The new segment: The travel Enduro

After BMW's entry into off-road racing, the successful off-road machine goes on the market in the summer of 1980 in modified form as a serial production Enduro under the name or R 80 G/S. With the G/S - G stands for "Gelände" (= off-road), S for"Strasse" (= road) - BMW establishes the segment of the large, comfortable travel Enduro bikes, a key category in the motorcycle trade to this day. The world's first single-sided swing arm causes a stir - the BMW monolever with rear wheel mounted on one side.