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K1200GT Press, please visit our forum's K12GT section.
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K1000 Press, please visit our forum's K1000 section.
| BMW
ON, July
2008, "The 25th Anniversary of the K Bike" by Shahram Shiva.
Click below to read. |
| MOTORRAD
Magazine, Feb.
15, 2008. Spy shots of the upcoming K1000 (K46) bike from BMW. Click to
see more. |
| BMW
ON, August
2007 review of the K1200GT by Shahram Shiva. Click below to see larger
version. |
| Motorcyclist,
Feb
2008: News on the upcoming K1000 bike, with a spy shot. Please click on
the image to enlarge. |
| Cycle
World, June
2007 review of the K1200R-Sport. Click below to see larger version. |
| Two
Wheels Australia,
Fall
2005, picks BMW K1200S as the best bike of the year. Click on the image
for the PDF version. |
| Iron Horse,
June, '06. Two articles about BMW. In one I try to explain the attraction
of Harley riders to BMW motorcycles in an article called BMW: The Other
Genuine Article. The feature article is an analysis of BMW's recent
design shift to lighter, faster and more competitive machines in BMW
Renaissance. Click on the image for the PDF version. |
| CycleWorld,
Nov. 05 issue. My comments on the K1200S top speed and CW's reply. Click
on the image for a larger version. |
| City
Cycle, April
2005. Read Shahram Shiva's review of the K1200S in the April issue of
City Cycle. Click on the image for the PDF version. |
| Iron
Horse, September
2005. Read Shahram Shiva's article about the HP2 and the PowerCup in the
September issue of Iron Horse. Click on the image for a larger
version. (Make sure your browser's auto resize is turned off.) |
| Iron
Horse, June
2005. Read Shahram Shiva's article about the new 2005 BMWs, includig the
K12S/R and the PowerCup in the June issue of Iron Horse. Click
on the image for a larger version. (Make sure your browser's auto resize
is turned off.) |
| BIKE
UK, has
done a review of the K1200R. Click on the image to read the article. |
| TWO
UK, has
done a review of the K1200R. Click on the image to read the article. |
| BIKE
Magazine
UK,
has
done a review of the K1200S. Click on the image to read the article. |
| MCN
UK, has
done a shoot-out on the Isle of Man, between the K1200S, Kawasaki ZX12R
and Suzuki Hayabusa. BMW K1200S wins again. Click on the image to enlarge. |
| Motociclismo,
a Spanish monthly magazine has done a shoot-out between: A pre-production
K1200S, Yamaha´s FRJ 1300, Kawasaki´s ZZR 1200, Suzuki´s
Hayabusa and the Honda CBR 1000RR (Fireblade) on the Isle of Man. BMW
received the highest ratings of 8.2 and is considered superior to the
rest in sport as well as comfort. That's very impressive. Click on the
image for a larger version. |
| Cycle
World, the premier US motorcycling magazine officially broke the news
on the new K1200S in their July '04 issue (see image below). Motorrad
magazine of Germany unofficially provided a wealth of spy images and information
on the K1200S back in October 2003. On this page I will be focusing mostly
on premier Press information about this new German SuperBike. |
| CycleWorld.com
has mentioned BMWK1200S.COM site in a follow up online article to their
July K1200S exclusive cover story (see above). Click on the image below
for the full report. |
| CycleWorld,
Sept. 04 issue. My comments on the K1200S. Click on the image for a larger
version. |
| July 21, 04.
MCN of UK has released its real world road test of the K1200S. "It's
got 180mph, 165bhp, handles better than a Hayabusa, and we love it!" |
Test Report in the
Ride Magazine of UK.
| The Spanish
magazine Solo Moto Treinta has done a nice spread on the new K1200S in
their July 2004 issue. A few sample pages are shown below, the actual
article is even longer. Click on the image to go to their web site. |
K1200S makes the June
cover of an Australian magazine.
K1200S on the cover
of Motorrad magazine.
A very rare
appearance for a BMW. K1200S in the Sport Rider magazine.
Click on the image below to read the actual article. This article unfortunately
contains numerous errors and misinformation. It compares BMW's HP at the
crank with Japanese competition at the rear wheel. It also goes on to
compare BMW's dry weight against the Japanese competition's wet weight.
Careless? Very, but a good read regardless. |
| Motorrad Magazine
of Germany, October 2003: This is the famous article that broke the news
about the new BMW K bike, code named K40. Due to a security britch at
BMW, actual images and info about this secretive project leaked out to
the Motorrad about 6 months earlier than planned. |
more
to come...
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