BMW is known as the premier manufacturer of off-road capable adventure machines, starting with the R80 G/S. This adventure machine has quite the story. For Sale: BMW R80GS "Rally Adventure" from Codex Moto Introduced in 1980, the BMW R80G/S is widely considered the world's first "Adventure Bike." While early naysayers questioned the use of a 400-lb multi-cylinder machine built for both Gelände ("Offroad") and Straße ("Street"), the G/S soon proved itself in the world's toughest off-road endurance race, the Paris.
The original BMW R80 G/S set the pattern for adventure bikes. Compared to the Japanese dual sports on the market then, the G/S was heavy-duty and high-powered. It was still an offroader, though, with the Paris.
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1981 BMW R80 G/S - Feature From the January, 1971, issue, a full 10 years before the R80 G/S hit the market: German Herbert Schek jumps his "box-stock" R75/5 on his way to losing. The BMW R80 (a.k.a. Beemer/Bimmer, Airhead, Flat-Twin Boxer) is a multi-sport motorcycle that laid the groundwork for the German firm's K100 series.
Produced from 1980-1995, these 797-/798-cc machines aimed at creating the perfect cross-country touring bike for tarmac and off-road applications. Boasting a BMW-exclusive Airhead engine, extra ground clearance, and a monolever swingarm, the. Adventure Motorcycle Reviews by World Travellers.
BMW R80 G/S: The Original Adventure Bike
Here's a 30,000-mile review of the BMW R80 G/S by Crendon and Emma. Nothing grows knowledge like experience. So the best way to figure out how to design a continent-crossing motorcycle, is to actually cross a continent-then see what works, and what doesn't.
Back in 2016, Matias Corea rode his 1985 BMW R80G/S Paris Dakar from Brooklyn all the way to Ushuaia, in Argentina. Now he's got another trip planned: a 22,000. BMW R 80 G/S was a bold new breed of motorcycles in the 1980s that kick-started adventure motorcycling, and saved BMW Motorrad from impending doom! The adventure motorcycle genre is one of the most competitive sectors of the global motorcycle market, and it's all thanks to the motorcycle you see here - the BMW R80 G/S.
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Though of course there had been various other motorcycle developed for on and off road use, like the British scramblers that proved so popular in the mid-20th century, but the R80 G/S is widely considered to be the true. BMW's R80 G/S was the first adventure bike, the mother of a movement, and the savior of BMW's motorcycle division.
