Sport-Evolution builds a lighter, more powerful GS… In 1987, BMW unveiled the new evolution of their groundbreaking R80G/S. The original G/S (“Gelande/Strasse,” or Terrain/Street) hadn’t just proven itself in the Paris-Dakar Rally, but helped to […]
Tag: BMW Airheads
Lightweight Boxer: BMW “R100R改” Scrambler
“A lightweight Airhead BMW that an ‘old guy living in the countryside’ could use to explore nearby mountains…” The new-for-1992 BMW R100R was a classic-style roadster built on the BMW R100GS adventure bike platform. The […]
Desert Boxer: BMW R900RR Dakar Rally Bike
Dakar Legends: Last Roar of the Desert Bombers… In the late 1990s and early 2000s, BMW found itself at a turning point in rally-raid racing. The boxer twin had already written one of the most […]
Unique & Functional: “Indigo” BMW R80 Roadster
Rebuilt R80 from Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… The BMW type 247 “airhead” engine has become a motorcycling icon. The engine powered BMW motorcycles for decades, and while it never knocked anyone’s socks off from […]
Airhead Enduro: 1070cc BMW “EnduroBoxer”
From SWT-Sports: Dirt-Ready Boxer for an Enduro veteran… The BMW R80G/S is well-known as the grandfather of the modern adventure bike. True, there was no shortage of strange looks when the original G/S was […]
100th Anniversary Airhead: BMW R100 Special
100th Anniversary R100 from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW R100 is the 1000cc version of the beloved “airhead” machine. Over the years, these flat-twin engines have become nothing short of iconic. They last forever, can […]
Little Bavarian: 1000cc BMW R80 Cafe Racer
James Dean-inspired Boxer from Mr. Ludolf… In 1955, just as he was finishing the film Giant, James Dean bought himself a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder dubbed “Little Bastard.” Though most of us know the […]
EnduroBoxer: BMW R100GS Restomod Enduro
Street-Legal GS Enduro Racer from SWT-Sports… The BMW R80G/S, which helped spawn the adventure bike class and dominated several early years of the Paris-Dakar Rally, owed much to the “Red Devil” of BMW engineer Laszlo […]
Dakar Dream: Germany to Dakar on 2-Valve Boxers!
Reliving the Paris-Dakar Rally route with SWT Sports… In 1978, 182 vehicles embarked from Paris’s Place du Trocadéro bound for the Senegalese capital of Dakar, a 10,000-kilometer journey that would take them across Algeria, Niger, […]
Slash 5 Sport: BMW “R100/5” Roadster
BMW R100 “Slash 5” by Rind Performance… For the 1970 model year, BMW introduced their new /5 (“Slash 5”) Series in three sizes: 500cc (R50/5), 600cc (R60/5), and 750cc (R75/5). A replacement for the old […]
