Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Test fleet: BMW R1250 R SE

LONG-TERM REVIEW

It’s been a funny month. I’ve done a load of miles on a BMW – but not this one. I also help out our old mate Bertie Simmonds at Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine, and he’s got me testing an R18 Classic retro-tourer this year. I took it to Scotland for 10 days, and had a ball – read all about it in CMM next month.

So the poor R1250 R was

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