Tyson Carver’s R100GS Restomod… The BMW R80GS, introduced in 1980, is known as the bike that spawned a whole new breed of motorcycle, the adventure bike. Here were big multi-cylinder, multi-sport bikes that could cross […]
Tag: BMW GS
All In: High Tech BMW GS1250
BMW GS1250 “Technology” from VTR Customs… The BMW R1250GS (aka GS1250) was designed and marketed as an adventure bike, and it’s done nothing but excel in that category. While it might not be the cheapest […]
Tarmac Attack: BMW R1250GS Supermoto
Swiss Supermoto Champion Builds a Tarmac-Focused GS1250… In late 2018, the much-awaited R1250GS began to arrive at BMW dealerships. A replacement for the outgoing R1200GS, this new evolution of the venerable GS series boasted […]
Motörhead: BMW R850GS Scrambler
Born to Lose, Live to Win: Motörhead-Inspired GS from Custommade C.A. Never heard of a BMW R850GS? You’re not alone. Not to be confused with the parallel-twin F850GS, the R850GS was a boxer-powered adventure bike […]
Dakar Tribute: “PD85” BMW R NineT Urban GS
From Incandescent Motorcycles: R NineT inspired by the ’85 R80GS Paris Dakar… Released in 1980, the BMW R80GS is the progenitor of the multi-cylinder, dual-purpose “adventure bikes” so popular today. Originally developed to compete in […]
Dubai to London: BMW R80GS Desert Bomber
Project Zero 30: A Transcontinental Airhead from Cafe Rider Customs… The BMW R80GS is the grandfather of the modern adventure bike, and remains one of the most important and influential motorcycles of the modern era. […]
Tall Boy: BMW R1100GS Scrambler
Moto Adonis builds a tall man’s scrambler… Introduced in 1994, the BMW R1100GS was the first member of the storied GS lineage to eschew the old type 247 “airhead” engine for a more modern […]
Rahier Replica: BMW R1150GSA Marlboro Edition
From Ormotors: A Modern Tribute to Gaston Rahier’s Dakar-winning BMW… In 1985, Belgian rider Gaston Rahier campaigned the Paris Dakar Rally on a massive factory-built BMW R80GS sponsored by Marlboro and Playboy — a bike […]
Bavarian Beast: BMW R100GS Restomod
“The best combination of old airhead reliability, modern electrics, and suspension.” There are builders who are always jumping from one two-wheeled platform to another, never seeming to modify the same type of bike twice. Then […]
Island Runner: BMW F650 Funduro
BCKustoms builds a black Bavarian rally raider… Back in 1993, BMW launched the F650 Funduro, a lighter single-cylinder sibling to the mighty R1150GS. The Funduro was BMW’s first single-cylinder motorcycle since the 1960s, jointly designed […]
