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2012 BMW K1600GTL Review
In the day prior to riding the K1600 super tourer in South Africa, I had several opportunities to ask BMW engineers questions about how it compares with Honda’s Gold Wing, a veritable icon of the luxury-touring class.“No, this isn’t like a Gold Wing,†they’d say. In fact, the GL1800 BMW last had for comparative purposes was several years old, and they couldn’t recall the last time anyone had ridden it.
But how could BMW not benchmark the segment’s class leader?  … More
We finally have the highly anticipated Ducati 1199 Panigale before us in the flesh. What Ducati describes as its “most ambitious project in history†the 1199 Panigale represents a “new benchmark†among sportbikes. The Superquadro engine is allegedly “the most powerful twin-cylinder ever produced†and powers an incredibly light machine . . . Ducati claims 361.5 pounds dry! Not surprisingly, it comes with advanced electronic controls, including traction control and even ABS. Peak horsepower is claimed to be a remarkable 195 hp. Here are all of the details from Ducati  …Â