BMW Motorrad has teamed with motorcycling's golden boy of design and style, Roland Sands, to make a concept bagger primarily based around the German manufacturer's K1600 platform. Generally known as the Notion 101, the distinctive machine has reignited rumors that a production bagger will not be far off.
The Idea 101 was revealed all of a sudden last week at an event in Italy. The motorcycle's name has dual which means: Firstly, there is the truth that the K1600's 1,649-cc engine functions out to become 101 cubic inches. Secondly, Roland Sands says he drew inspiration for the design and style from the iconic U.S. Highway 101, which takes in many of the greatest sights of America's west coast.
"We had a clear vision when we were designing the bike: below the motto 'The Spirit with the Open Road' we wanted to construct a high-performance, emotional and very exclusive 6-cylinder automobile that would make each and every ride a unique encounter. A bike that would make the moment so unique, you would overlook your location," explained Ola Stenegard, head of car design and style for BMW Motorrad.
The Concept 101, with its wood-panelled effect, colour scheme and industrial-looking exhausts have a distinctly Roland Sands look. So, definitely, if and when BMW release their rumored production bagger for the world it would appear somewhat various. Most expect it to additional closely resemble the current K1600GT or K1600GTL.
A variety of spy pictures have popped up over the previous numerous months suggesting that BMW is working on some kind of bike aimed at cashing in around the big bagger trend in the United states. Lots of had anticipated to find out such a bike released in time for this summer's sales.
Nevertheless, it's suspected that BMW are taking their time for you to get items appropriate, soon after finding out some painful lessons when they attempted a cruiser with the R1200C.
