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OTL Magazine – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 Issue
Highlights in the JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 issue: 2020 BMW S 1000 XR 2020 BMW F 900 XR 2020 BMW F 900 R Italy trip by Geoff Drake First European trip by Rob Litavecz Big Dogs rally by Dr. Gregory Frazier and more! VIEW
OTL Magazine – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 Issue
Highlights in the NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 issue: BMW R nineT /5 BMW Garmische Motorrad Days 2019 BMW R 1250 RT 2019 BMW F 850 GS First Journeys stories from Jim Foreman and Tamela Rich Gear and product reviews and more! VIEW
In This Moment
An hour or so out of Sedona, Arizona, the red rock ridgelines provide a natural border to the sharpest and clearest blue sky I can remember. Purple wildflowers announce spring in the high desert, and the cool morning air delivers their sweet fragrance, stimulating dormant parts of my technology-anaesthetized senses. My physical body is doing what it was designed to do, embracing the low temperature by pumping extra blood (adrenaline, perhaps?), and the high is clean and the dialogue...
Budget Beemer: R 1150 RS
I’ve had nine BMWs since 1976, eight of them were bought new. Currently, I have a 2016 R 1200 RS still under warranty and I’ve almost never been a guy to have more than one bike in my garage. But in June, I flew to Sacramento, California to buy a 2004 R 1150 RS with 57,000 miles on it—my first used BMW and exactly the same color as the one I bought new in 2004. I kept asking people...
OTL Magazine – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 Issue
Highlights in the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 issue: BMW R nineT /5 BMW Garmische Motorrad Days 2019 BMW R 1250 RT 2019 BMW F 850 GS First Journeys stories from Jim Foreman and Tamela Rich Gear and product reviews and more! VIEW
Budget Beemer: F 650 CS
[This story first appeared in the March-April issue of "On the Level"] As a mentor to several (now avid) motorcyclists, I know that the issue of which bike to recommend to the new or re-entry rider is of paramount importance. This is the vehicle which will either cultivate a rider’s passion or crush it. There are several BMW models which would make fine choices – but nothing fits the bill like the F 650 CS, an often-overlooked oddball that was...
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