Rubber Side Down, by Ron Davis
Well, he’s gone and done it again. Our very own Ron Davis has published another collection of his clever works, kindly saving us from having to page through shelves of BMW Owners News back-issues to …
Well, he’s gone and done it again. Our very own Ron Davis has published another collection of his clever works, kindly saving us from having to page through shelves of BMW Owners News back-issues to …
Earlier in this series, we discussed the basics of hot-weather motorcycling and the amazing effectiveness of some gear designed to exploit evaporative cooling of our necks, arms, and torsos. In Part Three, we focused on …
Previously in this series, we discussed the basics of hot-weather motorcycling, the critical importance of keeping our brains from overheating and the outsized effectiveness of evaporative cooling neck wraps. Here’s a truly special piece of …
In Part One of this series, we discussed the dangers of overheating, how our bodies naturally mitigate excessively high temperatures, and some methods motorcyclists have traditionally used in pursuit of the increased comfort and safety …
Last summer’s record-breaking heat provided plenty of impetus to investigate more ways to stay comfortably cool on our motorcycles. Surely all serious riders have already developed some method(s) for coping with high temperatures, but some …
The idea it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve expert status was popularized in Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book, Outliers: The Story of Success. It’s a misleading oversimplification to reduce his message to this one …
What if there was something you could do to make you a safer, more confident, more comfortable rider? Of course, there is—motorcycle training! It’s one of those things most of us agree we need more …
As a relatively new recruit to the Order of the Roundel, I wanted to familiarize myself with BMW’s history and the evolution of its model lines. I’ve certainly followed coverage of the marque in the …
This is the follow-up to my previous column, “Light makes right.” If you missed that one, I described packing my bike for the 2022 Rally in a way that minimized the weight I’d be adding …
Today, on 21 June 2023, the 1,000,000th GS equipped with a boxer engine rolled off the production line at the BMW Motorrad plant in Berlin-Spandau – a Triple Black BMW R 1250 GS. BMW motorcycles …