Dual-sports and adventure bikes take up a fair chunk of the motorcycle market nowadays, tempting riders with their versatile nature and “go anywhere” attitude. BMW Motorrad played a huge role in ...

Adventure motorcycles and BMW Motorrad seem to be a match made in heaven. BMW’s rugged R 80 G/S is often credited with being the very first iteration of an adventure motorcycle as we know it today.

In 1980, BMW Motorrad launched the R80 G/S, one of the best BMW motorcycles ever made, and a bike that defined an entirely new segment: The dual-sport motorcycle. At the time, BMW's motorcycle ...

It was on a purpose-built R 80 G/S that Hubert Auriol won the second-ever Paris-Dakar rally in 1981, which happened to be BMW's inaugural attempt. And now, inspired by that very model, BMW has ...

45 years ago, BMW changed the motorcycle industry forever with the launch of the R 80 G/S, as the boxer-powered enduro bike pioneered the full-size ADV segment that has become so popular among riders ...

BMW Motorrad has officially pulled the covers off the new R 12 G/S, a retro-inspired enduro that blends old-school aesthetics with modern engineering. Drawing from the BMW R 80 G/S, the new model ...