while leant over. Okay, it only takes a few seconds to adjust the pegs to the higher setting but then you are compromising on comfort. Also, from stock, the suspension is set to accommodate a fat German, his fat wife, panniers full of lederhosen

built Overall: daily useable bike, when you're on it you can't see the cosmetics, feels like a real bike. V-fun: BMW? I'm mad I am... Strengths: All the usual benefits of a BMW flat twin with an added dash of German individualism:Enough real world

things differently at Sachs, the other German motorcycle company, based in Nuremburg. They have a passion for niches where no one else quite sits. So what have we got here? It’s a conventional steel framed, spoke-wheeled, bulbous-tanked naked bike with a

the ability to be up there with the best in my mind.Ok the Germans were never ones for style but they do know there business and on this bike they have done the business .My Mz has scratches and cracks and dirt on it but I don't care I did not buy this bike

first big bike and it has been fantastic!It even coped well with some light off-road in Wales! Strengths: Tiny fuel consumption!Managed up to 70 MPG. Totally reliable.Built with typical German qualityHeated grips ! Weaknesses: Tiny fuel consumption

at newer riders who hanker after the kudos and quality associated with the German firm.These slender middleweights are the most user-friendly bikes BMW has ever built. Powered by an 85bhp, 798cc Rotax-developed parallel twin, top rpm is only 8500rpm

. The performance figures say it all. Ride one. Strengths: Typical german engineering along with japanese beating performance all in one package. The handeling is very R6 style with slightly more room and the performance is full on Superbike. Technology

on German autobahns - Life saver! Weaknesses: Looks great, feels great, sounds great. Sorry I am totally Hooked. Comfort both round town and down the autobahn - takes on country lanes and mountain climbs with ease. Responsive engine from start to kick

Review: Visordown track review:Metzeler Sportec M5 Interact on trackGerman motorcycle tyre manufacturer Metzeler are well-known for their touring tyres but they’ve have expanded their range in recent years and are now offering tyres worth considering

1200cc (1170cc, actually) motor.And here, completing the set, is the R1200R, replacement for the staid but enduring R1150R.In the non-German bike world, 1200ccs, no bodywork and high bars shouts ‘naked’; in BMW’s it’s a ‘roadster’. But on paper the R