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BMW's best selling motorcycle, the R1200GS BMW K1200S 2014 BMW S1000R. With the exception of the G310 series (which is produced at TVS' plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India [4] [5]) and the C400 series (which is produced at Loncin's plant in Chongqing, China), all BMW Motorrad's motorcycle production takes place at its plant in Berlin, Germany. [6]
The BMW 247 engine is an air-cooled flat-twin motorcycle engine with two valves per cylinder, also known as "airhead" boxer. The 247 engine was the successor of the in 1969 (MY 1970) introduced first modern BMW boxer engine; the BMW 246 engine of the /5 series. With minor and more significant updates (247/76 in 1976 and 247/M80 in 1981) it was ...
BMW is well known for its history of inline-six (straight-six) engines, a layout it continues to use to this day despite most other manufacturers switching to a V6 layout. . The more common inline-four and V8 layouts are also produced by BMW, and at times the company has produced inline-three, V10 and V12 engines, BMW also engineered non-production customised engines especially for motorsports ...
1967 BMW R60/2 in Granada red with Craven panniers. Engine Numbers. 1955–1960 R50 Engine Numbers: 550 001 – 563 515; 1960–1969 R50/2 & R50US Engine Numbers: 630 001 – 649 037; 1956–1960 R60 Engine Numbers: 618 001 — 621 530; 1960–1966 R60/2 Engine Numbers: 622 001 — 629 999; 1966–1969 R60/2 & R60US Engine Numbers: 1 810 001 ...
Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.
The engine pumped out 18 hp (13 kW), the highest ever for a shaft-drive BMW single. BMW manufactured 15,364 R27 models (engine numbers 372 001 – 387 566 ) over the production years of 1960 to 1966. Some of the 1966 R27 models were sold as 1967 models because dealers in those years often would assign dates to BMW motorcycles when they sold ...
The BMW F650 models were jointly designed by BMW and Aprilia, who also launched their own very similar model called the Aprilia Pegaso 650 (a 654cc single cylinder, 5 valve motorcycle). [4] The BMW version was assembled in Italy by Aprilia and these were powered by the Austrian 652cc single-cylinder, 4 valve Rotax engine. [3]
In the 1930s BMW were producing a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in response to a request from the German Army. Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by a 750 cc side valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine.