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Leon Haslam to stay with BMW for another season

24 April, 2020

Leon Haslam has decided to stay with World Superbikes BMW Motorrad Motorsport team for another season. The British rider who currently lies fifth in 2011 standings has opted to stay with German manufacturer, despite some recent rumors that he was…

BMW to downsize to one team in World Superbikes

24 April, 2020

Does Marco Melandri bring bad luck? Kawasaki dropped out of MotoGP after he signed up, Yamaha Superbike closed down their Superbike effort after the Italian spent a season with them and now BMW has made a suprise announcement that they…

BMW scooters e-scooter commuter

16 April, 2020

The new BMW E-Scooter Concept has been revealed at the BMW Innovation Day as the company takes its next urban motoring vehicle electric. The BMW Motorrad electric scooter has been designed as a commuter scooter and not just a city…

Troy Corser gets surgery, to miss Brno

13 April, 2020

Troy Corser tangled with rookie Maxime Berger on the very first lap of race 2 during last Sunday’s round at Aragon and ended up with a broken ulna and radius in his the left forearm that required surgery.On Monday evening…

BMW Motorrad 2010 price list

11 April, 2020

BMW Motorrad has released an updated price list of its 2010 BMW model range, including prices for the R 1200 RT and R 1200 GS models. The prices are relative to the German market, and include all taxes, with delivery…

Marco Melandri signs with BMW

8 April, 2020

Ahead of today’s World Superbike round at Magny Cours, BMW Motorrad Motorsport has announced that they’ve signed up Marco Melandri to their team for next 2012 championship season.Melandri along with Eugene Laverty were shocked to find out that Yamaha would…

BMW Superbike team wraps up another 2 days of testing

31 March, 2020

Less than a week after their Eastern Creek tests, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport Superbike team wrapped up still another two days of testing, but this time at the Phillip Island circuit.This latest test session comes before another round of official…

BMW Motorrad new S1000 RR

29 March, 2020

Two years after its launch, BMW Motorrad presents a renewed version of the successful S1000RR. The new model claims to be more agile and accurate than its predecessor, with improved power delivery and more precise throttle response as BMW Motorrad…

BMW Concept 6 to be produced: video close-up

28 March, 2020

The BMW Concept 6 presented at this year’s EICMA can be seen in this video, which shows the in-line six cylinder engine technology on the motorcycle. I’ll admit I wasn’t at first convinced by the “it’s only slightly wider than…

BMW R 1200 GS Alpine White Version

24 March, 2020

BMW Motorrad has developed this new R 1200 GS Alpine White Version to celebrate 500,000 GS units produced. 300 models of the special version will be made, after the last GS was produced on May 12th.The R 1200 GS has…

The mother of all 2012 WSBK silly season rumors

24 March, 2020

With five rounds already completed and still another eight to go in the 2011 World Superbike championship, the 2012 silly season is about to take off with the first rumor that regards the BMW Motorrad Motorsports team.According to Italian website…

BMW factory team to test at Jerez

22 March, 2020

World Superbike BMW Motorrad team will be at Jerez de la Frontera circuit for a three day test with the new 2012 BMW S1000RR (Moto2 teams will also be present).For Leon Haslam it will be his second season with the…

2010 BMW Motorrad Days gallery

22 March, 2020

I’ll admit that when I first started writing about bikes, there was a lot of focus (here in Europe) on sexy Italian style - you know, lots of Ducati red, legends like MV Agusta and the EICMA show in Milan…

BMW Motorrad Days 2009 pics

21 March, 2020

The 2009 edition of BMW Motorrad Days at Garmisch-Partenkirchen was a success with more than 30,000 visitors from 30 countries attending the event. Official BMW SBK riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus made an appearance, and in the Stunt area…

Steve Martin to replace Troy Corser

20 March, 2020

Troy Corser will be another rider that will miss the Kyalami round of the World Superbike Championship.During Race 1 at Monza, Corser was one of the several riders involved in the horrific pile-up. Hit by another rider, the Aussie crashed…

BMW Restructures Superbike team

17 March, 2020

While the rest of the world especially in racing is cost cutting and down sizing, BMW Motorrad’s Superbike team is adding and shuffling it’s managers around like chess pieces, as they announced they would be doing, when they appointed Bernhard…

Interview: Davide Tardozzi officially confirms split with BMW

16 March, 2020

The rumors were hot and heavy regarding BMW firing team manager Davide Tardozzi, but Italian website Motonline.it contacted the Italian manager yesterday to get it straight from the so called horse’s mouth regarding the situation and Tardozzi confirmed that he…