2008 Maxxis World Enduro Championship in Sweden draws ever closer, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team is continuing the preparations for its most exciting season of race activity to date.

12 March 2008

A natter with Nate

Motorcycle racer Nate Kern is well known in the BMW community but not only for his racing exploits. During the past several years the 30-year-old has achieved considerable success on a variety of sports BMWs, including the R 1100 S and R 1200 S, as well as the four-cylinder K 1200 R – defeating some of the best riders in the country on virtually stock motorcycles.

12 March 2008

BMW Motorrad takes to the world stage

All across the world in 2008, BMW Motorrad is proudly exhibiting its latest model line-up at fantastic trade shows for both consumers and the industry. These shows offer the perfect platform for BMW to get up close and personal with the passionate motorcyclists that are helping make the brand so successful.

20 February 2008

Factory GNCC team looks forward to an exciting 2008

With just two weeks to go until the opening round of the 2008 Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Racing Series, BMW fans in the USA are looking forward to seeing new BMW XPLOR Race Team riders Gordon Crockard and Glenn Kearney participate in the XC1 class on the all-new G 450 X sports enduro.

20 February 2008

Full speed ahead for BMW Motorrad Motorsport

Although the first round of the 2008 Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship (WEC) in Östersund, Sweden, doesn’t take place until mid-March, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team has a full schedule of activity in preparation for its busiest and most important season to date. In an exclusive interview, Team Manager Wolfgang Fischer brings us up to date with all the latest news

20 February 2008

Countdown to Daytona 200

The countdown has already started for BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s road racing team, which makes its first appearance of 2008 early next month at the famous Daytona 200 race that is held annually at Daytona Beach, Florida, in the USA.

19 February 2008

The legend continues

In northern Spain, about an hour’s ride north of Barcelona towards Andorra, is one of motorcycling’s best kept secrets. Surrounded by mountains, the family-run Bassella Motorcycle Museum is a must-visit destination for riders, as it contains some fantastic rare examples of motorcycling memorabilia.

19 February 2008

BMW Motorrad under the spotlight in Barcelona

On Sunday 2 December, many of the best enduro riders in the world will be returning to the Catalonian capital for the ninth Barcelona International Indoor Enduro event. For the first time however, there will be a BMW Motorrad Motorsport team competing at the Palau Sant Jordi stadium.

19 February 2008

BMW’s most wanted… in demand again

It seems as if everyone wants a piece of BMW Motorrad’s K 1200 R. Key decision makers in the film, gaming and fashion industries are all queuing up to be associated with the most powerful production naked roadster in the world.

19 February 2008

BMW Motorrad gets ready for the G 450 X

The unveiling of the G 450 X at the Italian ‘EICMA’ motorcycle show early in November was a welcome surprise for many off-road fans that had followed the prototype sport enduro’s development with interest throughout 2007 in various cross-country and World Enduro Championship events.

19 February 2008

Off the beaten track

Every year, Touratech Executive Director Herbert Schwarz leaves the day-to-day running of his motorcycle parts and accessories business behind for several weeks and heads off the beaten track on two wheels to some of the most remote areas of the world.

19 February 2008

Off the beaten track, part two…

Although Touratech Executive Director Herbert Schwarz has already ridden a total of more than 150,000 kilometres during 18 previous trips to Africa, he is still drawn back to this amazing continent time and time again.

19 February 2008

BMW K 1200 R joins the big game!

Just a few years ago, a BMW motorcycle wouldn’t necessarily have been the first choice for a computer software company to include as one of the star machines in its racing video game but the recent arrival of lighter, faster, more powerful machines from BMW such as the K 1200 R haven’t gone unnoticed by the video game developers.

19 February 2008

Behind the scenes at Daytona – the story from the pits

The logistics of going racing are considerable, especially in a country such as the United States, where racetracks may be thousands of kilometres apart. An even greater challenge, however, was the decision by San Jose BMW to race an unproven F 800 S in one of the most prestigious races of the year. SJBMW’s Tim Johnson was there to document the action.

19 February 2008

All set for the WEC

At the official team presentation for the World Enduro Championship (WEC) in Arma di Taggia near San Remo, BMW Motorrad Motorsport presented its 2008 off-road team to the press. The riders, Anders Eriksson, Jean-Francois Goblet and Bert Meyer – who had already been presented at the shows in Milan and Madrid – were available for photos and also spoke at length to journalists about their sporting goals for this year.