Mid-life career swerves don’t come much bigger than Matias Corea’s. The Barcelona native co-founded Behance, the world’s largest online creative network. But he then left the company to ride from New York to Patagonia on board a BMW R80G/S Paris-Dakar. A book about the journey followed—Two Wheels South—and Matias now uses his multi-faceted skills to…
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Everyone knows the story of the BMW R80 G/S. It’s the bike that ignited the dual sport market, and created ripples that are still felt in showrooms today. Conventional wisdom says that the launch of the G/S in 1980 saved BMW Motorrad from extinction. But the story goes further back than that, because the idea…
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Back in the 90s, if you wanted a big touring motorcycle, the BMW K1100LT was probably on your shortlist. It was the first Beemer to displace more than a liter, with a fuel-injected engine and low-maintenance shaft drive. Compared to the behemoths from Harley and Honda, the K1100 was a technological tour de force. And…
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Classic BMW boxers are so prolific as custom donors, that most builds these days are very formulaic. But there are dozens of swing-and-miss examples out there, that prove that it still takes a sharp eye and a measure of good taste to get them right. This 1974 BMW R90S scrambler from Injustice Customs in Sweden…
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BMW’s bestselling GS range owes its popularity to the R1150GS. Sure, the R80G/S is the granddaddy of all adventure bikes and the…
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BMW Motorrad has a few quirky gems in the back catalog—like the early-90s R80R Mystic. As one of the last two-valve boxers…
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Nothing grows knowledge like experience. So the best way to figure out how to design a continent-crossing motorcycle, is to actually cross…
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If you ask us, the BMW G650 Xcountry was ahead of its time. First released in 2007, it encapsulated the tracker vibe…
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Every style of custom motorcycle has a clear-cut formula, but we like it best when builders tear up the blueprint and blur…
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At the risk of stating the obvious, some bikes are easier to customize than others. Pick a Triumph Bonneville or Harley Sportster,…
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Any project worth doing has a few challenges along the way. This tidy BMW R75/5 started out as a true basket case,…
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When it comes to racing, BMW is all about superbikes these days. But until the turn of the century, the Bavarians were…
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