Archive for February, 2009
SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA – TEST
Monday, February 23rd, 2009The progress continues as the first race gets closer.Munich. BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s World Superbike team successfully completed their two day test at Phillip Island and are now looking forward to the first race of the year, which will take place next week at the same circuit. During the two days there was a mixture of sunshine and cloud, together with strong gusty winds on day one. But although there were…
BMW’s David Knight wins British Enduro Championship
Monday, February 23rd, 2009This weekend was the 2009 Muntjac British Enduro Championship and David Knight raced his first BEC to victory riding the Factory BMW. It was dry conditions for the 22-mile, 6-lap race with times getting tighter as the track got ruttier. It was an extremely close race, seeing David win the championship by a mere 3.2 seconds before Si Wakely and a very slim .18 of a second between third and…
Stimulus for your Motorcycle Addiction
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
As a part of the 2009 U.S. stimulus package signed by President Obama on February 17th 2009, you can write-off the taxes paid on a new motorcycle purchase on your 2009 Taxes. That is, as long as you’re single and make less that $125,000 per year, you’re married and jointly you make less than $250,000 per year and the motorcycle in…
First race of the 2009 WSBK season is fast approaching
Monday, February 9th, 2009The 22nd edition of the Superbike World Championship begins in just a few weeks time at Phillip Island in Australia and the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team has now completed a successful pre-season testing schedule with the S 1000 RR superbike.Recent tests have taken place at the Portuguese circuit of Portimao and at Valencia in Spain. In Portugal, conditions throughout the three-day test were generally appalling and dry track time was…
The Race is on: Supersports Bike
Friday, February 6th, 2009BMW S 1000 RR Comes off the Production Line at the BMW Motorrad Plant in Berlin.
Staff and fans of BMW Motorrad are looking forward to March 1st 2009 with great excitement. At the introductory race to the Superbike World Championship in Phillip Island / Australia, two BMW motorcycles will be in the starting line-up for the first time. After recent tests in Portimao and Valencia, riders Troy Corser and…