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The BMW R1100S is a sports motorcycle that was manufactured by BMW Motorrad between 1998 and 2005. Introduced some 25 years after the R90S, the company's first sports bike, the R1100S was the first BMW bike having clip-on handlebars, rearset footrests and a removable cowl to cover the pillion seat. [5]
[21] [22] [23] The Japanese domestic market started making cafe racer replicas in the early 1980s, first Honda with the GB250 in 1983, then GB400 and GB500 versions in 1985. The GB400TTMKII has a frame mounted fairing and single seat with cowl. The Honda GB500 TT, sought to emulate BSA and Norton café racers of the 1960s. [24]
R nineT Urban G/S - similar look and style to the BMW R80G/S with a 19-inch instead of 17-inch front wheel; R nineT Racer S - a cafe racer without a passenger seat, with a nose fairing in blue, white and red trim; R nineT Sport - UK-only version with Akrapovic silencer and cafe racer styling
Today the R45 is popular with custom bike builders and are being converted into Café Racer or Street scramblers due to their compact dimensions. Modified BMW R45 1981. Engine Motor Type: Four-stroke two cylinder horizontally opposed "Boxer" engine, air cooled; Bore x Stroke: 70 mm × 61.5 mm (2.76 in × 2.42 in) Displacement: 473.4 cc
The final model in the series was introduced in 1976 and had a rear disc brake, cast wheels and a new seat with a fibreglass cowl. [1] The brakes were praised in contemporary road tests. [2] Laverda redesigned the engine of the SF to be lighter and narrower but this never reached production. [10]
R60/2 with Avon full fairing and Craven top case The Madison (WI) BMW club in 1970, with many Wixom fairings Safety bar installed on a 1967 BMW R60/2. BMW motorcycles of the 1960s were noted as long-distance touring motorcycles. However, none came standard with fairings or luggage; these items were provided by aftermarket vendors.
The BMW 600 was intended as an enlarged Isetta with more power and a more conventional four-wheel configuration. BMW Isetta 600, showing hinged steering wheel, next to 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) boy. The front end of the 600 was virtually unchanged, but the 600's wheelbase was stretched to accommodate four seats. A conventional rear axle was added.
The BMW R100RS, produced from 1976 to 1984, was the first mass-market sport touring motorcycle to be offered with a full fairing as standard, and marked the beginning of wider adoption of fairings on sports and touring types of motorcycles. [6]