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Indeed, and then in '83 the K100 was introduced in Europe. And then they brought the K100 to the US in '85. Then the K75C and K75T in '86 and the K75S in '87 and off to the races they went with modern design motorcycles, up to and including the K1600. And the R1100 series and descendants up to and including the wethead 1250s. And the smaller F series and G series bikes. Never a dull moment after that huge "Ah ha" moment in the '80s.
To add to that, the stagnant line of air cooled opposed twin motorcycles that were becoming their death now has as devoted a following as you will find anywhere, other than among the HD die hard biker type fan boys. But BMW evolved in a spectacular way to survive. HD hasn't done so yet, except their reliability has increased by a couple orders of magnitude.
A significant factor in that 1980-1990's period was the strong dollar policy of the Federal Reserve to constrain inflation. That made European imports a lot cheaper than in the 1970's.