BMW Announces R 1300 GS Adventure
It didn’t take a lot of prescience to figure out BMW Motorrad was going to produce an Adventure variant of the new R 1300 GS—the only thing fans were left wondering was when it would be available and how much it …
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BMW Updates and National News Information
What we don’t know can’t hurt us—right?
What we don’t know can’t hurt us, or so the saying goes. Of course, it’s not hard to come up with examples to the contrary; just because we’re unaware of something doesn’t really prevent it from causing harm. I’m …
Reflexes
For the first time in many years, I hurt myself on a motorcycle. More accurately, I hurt myself standing over a motorcycle—on one foot! I’d just returned from an exhilarating ride on the sinewy North Carolina backroads surrounding the …
BMW Motorrad announces MY2025 updates
BMW Motorrad announced a slew of updates to their motorcycles for the 2025 model year; bikes with these new options will be available for ordering in August 2024 at your favorite BMW motorcycle dealer. Most of the changes are …
Mastering your machine: Small changes often make the biggest impact
Photos by Kandi Spangler and Bill Wiegand and courtesy of the BMW Performance Center. “Feel your butt!” That was the phrase etched into my brain 15 years ago when I had the opportunity to do a training flight with …
It’s not easy being green
Remember Kermit the Frog’s signature song and 1970 Sesame Street super-hit? Kermit’s ode to involuntary (and sometimes unpleasant) individuality was about the literal color green, but there’s a parallel with the figurative version—as in being “green” at a new …
Ride Vision Pro2: A groundbreaking advancement in motorcycle safety
Ride Vision’s recently introduced Pro2 system sets the standard for blind spot and distance/collision alerts for motorcycles. The Ride Vision Pro2 system features state-of-the-art AI and machine learning algorithms to offer riders real-time alerts during their rides. According to …
U.S. Rider Academy’s On-Road Alpine European Tour – September 2024!
Imagine an eight-day trip—with six riding days—through Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Italy, all organized and led by the U.S. Rider Academy! The tour package includes a two-day Street Survival on-road training class at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, …
BMW brings push-button shifting to motorcycles
With the new Automated Shift Assistant (ASA), BMW Motorrad presents an innovative technical solution that makes riding simpler and more comfortable. True to the motto “Simplify your ride”, the riding experience is enhanced by automation of the clutch and …
