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MOTORCYCLIST NAMES BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE BEST ADVENTURE BIKE AND R 1200 RT BEST TOURING BIKE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 2, 2006... Once again, BMW motorcycles have earned high-fives from editors of Motorcyclist Magazine. In the publication's September issue, the BMW R 1200 GS is named Best Adventure Bike for 2006, while the R 1200 RT captured top honors in the Touring category - both for the second year in a row.

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Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 2, 2006... Once again, BMW motorcycles have earned
high-fives from editors of Motorcyclist Magazine. In the publication's
September issue, the BMW R 1200 GS is named Best Adventure Bike for 2006, while
the R 1200 RT captured top honors in the Touring category - both for the second
year in a row.

Since its introduction in early 2004, the versatile R 1200 GS has won
consistent praise from motorcycle enthusiasts and the motorcycling press for
its exceptional performance both on and off-road. In addition to winning
Motorcyclist's Adventure category last year, it was named Motorcycle of the
Year by Motorcyclist editors in 2004, International Bike of the Year, and one
of Cycle World's top ten motorcycles for 2004. That same year, the GS also
earned an International Design Excellence "Gold" Award by the Industrial Design
Society of America.

According to editors of Motorcyclist, the latest GS is "more like half a jeep
than a real dirt bike...it will take you to work all week, mortify sportbike
poseurs in the twisty bits on Saturday, then follow an afternoon's worth of
logging roads over the river, through the woods to grandma's house (and back)
on one 8.7-gallon tank of gas."

Describing their Best Touring category pick, Motorcyclist editors write, "The
R1200RT inhales East Texas tedium as happily as it reels in the length of
California's Coast Highway, which is why the RT waltzes off with the best
touring bike trophy for the second year in a row. The most luxurious iteration
of BMW's 1170cc boxer is amazingly agile, with sufficient punch to steam past
processionals of rental cars and motor homes. The electrically adjustable
windscreen is there when you need it and out of the way when you don't. BMW's
removable luggage is the best in the business. And there are enough optional
amenities -- from a heated seat to a CD-player and GPS navigation -- to make
the I-40 between Albuquerque and Amarillo almost tolerable; a minor miracle all
by itself."

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