GENESIS
OF ADVENTURE
MOTORCYCLING
BMW R100GS-PD
BMW was struggling to stay alive when
it decided to launching the adventure
tourer concept in the late 70s – but it
wasn’t even called adventure then, the
name eventually followed – but the GS not
only helped save BMW’s bacon (or rather
‘speck’), it’s become one of the biggest
phenomenons in modern motorcycling.
Words: Jonathan Bentman
Photos: Paul Bryant
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