The ultimate BMW GS history lesson

BMW GS: Adventure Motorcycle is probably the only book you’ll ever need if you’re into your Boxer twins – or, for that matter, even if you’re just a fan of engineering and motorcycling history.

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The new 192-page  hardback, out this month, is a comprehensive stroll through the varied and rich pageant of GS models, from the 1980 Boxer twins through to the 2008 model R1200GS.

There are sections covering the single-cylinder GS range, and a comprehensive competition history from 1925.

With 420 colour pictures (and 100 black and white), this hefty coffee table tome has the ability to inspire adventure in even the laziest armchair Charley (or Ewan).

You can buy it from most good bookshops and online at www.bookdepository.co.uk