While BMW Motorrad’s much-loved ‘R’-boxer twin, and the inline-four S-series engines, have seen wide acceptance in the riding community, its big inline-six has thus far been confined to heavy-touring duty, in the K-series long-distance highway cruisers.
This could be about to change, as a rendering of what purports to be a naked streetbike using the big K-series engine, has emerged. As published in German motorcycle magazine Motorrad.de, this rendering by Stefan Kraft of S-Kraft Design in Stuttgart shows BMW Motorrad’s massive 1,649 cc inline-six mounted in a naked chassis.
Dubbed the K1600R, the bike shares styling cues with BMW Motorrad’s other roadsters, the R1200R and the S1000R. In the current K1600GT, the K-engine is rated at 160 hp and 175 Nm of torque at 5,250 rpm, and is capable of propelling the 332 kg tourer to well over 200 km/h.
In naked sportster form, that amount of power would be almost, but not quite, insane. The chassis looks like it has been lifted off an S-bike, which would make sense as the beam-aliminium frame is already designed to deal with 200 hp.
This sportster would certainly be an interesting addition to the K-series range, harking back to the days of the Benelli 750/900 Sei, Honda CBX 1100 and Kawasaki Z1300 inline-six bikes.
GALLERY: BMW Motorrad K1600 GTL Ignite Straight Six project
Syukur lah bike ini masuk Msia. Sure I will buy. RM100k is small money to me lah!
only RM100k for a straight 6 BMW bike? hahahh keep dreaming bro
Looks like the dupes Albert, George Abdul, RBA john, n Samy came out to play. Probably after kena spanking from Red Boss for the friendly fire. Well, the more the merrier.
Only dupe is yourself john. you are the one with multiple identities.
Only a dupe like u wud reply to ur own, Albert Yong.
I just go to half-cut shop. Buy used BMW straight 6 engine. Add on wheels. Walah! Get the same bike. Even more cukurness.
Mohan, sir…. I believe you got a typo
” beam-aliminium”
should be ” beam-aluminium” right?