2023 BMW R 1250 RS First Look [10 Fast Facts] (Ultimate Motorcycling)
The 2023 BMW R 1250 RS is the result of a refresh for the sport-oriented sport-touring boxer from Germany. The updates range from electronic to aesthetic, with the price tag unchanged at $15,695. Here’s a look at the features that BMW has moved from the “optional” column to standard goodies, plus a rundown of the new options. [more]
Zen and the R 1250 RS (Mark Barnes, BMW Owners News, 23-Nov-2021)
"There’s also no way I can do justice to my own experiences with the R 1250 RS, a magnificent feat of Bavarian engineering I’m honored and humbled to now have in my garage." [Read this interesting article]
2019 BMW R1250R, R1250RS And R1250GS Adventure First Look (Motorcycle.com)
As we previously reported, BMW has expanded its R1250 boxer lineup to include the R1250R, R1250RS and R1250GS Adventure to go along with the previously-announced R1250GS and R1250RT. [more]
Review: 2017 BMW R1200RS - Ken Condon, Motorcyclist Magazine - August 2, 2017
After spending the better part of two weeks in the saddle of a 2017 BMW R1200RS riding the Alps and Dolomites of Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Austria, I have developed a pretty good idea of what this bike is about. ... [more] [Video]
2016 BMW R 1200 RS review (Revzilla) - 12 Dec 2015
Our department director Brett Walling slid two keys across the desk. “Which one would you like?” he asked.
Without hesitation I picked up the key for the BMW R 1200 RS. He looked surprised.
Every now and then a motorcycle comes along that stops us in our tracks. Not because it’s the fastest or prettiest, but because something about it starts gnawing away deep down inside. It’s like that old Jerry Jeff Walker song, when the kid brings home a cocktail waitress as his date for the senior prom. He can’t help it, mom, that’s the kind he digs.
That’s why I chose to test-ride the 2016 BMW R 1200 RS. [more]
New BMW R1200RS vs classic R100RS - 30 Oct 2015
The latest BMW sports-touring boxer has a lot to live up to. The R1200RS shares its initials with the R100RS that revolutionised motorcycling in 1976, when it became the first series-production bike to be fitted with a full fairing.
Park the old and new RS models together and the family link is clear, not least from the shared engine layout that combines sticking-out cylinders with shaft final drive. But there are many differences too, ironically including the fact that instead of following its futuristic forebear with a full fairing, the R1200RS makes do with a less substantial half-fairing. ... [more]