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8 Funny Designer Motorcycle Helmets

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by admin.

Video: we’ll meet again

Posted on 04. May, 2010 by admin.

Bikers often happen to pick up chicks with their two-wheeled magnets, but the chances for all of them to find themselves in the scenario proposed by Markus Hofmann in his latest short movie featuring the BMW F800R are pretty small. That’s why they’re still doing it, but the guy in this video must have had the surprise of a lifetime when waking up. See it for yourself.

Video: we’ll meet again originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 12:45 EST.

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Video: BMW S1000RR table trick…the real thing

Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by admin.

Those of you who at seeing BMW’s tablecloth trick said frenetically that neither the S1000RR nor any other superbike could ever do that no matter the acceleration times, will surely find reward in this video. Bike Magazine have taken the exact same bike and used a much smaller table only to demonstrate how the trick just isn’t possible at large scale.

Also see the Vespa tablecloth trick.

Video: BMW S1000RR table trick…the real thing originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:22 EST.

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New Bikes Arrive at Spyder Club

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by admin.

The all new 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 has arrived at Spyder Club to complement the already desirable fleet which includes the BMW S1000RR, Aprilia RSV4 Factory, Ducati 1198S and Streetfighter S.

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BMW opens up Classic Center to customer cars, establishes dedicated vintage racing division

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by admin.

Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Plants/Manufacturing, BMW, Mini, Motorcycle, Racing

Owners and lovers of classic BMWs have what to be thankful for. The Bavarian automaker estimates that roughly one in ten units it produced through the 1980s are still on the road, accounting for some 600,000 classic cars and another 70,000 motorbikes… that it knows of. In order to service and repair all those vintage vehicles, BMW has expanded its Classic Center and opened it up to the public.

Previously known as the Historic Workshop, the classics department has until now been responsible for maintaining the factory’s own collection of classics. Now the enlarged division is opening up its doors for privately-owned vehicles, with services extending from re-manufacturing discontinued parts to factory certification and even sales.

In addition to the reborn BMW Classic Center, the company has launched a dedicated motorsport division for vintage Bimmers and Minis, offering race support services and even complete restoration of racing models for such events as the Oldtimer Grand Prix, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mille Miglia and Le Mans Classic.

With the worldwide count of classic BMWs expanding each year, the Classic Center and Motorsport divisions promise to keep vintage models on the road and track for years to come. Full details are available in the pair of press releases after the jump, and photos in the twin galleries below.

[Source: BMW]

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BMW opens up Classic Center to customer cars, establishes dedicated vintage racing division originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:39:00 EST.

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Leslie Porterfield makes BMW’s S1000RR look faster, classier

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by admin.

Leslie Porterfield, who was recently declared the world’s fastest female motorcyclist by Guinness, has just been introduced to the BMW S1000RR, not to ride the 193 bhp German superbike full throttle, but for a classy picture gallery by Markus Hofmann, one of Germany’s best photographers.

Hofmann, who has in the past made other similar photos with various models on the same bike and in the same aircraft hangar, seems to have reached to the conclusion that fashionable Leslie Porterfield is the most appropriate person to photograph on his apparently favorite superbike.

The artist started from the fact that ‘There are so many motorcycle manufacturers that combine motorcycles and women in an artless and sleazy way, that I thought there just had to be a better way of doing it’ and mentions: ‘I had no intention of putting a naked woman on a bike, and it was very clear to me that the bike had to be the S1000RR superbike in the same colour that people have seen on the racetrack in 2009. I didn’t want the bike to fade into the background either – showing the name of the manufacturer was also very important for me, because it made the feeling of a pit stop and racetrack environment much more authentic.’

Looks to us like the world’s fastest woman on two wheels makes 2010’s best superbike look faster and classier!

Leslie Porterfield makes BMW’s S1000RR look faster, classier originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:39 EST.

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