The BMW 2002 Turbo was the quickest version of the mighty little 2002, a car named for its engine size of 2000cc and its number of doors – 2. Now before I get a slew of emails from people telling me the engine is actually 1998cc I should tell you that the engine size was…
This BMW R100RT is a family heirloom of sorts, it belongs to Sam, a Texan with a lifelong relationship with this BMW and a deep love for daily-rideable custom motorcycles. Ever since he was a child, Sam has had this BMW in his life – it previously belonged to his father who would sometimes take…
The BMW R80ST is one of the rarer and more unusual motorcycles from the German marque’s 1980s catalogue. It’s essentially a more street-oriented version of the legendary BMW R80G/S, the motorcycle that largely invented the modern dual sport adventure motorcycle genre. Only a few thousand examples of the BMW R80ST were built between 1982 and…
This BMW R90S was bought as an addition to the Corpus Christi Old Car Museum by the museum’s owner, Steve Shook, who has a big soft spot for the famous old German twin. He had bought one himself decades ago when they were new bikes and he was working at a Texas BMW dealer. One…
This BMW K100 cafe racer is unlike any you’ve ever seen, it’s fitted with a bespoke CVT automatic transmission to allow its partially disabled owner to ride it. Many people with disabilities are restricted to either not riding motorcycles at all, or to riding three-wheeled bikes like Can Ams, Ural sidecar motorcycles, and the Piaggio…
The BMW Volkswagen Fikobike is a one-off custom motorcycle built by Dallas oilman Lee Fikes in the autumn of 1967. He had a BMW R60 but its 600cc horizontally opposed twin wasn’t producing as much power as he wanted, so he embarked on a project to install a modified 1500cc Volkswagen flat-4. Fikes had bought…
This is one of only five examples of the BMW 320i Turbo IMSA ever built, and this car is the only lightweight example, with a kerb weight almost 300 lbs lower than its four siblings. Although BMW didn’t admit it at the time, the program to build the 320i Turbo with a heavily reworked M12…
This documentary about the history of BMW covers everything from the earliest days of the company from 1916 onwards when they were in the business of making aircraft engines. BMW would famously begin making motorcycles before they started making cars, and it would be motorcycles that would keep the company in business at times during…
This short film clip from the former British motoring television show “Drive In” was only very recently uploaded by Thames TV. It offers a fascinating look into the motoring world of the 1970s and an interesting look back at the BMW 2002, a car that’s now remembered as one of the most important ever made…
This is the Aero – it took master craftsman Georgio Rimi four years to build using a series of hand tools and an English wheel to painstakingly shape flat aluminum alloy panels into a series of beautiful compound curves – creating a one-of-a-kind bespoke BMW R100 RS. Meet MotoRRetro Georgio is the co-founder, along with…
The BMW Alpina B7 Turbo/1 was the fastest four-door saloon car in the world from 1984 to 1987, largely thanks to its heavily modified engine and its KKK turbocharger, pushing horsepower to over 320 bhp and delivering a hefty 383 ft lbs of torque. What is Alpina? At the start of the 1960s Alpina was…
The new Hookie Moto-Kit is a bolt-on set of parts for the BMW R NineT that transforms the look of the stock bike – requiring only a person with basic wrenching ability, their tools, and a few hours of spare time. The BMW R nineT The BMW R nineT was launched in 2014, the model…
