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A sport touring motorcycle (sometimes a "sports tourer") is a type of motorcycle that combines the performance of a sport bike with the long-distance capabilities and comfort of a touring motorcycle. The first sport tourer is said to be the fully faired 1977 BMW R100RS. [1] [2] Journalist Peter Egan defines the sport tourer as a "café racer ...
The BMW R12 is a motorcycle manufactured by BMW Motorrad, which is offered as the cruiser motorcycle R12 and as the roadster R12 nineT (with the English pronunciation ['naɪnti]). The name "R12", which had already been used by BMW for a motorcycle model from the 1930s, was re-protected by the manufacturer in 2021 in Germany and internationally ...
A BMW R1100RS sport-touring motorcycle. Sport touring motorcycles combine attributes of sport bikes and touring motorcycles. The rider posture is less extreme than a sport bike, giving greater long-distance comfort. [6] Accommodation for a passenger is superior to a sport bike as well, along with increased luggage capacity. [6]
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
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 following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
Kawasaki selected the literbike platform for its top-of-the-line Ninja H2 model, rather than continuing with the higher-displacement Ninja ZX-14 hyperbike. Cycle World's Kevin Cameron explained that the literbike class is "the center of the high-performance market", attracting the best development in racing, with the best chassis and suspension design, so it made sense for Kawasaki to create a ...
Sport tourers are a hybrid form of motorcycle of the sport bike and tourer. Forming a niche market, [7] sport tourers combine the performance of a sport bike with the long-distance capabilities and comfort of a touring motorcycle. They exhibit much greater emphasis on sporting performance (in both handling and speed) than conventional tourers.