Today, motorcycles with single-sided rear swingarms aren’t terribly unusual. However, in the early 1980s, they were still quite exotic, which is why the so-called “Monolever” versions of the BMW R80 RT and R100 RT grabbed...
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As cool and as custom as the recently-released BMW Motorrad R nineT might look, it’s still a factory-built motorcycle. Consequently, it makes numerous concessions to placate BMW’s lawyers and accountants, plus there’s a chance (if...
When compiling a list of the must-attend European gearhead events, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este – happening this weekend on the grounds of the historic Grand Hotel Villa d’Este on the Italian shore of Lake...
All good things, as you know, must come to an end. And Radical Ducati, a Madrid, Spain-headquartered custom motorcycle shop that specializes in – shocker – Ducatis is, unfortunately, no exception. After 15 years of...
![Factory Tour Tricks: Go in Search of Akrapovic with Stunt Rider Chris Pfeiffer [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/video_still_173.jpg)
Question time: If you worked for a company and were tasked with creating an informal factory tour video suitable for posting on the company YouTube channel, how would you go about making it stand out...
![Airhead of the Class: Giving New Life to a Classic BMW Motorcycle [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/video_still_163.jpg)
For more than 70 years, a sizable chunk of BMW motorcycle production consisted of bikes powered by air-cooled flat-twin engines. These so-called “Airhead” models were (and still are) easy to spot, thanks to their big,...
![Beemer Screamer: Roland Sands’ Superb BMW S1000RR Drag Bike [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/video_still_051.jpg)
Throughout the 1990s, Roland Sands was one of America’s hottest motorcycle road racing prospects. But despite his on-track successes (including winning the old AMA 250GP national championship in 1998), the hard-charging young Californian never made...
Few people will dispute that BMW builds motorcycles that are as obsessively engineered and as engaging to ride as its cars are to drive. However, there’s a good chance many folks will dispute the notion...
The famous inline six-cylinder engine from BMW has been widely exulted for years. This powerplant has provided strong and linear engines in their cars and trucks over the last several decades. However, now at the...
BMW Motorrad has just introduced their new C1-E electric scooter concept as what “a safe, environment-friendly and highly practical single track vehicle for city traffic could look like in the future.” Some of you may...