BMW Motorrad motorsports
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CP on DVD – Stunting for Life When it comes to freestyle riding, Chris Pfeiffer is in a league of his own. A constant travelling companion for Chris during the past four years has been Bernd Hupfauf, an Austrian TV and video producer who has been documenting Chris's every move for a new DVD – Stunting for Life – which gives an unique insight into the adrenalin-charged world of Chris Pfeiffer. |
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Smets knocked out of the Knock Out Despite his best efforts, Joel Smets was forced to retire from the Red Bull Knock Out beach race at the Dutch seaside resort of Scheveningen last weekend. The legendary racer made it to the final on a BMW G 450 X but after two-and-a-half hours of intense competition, a problem with his battery meant that the former five-times world motocross champion had to sit out the final laps of his first beach race. |
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Team USA secured an overall victory Competition in the BMW GS Trophy in Tunisia/North Africa, held for the first time from October 15th – 25th has been completed. Five nations participated in the desert rally over a distance of 1900 kilometers where all entrants rode identical and specially prepared BMW F 800 GSs. |
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Another victory for the BMW G 450 X As the 2008 enduro racing season draws to a close, the great results continue to roll in for BMW Motorrad. While Simo Kirssi was celebrating a comprehensive victory in last weekend’s European Cross Country series final, BMW Motorrad’s G 450 X chassis designer Stefan Krause also tasted the champagne on the podium – this time at Reutlingen in southern Germany, having secured the 2008 ADAC Pirelli Enduro Cup. |
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Nate down, but certainly not out When it comes to bravery, you have to hand it to Nate Kern. The BMW racer suffered a collapsed lung and six fractured ribs while competing in South Africa earlier this month, but just 14 days later found himself in Florida, and qualifying on pole position for the 25th Annual ASRA Race of Champions at Daytona International Speedway. |
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Supermoto Smets BMW Motorrad's Joel Smets has been in action on the G 450 X, as a privateer in the prestigious Proximus Superbiker supermoto race that recently took place at the Circuit Jules Tacheny in Mettet, in the Belgian province of Namur. |
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BMW Motorrad embraces life in the fast lane In order to cater for the huge superbike and supersports community, BMW Motorrad has created the www.S1000RR.com microsite, which will link to the motorsport section of the international BMW website and provide enthusiasts with a wealth of information about this exciting new chapter in the brand’s history. |
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Lejeune and HP2 Sport enjoy success in International Rally Championship After 10 days of intense competition on racetracks and roads all over France, HP2 Sport rider Fred Lejeune from Belgium has finished in second place at the French Dark Dog Moto Tour. This result also means that the 36-year-old BMW Motorrad dealer finishes in second place overall in the 2008 International Rally Championship. |
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GS Trophy days away! After four months of build-up and many more months of organization and preparation, the inaugural GS Trophy is just days away. The trucks have been unloaded, the teams have unpacked their bags and the competitors are currently on location in Tunisia, ready for the action to get under way. |
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Pavey does the Dakar Simon Pavey will be competing in the 2009 Dakar Rally on a G 650 Xchallenge. The 41-year-old Australian, who is the chief instructor at BMW Motorrad’s off-road school in the UK, will be joining this legendary rally event that is being held in South America for the first time. |
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Success at Barcelona 24 Hours for HP2 Sport The HP2 Sport’s growing reputation as a blisteringly fast, yet extremely reliable endurance racer was proved beyond question at the ‘24 Hores de Motociclisme’ race that recently took place at the Catalunya circuit, located north of Barcelona. |
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A few words with Wolfgang As BMW Motorrad Motorsport enters the second half of its first full season in the 2008 MAXXIS FIM World Enduro Championship, we talk to team manager Wolfgang Fischer about the G 450 X sports enduro project and how BMW is looking forward to an exciting future in two-wheeled motorsport. |
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Finnish BMW stunt team makes waves across Europe It's not just Chris Pfeiffer who is flying the flag for BMW Motorrad in the world of stunt riding. While the world number one has most recently been seen in action at BMW Motorrad Days and entertaining MotoGP fans at the Sachsenring in Germany, two Finnish BMW riders have also been providing two-wheeled thrills throughout Europe. |
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Kern and BMW on top form at Virginia Team BMW XPLOR racer Nate Kern has continued his tremendous run of form over in the USA. Along with his British teammate Richard Cooper, the pair had a tremendous showing at the Virginia International Raceway, where Kern scored four comprehensive victories on his BMW R 1200 S and HP2 Sport race bikes. |
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BMW Motorrad Fan Zone debuts in Canada The BMW Motorrad Canada Canadian Thunder Race Team will be enjoying a new home for the remainder of the 2008 Parts Canada Superbike Championship. The crew will be enjoying race weekends under a new and much larger race awning, which also allows the race fans to benefit from a newly created BMW Motorrad Fan Zone. |
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BMW Motorrad Superbike Project Gathers Pace In the eight months since BMW's announcement that they would enter the Superbike World Championship in 2009, the project has gathered pace and race fans everywhere have now been able to see the tangible aspects of the project properly for the first time. |
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Racing progress of the G 450 X This weekend BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Simo Kirssi scored his -- and the team's -- first Enduro World Championship podium at the weekend in Poland. |
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BMW's New Superbike, the S 1000 RR |