Success in Spain for BMW Motorrad Motorsport
With the opening round of the 2009 World Enduro Championship now just a few days away BMW Motorrad Motorsport team riders David Knight, Juha Salminen, Marko Tarkkala and Simo Kirssi headed to Spain to participate in the first round of the 2009 Spanish Enduro Championship, as part of their final preparations for the forthcoming WEC series.
Globe and Mail: Your car is trying to tell you something
It is surprising how little some people know about the information displayed on the instrument panel of their vehicle. The Budds’ Service team felt that it may be a great idea to post such an article for those of us who have no idea what that little yellow light in the middle of our dash is trying to tell us.
While it may seem superfluous, every gauge or light has a story to tell and in virtually every case failure to listen to that tale can have disastrous and expensive repercussions.
Wheels: BMW happy on paved and dirt
X Country is one of three single-cylinders that try to blend street, off-road performance
If my limited high school algebraic skills are intact, X plus Y equals fun. “X” being BMW’s new 650 cc X Country and “Y” being any road (paved or dirt) that’s not a freeway.
K 1200 GT Named One of Top Ten Bikes by Cycle World Magazine
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – June 25, 2007… For the second year in a row, the BMW K 1200 GT has been named one of the top ten motorcycles for 2007 by editors of Cycle World magazine. At the 32nd Annual Cycle World Ten Best Bikes awards dinner, the BMW K 1200 GT received the magazine’s award for Best Sport-Touring Bike, the category for motorcycles designed for sport/adventure riding, covering long distances over multiple days. “We are honored to have earned the same spot on Cycle World’s coveted top ten list with the same motorcycle for the second time in a row,” commented Arturo Pineiro, vice president, BMW Motorrad USA. “This is the 14th year BMW has been chosen for a top ten award.”
Budds’ Express Service – The new standard in customer care!
Budds’ BMW understands that our clients are always on the move. In light of this, we have created Budds’ Express Service, to minimize the disruption experienced by our clients in bringing their BMW in for service.
John Parker: Master Bike Technician and Racer at Heart
John “the professor” Parker holds the Canadian Dirt Track Champion title for 1982, 1983, 1999 and 2002. He is a five time Canadian Dirt Track Number One plate holder and is coming up on 40 years of racing! Be sure to make time to see John race (to all our bikers, he is the scientist behind the perfect operation of your bike ). Attached is his 2007 race schedule; make sure to keep in touch as Budds’ Motorrad will be riding out to watch John race at various points this summer!
The BMW All Terrain Vehicle…..with only two wheels?
I wonder what’s up that road? It’s rutted, rocked and the soil looks loamy with aggregate mixed in. I’d never attempt this grade on an adventure bike, but standing tall… very tall on the pegs of BMW’s new purpose-built enduro the G650X Challenge the previously unreasonable seems within my grasp. A twist of the throttle and a muted dirt-bike “brapp” from the high-mount exhaust signals exploration.
A BMW to Ride When a Trip Is Long and Time Is Short
A TWO-SEAT touring motorcycle without a passenger backrest or top luggage case, it occurs to me, is a vehicle with the everyday practicality of a backless hospital gown. There just seems to be something missing, you know?
But if you can find someone daring (or clueless) enough to ride with you on the back of a 2007 BMW K1200GT, a 152-horsepower sport bike adapted to long-distance duty, you’re not likely to even know they are there anyway.
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