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Jim Brotherton
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 Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject: Concept bike from BMW |
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Has anyone seen the 6 cycl concept bike from BMW?
I took some photos at the Dutch bike show, will e-mail them to anyone wanting to post them here, don't have the time to re-learn how to post pix's at this time.
Let me know
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kbmwrs
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drikko
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Whatever happened to nice smooth flowing bike design? That thing looks like someone threw a lego set at the wall and copied the resulting pile on the floor.
I do like the exhausts though....
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Ernie-NH
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G'Evening all....
Well... it may be mean, maybe even the meanest, BUT I have to agree with drikko's observation ! Whatever happened to esthetics ??
best regards all............// Ernie-NH
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ChrisWeeK1100RS
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| drikko wrote: | | Whatever happened to nice smooth flowing bike design? That thing looks like someone threw a lego set at the wall and copied the resulting pile on the floor. |
That is hysterical! LOL! Agreed on the exhaust pipes. There's a good article about the BMW Concept 6 bike in the Jan 2010 issue of 2Wheels magazine called 'Six Appeal'. Here are some shots of the bike, apparently its engine is 100mm narrower than six-cylinder bikes of the past, it will rev to 9000rpm and have 130Nm of torque at 2000rpm. The cylinders are canted forward 55-degrees for a lower COG.
The cool thing though, for us, if it goes into production, it will be for a K-Series bike. Bets are on that a K-Series variant with this bike will be launched by the end of this year or early 2011 
Chris
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robleyd
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Jim
I wouldn't mind a look at what you saw at the m/c show, and I can post the pics if you want. PM me for email details.
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ChrisWeeK1100RS
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Same here, Jim you got mail
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rydor
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| ChrisWeeK1100RS wrote: | | Bets are on that a K-Series variant with this bike will be launched by the end of this year or early 2011 |
This is supposed to be the powerplant of the next-gen LT. Oughta be interesting! |
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