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Review: 2023 BMW R 18 Roctane

Review: 2023 BMW R 18 Roctane

The BMW R 18 was quite an audacious move from the Munich-based company, bringing it to a new market segment. BMW has explored the cruiser category before, but without substantial success—although the R 1200 C from 1997 has a large fan base today and the prices for used machines

A Professional Globetrotter: Royal Enfield's Paolo Brovedani | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

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A Professional Globetrotter: Royal Enfield's Paolo Brovedani

At the age of 63, when most of his colleagues are already enjoying their retirement, Italian engineer Paolo Brovedani packed his bags and moved from Peugeot in France to the Royal Enfield development center in England. After a successful introduction, he then moved to Chennai, India, in 2020 where he

Review: 2022 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special

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Review: 2022 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special

The first impression is always the most important, whether you’re visiting your potential mother-in-law for the first time, going to a job interview, or seeing a brand-new bike at a motorcycle show. The Harley-Davidson Pan America sure made an impression when it stood undisguised and naked in a glass

Riding the 2024 Kove Rally 450

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Riding the 2024 Kove Rally 450

A few years ago, I was at a motorcycle trade show in Chongqing, one of the world’s largest cities in the heart of China. It was a chaotic affair, and the noise and strange bikes probably traumatized me a little. The event almost made me lose interest in the

Interview with Head of BMW Motorrad, Dr. Markus Schramm

The Future of Motorcycling: Interview with Head of BMW Motorrad, Dr. Markus Schramm

RoadRUNNER recently had a rare opportunity to sit down for a chat with Dr. Markus Schramm, the head of BMW Motorrad. During the interview, he shared his views on the current motorcycle market and what the future might hold, both for BMW and motorcycling in general. Grab a nice cup

100 Years of BMW: New Bikes and an Exhibition

100 Years of BMW: New Bikes and an Exhibition

In 1923, a little company called BMW Motorrad built its first motorcycle. Now, 100 years later, the company is still going strong—and that’s cause for celebration. On May 12, BMW opened a new exhibition at the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany. The displays highlight BMW’s centennial journey,

Aprilia’s History of Racing

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Aprilia’s History of Racing

Off-road racing was Aprilia's debut in competition. That’s nothing strange for a brand that revealed its off-road soul with its very first models in the ‘70s, such as the Scarabeo. In 1974, Aprilia’s first race bike was a 125cc motocross machine. As early as 1977 came the first

Riding Mopeds from Paris to Dakar

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Riding Mopeds from Paris to Dakar

A motorcycle trip in Africa is always demanding, but on a moped like the Piaggio Ciao, it turns into an enormous challenge. That’s especially true when your journey takes you from Paris to Dakar in Senegal, covering almost 2,900 miles over 23 days in the summer. When preparing

Review: 2023 Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally

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Review: 2023 Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally

Ducati has redesigned the Multistrada to create the Rally model, a premium adventure bike to travel faster, farther, and more comfortably, even off-road and with a passenger. I took the bike for my first ride in Sardinia, Italy. With the Rally, Ducati goes one step further than the previous Multistradas

Review: 2023 Aprilia Tuareg

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Review: 2023 Aprilia Tuareg

Many things have been said and written about the off-road qualities of the Aprilia Tuareg. But while private and semi-official teams kept lining up at the starting gates of ADV raids and European off-road races with the Yamaha Ténéré 700 bikes, Aprilia still hadn’t seen the opportunities that the

The Laverda Museum | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

The Laverda Museum

The opening of the Laverda Museum, in the little village of Breganze in the region of Vicenza, northern Italy, had the character of a folk festival. Around 2,000 guests had gathered in the town center to enjoy the traditional food and wine while Piero Laverda, the former CEO of

2022 BMW GS Trophy Recap | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Magazine

2022 BMW GS Trophy Recap

The International BMW GS Trophy enduro event was held in early September for the eighth time, this time in Albania with 21 teams from 11 countries. It was a double win for South Africa, with podiums taken by England, Germany, and Mexico. The BMW GS Trophy is a mega event

Iceland: Riders on the Storm

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Iceland: Riders on the Storm

Together with two other journalists, I joined the Honda Adventure Roads tour (HAR 2022) in Iceland a few days after the start. So far, the route had taken the group from Reykjavik in the west toward the northeast to the small harbor town of Húsavík. From a bird's-eye view as

Review: 2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660

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Review: 2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660

For many years after the retirement of Aprilia’s ETV 1200 Caponord, the Italian company lacked an adventure touring bike in its line-up. Finally, we got the Aprilia Tuareg 660 which we tested in Sardinia. The Italians have chosen to name the bike after their legendary Tuareg 250 Rally bike

Review: Metzler Karoo 4

Review: Metzler Karoo 4

Adventure Bike Tire Metzeler recently introduced the new Karoo [https://imp.i104546.net/vnvGZy] 4 tires for adventure motorcycles. During the FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy on Elba, Italy, at the end of October 2021, we had the opportunity to test them on a BMW F 850 GS. The first thing