Looking at motorcycles, inventive
engineers have tried time
and again to offer the enthusiast
the thrilling concept of a
straight-six power unit. But
while a few engines in straight-six configuration
have indeed been fitted in
motor cycles both lengthwise and
crosswise, the straight-six has never
really made a genuine breakthrough neither
on production models nor in
motorcycle racing.


Six-cylinder power units have
always had particular appeal, offering
not only supreme smoothness and
refinement, but also superior power
and performance as well as a truly
emotional driving – or, in this case, riding
– experience. A further point is that
the typical sound of a straight-six
almost like a turbine is absolutely
incomparable, with straight-six power
units at BMW having stood for fascinating
engine technology in BMW cars for
more than seven decades.



The bike is intended to expand
BMW's K-series model range sometime
in the future.