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Five-times World Champ Smets beats 10-times Austrian Champ Sigi Bauer |
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Lettenbichler truimphs on BMW G 450 X at Red Bull Romaniacs. |
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Forster up on the Roof of Africa One of the most gruelling off-road events in the world, the 2008 Roof of Africa Rally, kicks off this weekend and BMW Motorrad's 'extreme' enduro specialist Gerhard Forster will be among the starting line-up at Maseru in Lesotho. A large contingent of European riders on a wide variety of machines will be joining the event and competing with the South African racers who will be out there to prove their skill and raw talent in taking on all the international talent. |
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Argentina embraces the enduro world Due to increasing interest in off-road motorcycle sports in South America, BMW Motorrad Argentina has opened a new Enduro Park in Buenos Aires. With the Dakar Rally visiting the continent for the first time next January, demand for off-road motorcycles is expected to rise significantly, so the brand is well-placed to offer added-value to prospective purchasers of the new BMW G 450 X sport enduro. |
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Smets knocked out of the Knock Out Despite his best efforts, Joel Smets was forced to retire from the Red Bull Knock Out beach race at the Dutch seaside resort of Scheveningen last weekend. The legendary racer made it to the final on a BMW G 450 X but after two-and-a-half hours of intense competition, a problem with his battery meant that the former five-times world motocross champion had to sit out the final laps of his first beach race. |
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Another victory for the BMW G 450 X As the 2008 enduro racing season draws to a close, the great results continue to roll in for BMW Motorrad. While Simo Kirssi was celebrating a comprehensive victory in last weekend’s European Cross Country series final, BMW Motorrad’s G 450 X chassis designer Stefan Krause also tasted the champagne on the podium – this time at Reutlingen in southern Germany, having secured the 2008 ADAC Pirelli Enduro Cup. |
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Supermoto Smets BMW Motorrad's Joel Smets has been in action on the G 450 X, as a privateer in the prestigious Proximus Superbiker supermoto race that recently took place at the Circuit Jules Tacheny in Mettet, in the Belgian province of Namur. |
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A few words with Wolfgang As BMW Motorrad Motorsport enters the second half of its first full season in the 2008 MAXXIS FIM World Enduro Championship, we talk to team manager Wolfgang Fischer about the G 450 X sports enduro project and how BMW is looking forward to an exciting future in two-wheeled motorsport. |
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Racing progress of the G 450 X This weekend BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Simo Kirssi scored his -- and the team's -- first Enduro World Championship podium at the weekend in Poland. |