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The R 32 also started the tradition of shaft drive, which was used on all BMW motorcycles until 1994. The BMW R 37, produced from 1925 to 1926, was BMW's first sporting model. It was based on the R 32 and used an overhead valve engine producing 12 kW (16 hp). The first single-cylinder BMW motorcycle was the 1925 BMW R 39, which was BMW's ...
BMW is well known for its history of inline-six (straight-six) engines, a layout it continues to use to this day despite most other manufacturers switching to a V6 layout. . The more common inline-four and V8 layouts are also produced by BMW, and at times the company has produced inline-three, V10 and V12 engines, BMW also engineered non-production customised engines especially for motorsports ...
The BMW 247 engine is an air-cooled flat-twin motorcycle engine with two valves per cylinder, also known as "airhead" boxer. The 247 engine was the successor of the in 1969 (MY 1970) introduced first modern BMW boxer engine; the BMW 246 engine of the /5 series. With minor and more significant updates (247/76 in 1976 and 247/M80 in 1981) it was ...
In 2011, the F30 3 Series was released, with turbocharged engines being used on all models. This shift to turbocharging and smaller engines was reflective of general automotive industry trends. The M3 model based on the F30 platform is the first M3 to use a turbocharged engine. BMW's first turbocharged V8 engine, the BMW N63, was
All F650 motorcycles produced from 2000 to 2007 used a 652 cc engine built in Austria by Rotax and were built by BMW in Berlin. In late 2006, the G series of offroad biased bikes motorcycles was launched using the same 652 cc engine fitted to the F650GS, although that engine is no longer manufactured by Rotax.
Motorcycles with a V-twin engine mounted with its crankshaft mounted in line with the frame, e.g. the Honda CX series, are said to have "transverse" engines, [1] [2] while motorcycles with a V-twin mounted with its crankshaft mounted perpendicular to the frame, e.g. most Harley-Davidsons, are said to have "longitudinal" engines.