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BMW R 1200 R Australian Exclusive

The bike-mad designers from Germany have been busy breathing life into their range – creating the ultimate fleet of modern workaday roadsters.

05 February 2015

Words: AMCN

Photos: AMCN

Next up for an injection of adrenaline is the venerable R1200R.

See the video. Then read AMCN’s Sport & Road Test Editor Paul ‘Youngy’ Young’s exclusive as the first Australian to road-test the Beemer’s new beast in Vol64 No15 out Thursday 5 February.

Or get digital edition at out Itunes store from midnight Wed 4 Feb.

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