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BMW's making a bike with a straight six?

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:51 pm
by Grey Thumper
Dunno how much of this concept will end up in a production bike, but a lot of the details seem fit for production:

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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:19 am
by koji52
Loove the look of that bike....Especially that long swingarm.

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:53 am
by HYPERR
Great looking bike!

Is BMW looking to go after the Hayabusa & ZX14 buyers?

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:15 pm
by High_Side
Cool bike, but I can't help but think that there is someone in Germany who is a Honda fan.

The EVO6 Honda from '07:
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:00 pm
by HYPERR
High_Side wrote:Cool bike, but I can't help but think that there is someone in Germany who is a Honda fan.

The EVO6 Honda from '07:
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Sharp eye High Side! It seems BMW is deviating from making very original designs and are now copying Japanese bikes. :lol:

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:13 pm
by king robb
and strangely enough...the Honda is the better looking of the two. IMHO of course

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:00 pm
by Wrider
HYPERR wrote:Great looking bike!

Is BMW looking to go after the Hayabusa & ZX14 buyers?
Agreed, beautiful, but as for the Busa and Ninja buyers, they've already got the K1300S out there for them.

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:26 pm
by Grey Thumper
According to the article, "The new BMW straight-six will further expand the K-Series in the foreseeable future. The first model to be introduced will be an innovative and luxurious BMW touring machine."

It's pretty vague wording. You never know, they still might come up with S (or even R) versions.

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:44 am
by High_Side
HYPERR wrote: It seems BMW is deviating from making very original designs and are now copying Japanese bikes. :lol:
Well, if Honda won't make it why not someone else? Honda have been so slow to bring new bikes to market that they are essentially providing the competition with ideas,like the RSV-4 Aprilia. The bike that everyone was asking Honda for finally got built by someone else.....and they did a great job.
I'm still waiting for Honda to build the 644 Supermono show bike from a dozen years ago....

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:39 am
by paul246
High_Side wrote:Cool bike, but I can't help but think that there is someone in Germany who is a Honda fan.

The EVO6 Honda from '07:
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Man, that IS one nice looking machine!