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BMW Motorrad Australia has launched a test-ride and track-day program across the East Coast of Australia with riding tips from professional coaches. Customers will be able to test-ride one of the new range of BMWs on a race track and bring their own motorcycle for comparison. Select riders who register with BMW before the event …
BMW Motorrad has entered the elite world of ultra-expensive hand-built super-sportsbikes targeted just for the race track. The Bavrians surprised everyone by unveiling its handbuilt HP4 Race track bike at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan last November. At the time the only details about the handbuilt track bike was that it features a full …
BMW Motorrad has surprised everyone with the unveiling of its handbuilt HP4 Race superbike at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. The Bavarian manufacturer sent the press embargoed releases on all its bikes to be revealed at the show, but kept this back as a surprise. It’s been a busy month for BMW releases with …
Have motorcycles become too hi-tech in their quest to become safer? While I applaud the addition of ABS and traction control, I’m also wary that these devices allow us to ride faster so that when we do crash, we do so at much higher speeds than before. The latest advance in hi-tech primary safety devices …
BMW Motorrad is making their bikes even safer with a new cornering ABS function. ABS Pro is a refinement of Race ABS introduced in 2009 and will initially only be available on new HP4 models. It will also be available as a retrofit factory accessory on the HP4 and may eventually be rolled out to …