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The K100 was a relative sales success, stemming the losses to the Japanese and changing the media and public perception of BMW. The four-cylinder engine suffered from secondary vibration, but the three-cylinder K75, with its balance shaft , was far smoother. [ 14 ]
The K100 was still a cruiser/tourer design in bias, and BMW marketing wanted a sports oriented tourer to appeal to a more youth oriented market perception, and compete with the Japanese factories. BMW was committed to the manufacturer imposed 100 bhp (75 kW) limit for motorcycles sold in Germany, so decided that to address both issues it needed ...
In 1988, BMW introduced the K1 which had the Bosch Motronic fuel injection system. From 1985 to 1996, the K75 740 cc three-cylinder engine was produced. In 1991, BMW increased the displacement of the K100 from 987 cc to 1,097 cc and the model designation became the K1100. The K1100LT was the first with the new engine displacement.
BMW M models of X Series and Z Series models typically just have the model name "M" (e.g. X6 M, Z4 M). "M Performance" models have the letter "M" inserted after the series, followed by the rest of the naming convention for the non-M models (e.g. X6 M50d).
The BMW K1600GT, K1600GTL, K1600 Grand America and K1600B are Touring motorcycles manufactured by BMW Motorrad. The former two were announced in July 2010, unveiled at the Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne in October 2010; they went on sale in March 2011. [4] [5] [6] The latter was announced in October 2016. [7]
The drive is purchased from BMW: four-cylinder motorcycle engines from either the BMW K100 (Ecomobile) or BMW K1200RS (MonoTracer) which develop between 90–130 hp (67–97 kW). The five-speed motorcycle transmission has been modified to give the driver four forward gears and one reverse gear.
Bank of Zambia K100 note, one hundred kwacha note of Zambia; BMW K100, a motorcycle manufactured by BMW; K-100 (TV series), a Hong Kong television programme; K100, a former model of cabover truck made by Kenworth; K-100 (Kansas highway), a former state highway in Kansas; Timm K-100 Collegiate American-built two-seat light aircraft of the late 1920s
Hossack set himself the task with the K100 to use as many standard parts as practical and make it handle and stop better. In the process the final product was 12 lb (5.4 kg) lighter than the standard unit, and possessed all the advantages that BMW later claimed for the K series bikes.