In the August 2025 issue of BMW Owners News, Ken Frick tells gives us his take(s) on Route 66, Sam Fleming takes three laps on BMW’s fastest motorcycles, and Stephen Seifridsberger tells us what he learned from an S 1000 RR. Mark Barnes delivers Part 7 of his suspension series, and we learn the results of the 2024-25 mileage contest. You’ll also see regular columns from Matt Parkhouse, Wes Fleming, Geoff Drake and Mark Barnes.

Dustin Silvey shows us bigger isn’t always better, Robert McIsaac gives his long-term evaluation of the R 100 RS, and Jackie Jouret looks back at the time when BMW NA took over motorcycle importing duties from Butler & Smith.

In This Issue On the Cover: BMW’s recently introduced R 12 G/S offers the perfect tribute to the original R 80 G/S introduced more than 40 years ago. Photo courtesy BMW Motorrad.

In This Issue On the Cover: BMW’s recently introduced R 12 G/S offers the perfect tribute to the original R 80 G/S introduced more than 40 years ago. Photo courtesy BMW Motorrad.

In This Issue On the Cover: A trio of bikes leave Fontana Village–the site of this month’s MOA Getaway at Fontana – winding through the many curves of Moonshiner 28 on their way to even more curves on the Tail of the Dragon. Photo by Bill Wiegand #180584.

In This Issue On the Cover: BMW’s newest and baddest big cruiser-The R 18 Intercontinental in the new two-tone, Dragonfire Red Metallic paint. Visit bmwmotorcycles.com

In This Issue On the Cover: With center stands down, riders work on balance and body movement during a recent MOA Premier Training event at

In This Issue On the Cover:  BMW Motorrad offers a glimpse of their “near-production-ready” Concept F 450 GS. Is this the lighter, yet fully capable

In This Issue On the Cover:  While riding across Argentina from Bariloche to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, it began raining and this

In This Issue On the Cover:  A classic and “simple by design” Airhead seen at the 2024 MOA National Rally in Redmond, Oregon.  Photo by