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'Tis the season to ride BMW bikes!

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'Tis the season to ride BMW bikes!
Friday, December 8, 2006 - BMW Motorcycle Press Release



Christmas has come early for the motorcycle media as BMW Motorrad is extending its short-term press fleet to cover the festive period. BMW Motorrad understands that your motorcycle magazines, newspaper columns and biking websites are published all year round, and as such it is vital to make our products available for press use - especially as BMWs are arguably more suited to year-round riding than any other manufacturer's machines.
Therefore, BMW Motorrad is offering a winter fleet of five of its most popular bikes, which will be available for on-going road tests and model reviews. The fleet will include the mighty R 1200 GS (with Akrapovic sports silencer) and the globetrotting R 1200 GS Adventure. Both these models are exceedingly popular with the media and the public alike, and have held first and second positions in the Adventure Sport category sales charts since their respective launches. The R 1200 GS Adventure was voted Best Trailie in this year's MCN awards and the R 1200 GS is the only non-race replica (and non-Japanese) motorcycle to be placed in the top ten motorcycle registrations to date for 2006.

Completing the winter fleet will be three of BMW Motorrad's touring bikes - each model offering a whole host of benefits to different types of rider. The R 1200 RT is considered by many to be the ultimate long-distance machine and has retained its title of MCN Best Tourer for the second year in a row. The RT's crown is perhaps threatened only by the K 1200 GT, which in fact won a coveted title of its own in 2006 - the MCN award for Best Sports Tourer. Last but not least, the fleet will include the twin-cylinder F 800 ST - more suited to riders looking for a mid-sized, light and sporty touring machine.

All five bikes offer a great ride, but don't take our word for it - test them for yourselves! Bookings are now being taken and all loan requests will be considered, depending on the coverage planned. Requests will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis and bikes will be loaned for a maximum period of two weeks. Get in early to secure your booking.

The five models will remain on the press fleet into the early part of 2007, until the introduction of a whole new press fleet of BMW Motorrad models. The 2007 press fleet will of course include the exciting new G Series - comprising the G 650 Xchallenge, the G 650 Xmoto and the G 650 Xcountry - and the 163 hp K 1200 R Sport. These dynamic new models are sure to bring a whole new dimension to BMW Motorrad motorcycles, and we look forward to seeing the media and public reaction.
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