VOL. 54 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 P91
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER, BMW MOTORRAD
Off-roading is
possible on the
Urban, but it's better
to stick to smoother
dirt roads.
I
'm unsure how I feel about this bike.
In fact, I'm now unsure about the entire BMW R nineT range.
This model, the R nineT Urban G/S, is now the fifth machine that
has R nineT in its name; the fifth version that uses the same engine
and basic chassis, just dressed up in different clothes. It's lucky
the first R nineT of 2014, from which all these variants have since
sprung, is indeed a fine motorcycle—one of BMW's best—or we'd
have a bunch of inbred rejects on our hands.
I sincerely hope this is the last R nineT BMW builds. If it isn't, I'm
going to think BMW has run out of ideas.
ROSE-TINTED GLASSES
BMW's released yet another variant of the R nineT for you to drool over—this one
with a firm nod to the creator of modern BMW Motorrad:—the 1980 R 80 G/S
