BMW 6 cyl Motorcycle

ripperfarms

New member

• Aug 19, 2007

• #1

Does anyone know the name or number of the 6 cyl motorcycle that BMW was developing in the 1970s.

They were going to produce it but then Honda came out with the Gold Wing so they dropped any production plans.

Thanks ..... Dave

 

lkchris

Active member

• Aug 19, 2007

• #2

R1XXX of course.

 

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dbrick

rabid reader

• Aug 19, 2007

• #3

OTL had an article on this last year, iirc, and the bike was a horizontally-opposed four, like the just-introduced Goldwing.

 

widebmw

New member

• Aug 19, 2007

• #4

Was it this one.

 

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warredon

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• Aug 20, 2007

• #5

Or this one?

 

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bmwdean

BMW MOA co-founder

• Aug 21, 2007

• #6

http://jeffdean2.home.att.net/asian.htm

"Not well known is the fact that in the early 1970s BMW, in Germany, was developing several engine designs. The M77 project involved liquid-cooled engines in several configurations. There were several twin-cylinder iterations ranging from 500cc to 750cc. Most interesting, however, is that the M77 project also included a 4-cylinder opposed engine design of 1,000cc! By 1975, that design was just about ready. But the motorcycle world was stunned by Honda when it introduced the motorcycle below. Sadly, that killed BMW's opposed four and we are left wondering how BMW would have designed a motorcycle with such an engine."

 

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John D'oh

• Sep 9, 2007

• #7

I came across a photo of a prototype Honda Goldwing in a Motorcyclist Magazine one day. It could answer the question of what BMW might have built. The article that accompanied the picture described the first engine that the Japanese were considering for the GW. It was a six cylinder 1000 cc engine. For the proof of concept vehicle, they used a stock BMW transmission, sub frame, fender, driveshaft/swing arm, final drive and rear wheel/hub combo (all /5 stuff if I remember correctly). It was finished off with a CB750 front end and gas tank. The seat might have been BMW too.

 

bmwdean

BMW MOA co-founder

• Sep 9, 2007

• #8

Most likely, this is the photo you saw:

 

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PAULBACH

New member

• Sep 9, 2007

• #9

How about a Wankel

This has to be the engine with the fewest moving parts.

Photos taken in the Glenn Curtis museum in Hammondsport, NY.

 

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John D'oh

• Sep 9, 2007

• #10

bmwdean said:

Most likely, this is the photo you saw:

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Thanks Jeff! That was indeed the photo I saw. It DID have a BMW seat...

 

rkasal

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• Sep 21, 2007

• #11

New one?

Not quite related, but I thought I heard they were working on a new 6 cyl. Anyone know?

Regards,


Randy Kasal