2019: 50 years of the /5 range. 50 years of BMW motorcycle manufacture in Berlin Spandau.

1968 Mercedes brought out the /8 (that its, slash 8). 1969 BMW brought out the /5. Of course today, nobody questions the strange seeming model designations anymore! Both are sought-after and much-loved classics.

The /5 range from BMW simultaneously stands for an epoch-defining transition in the history of BMW motorcycles: moving the motorcycle manufacture from Munich to Berlin Spandau, in the former D-Rad factory, and shifting from full swing arm suspensions (suitable for sidecars) to modern, comfortable telescope yokes. The transition was completed with the now legendary /5 models, which interpreted the motorcycle as a machine purely for leisure. The motorcycle thus finally completed the transition from an expedient commodity used on a general daily basis to a purely leisure object, which clearly showed in the bold displays and the unusually racy colours. Until this point, BMW had thought the same as Henry Ford about the T model: you could have it in every colour so long as it was black.

In memory of the R 75, R 60 and R 50/5 range, BMW motorcycle has now released the R nineT /5, which aims to evoke the fabled range and 50 years of motorcycle manufacture in Berlin. In the process, it draws on numerous technological and design elements from the 69 model generation, such as the air cooling, the classic lines on bold metallic lupine blue, topped off with the knee pads (still referred to as knee cushions in those days), seat with grab handles, which is just as obligatory as the contemporary fork gaiter kit for the telescope fork, and much more.

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Ergonomics. Absolutely essential.

Doesn’t fit? Doesn’t exist!

Life for motorcyclists below or above today’s conventional standard size hasn’t exactly gotten easier in the last few years. Where the average seat height for a motorcycle in the Eighties was between 750 mm and 800 mm, today riders have to climb onto a seat with an average height of 800 mm to 850 mm. The standard R 1250 GS even allows riders to sit at the towering height of 870 mm. Even the lightest of all current BMW Enduros, the G 310 GS, brings a respectable 835 mm to the series trim.

Not long after the market launch, we are already offering high-quality components for the new R models: windscreens and hand guards to protect against wind, weather and troublesome turbulence, handlebar risers for relaxed sitting and driving while standing, ergonomic seats and footrest systems for a relaxed knee angle, and much more besides.

All-round protection and safety.

If you’re one for riding your Enduro offroad, we offer excellent components to protect your GS. No matter whether you need an engine protection bar or a tank protection bar, engine and manifold protection, axle crash pads or our cooler protection, our equipment prevents serious and costly damage to your bike should the worst happen. What’s more, our high-quality protective components help to prevent damage to the engine or aggregates (e.g. on the exposed water pump), so that you can continue on your journey despite crashing. An important aspect – and not just for long-distance riders stranded in the desert

Our side stand enlarger is naturally a must-have piece of equipment on every enduro: The bike remains in a secure upright position even when fully loaded, whatever surface it’s on.