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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBMW Motorrad explains spied bike.(MOTORCYCLE)(Brief article)
Powersports Business, May, 2006 by Ebert, Guido
BMW has been seen carving around test tracks on a motorcycle never before revealed to the public.
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While a number of news outlets have reported the bike to be an 800cc three-cylinder precursor to an official BMW factory MotoGP racing effort starting in 2007, the Bavarian manufacturer says the vehicle is actually a test mule designed as a part of research activities on future regulation systems.
BMW said the two-wheeler is designed to test engine and driving dynamics under extreme conditions. BMW Head of Development Burkhard Goschel said the company chose a motorcycle to study technological development challenges relating to the special driving dynamics of motorcycles and their tilted position.
"The dynamics...
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