BMW's motorcycles are some of my favorite bikes around. They're well-built, powerful as all get up, look fantastic, and do exactly what you ask of them, which is that and a little bit more. Case in point, off-roading and fording a river a GS on street tires and living to tell the tale.
About the only thing you can knock BMW motorcycles for is their owners, as they're the sort where they need matching outfits, matching helmets, and everything to be branded with BMW's roundel. I get looking the part, but it's a bit on the nose if you ask me. Luckily for BMW, I'm not the arbiter of good fashion nor of its parts counter, as the company wouldn't probably be celebrating 50 years of BMW motorcycle helmets.
And, honestly, that's a lot longer a history than I would've guessed, but one that goes to the heart of BMW Motorrad as a brand. It's one where safety has been, and always will be, a big priority for the company.
