Love will make you do crazy things. The owner of these matching BMW R100 scramblers had his heart set on a BMW R nineT before he saw a classic boxer and fell in love. And he only had one custom bike in the works, before he met a woman and fell in love. The full…
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Our selection is bookended by a pair of BMW R12 boxers this week—except one is brand new, and the other is 85 years old. We also drool over a luscious Kawasaki Z1 from the masters of Japanese restomods, AC Sanctuary, and examine the new Royal Enfield Guerilla 450.
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No sooner had the new BMW R1300GS broken cover, than fans of the mile-munching boxer were clamoring for the much-anticipated R1300GS Adventure. After all, the flagship GS has had an accompanying ‘Adventure’ variant since 1999, typically offering more range, more protection, and more luggage capacity. Now, almost 10 months later, the BMW R1300GS Adventure is…
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We’ve all heard legends of the classic K-series BMW’s reliability, but the tale of this BMW K100 street tracker takes the cake. After all, how many motorcycles do you know that can set themselves alight, but keep on ticking? The bike’s current owner, Duncan Bonar, found the 1985 BMW K100 at a local shop with…
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Elegance is a word easily ascribed to beautiful, often delicate, objects. But when you can assign it to a purposeful and muscular…
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Another week, another limited edition from a major OEM. This time, it’s Triumph teaming up with Breitling on a special Speed Triple…
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No motorcycle encapsulates the vibe of 90s BMW sport tourers quite like the BMW K1100RS. It had everything—three-spoke wheels, triangular bodywork, and…
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When BMW hinted that they’d be unveiling something at the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza—happening right now on the scenic banks of Lake Como—we…
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The BMW R80ST is one of the few classic BMW boxers that can legitimately be called lithe (relatively speaking, at least). Derived…
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This edition of Speed Read might just boast the biggest difference in engine size we’ve ever featured. We go from a monstrous…
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When Shiro Nakajima isn’t honing his considerable talents in his home workshop at the base of the Yatsugatake Mountains, you’ll find him…
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Jérémie Duchampt is a dab hand at building slick café racers—a fact that he’s proven time and time again. The proprietor of…
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