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’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: 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 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.

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.