Bmw Motorrad NEWS

From the beginning of the twentieth century and across World War I, the business started as a builder of airplane engines. BMW produced its first motorbike, the R32, in the year1923, with a horizontal boxer engine. BMW Motorrad continues to employ the horizontal boxer engine type and now produces motorcycles with various engine arrangements.

BMW experienced a 10.9 % rise in sales in 2015, selling 136,963 vehicles more than in 2014. Germany was the largest single market in sales. The United States was next in the row with close to 1,6000 + units with close to 24,000 Units. France and Italy were next in the sales market with 12,500 & 11,150 units respectively. The United Kingdom and Spain also contributed towards achieving sales of 8000 plus units respectively.

BMW Motorrad plans to extend its dealerships between roughly 1,100 to 1,500, mostly in the future, to supply 200,000 motorcycles to consumers by 2020. BMW's most successful motorbike has been the R 1200 GS, which sold 23,681 units in 2015.

The F Series of single-cylinder BMW motorcycles debuted in 1994 with the F650, produced by Aprilia with an internal combustion 650 cc four-stroke, single-piston engine,four-valve, and chain drive. The F 650's objective was to produce an introduction level of BMW motorbikes. The F650 was modified in 2000 with fuel injection and dubbed the F650GS.

The F Series introduced two bikes to the portfolio mid-2006: the F800S sporting bike and the F800ST sport tourer, both of which feature a Rotax 798 cc parallel-twin engine. These motorcycles additionally utilise a belting speed controller comparable to the F650CS.

The horizontally aligned flat-twin boxer engine powers the R series. Because the engine is positioned with a longitudinal shaft, the cylinder heads project further than the frame's sidewalls. Originally, R series motorcycles featured air-cooled heads, but they are currently only available with complete oil conditioning or water conditioning.

Since 2004, all K series engines, either three or four cylinders, were of the original "flying brick" configuration, so named due to the engine's exterior appearance. The initial design K engines also had a dry automobile clutch. The iconic flying brick K engine powered the massive K1200LT luxury road bike until 2009 when it was phased out with the K1200LT.