News – Style study and new roadster: BMW surprises in Italy! – F800R (continued): more aggressive and more playful

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Style study and new roadster: BMW surprises in Italy !

News - Style study and new roadster: BMW surprises in Italy! - F800R (continued): more aggressive and more playful

After its national show in Cologne, where the new 1300 series and the S1000RR caused a sensation, BMW arrives in Milan with two new surprises: a roadster version of the F800 series and a concept both enticing and surprising, called Lo Rider..

F800R (continued): more aggressive and more playful

The engine retains its main characteristics and the in-line twin, tilted 30 degrees forward, retains its 360 ° timing – each revolution of the crankshaft corresponding to an engine stroke – guaranteeing a sound close to the historic Boxer engines of the Germanic sign.

Technical attention: the engine receives a complex balancing system based on "a guided articulated system, centered on the crankshaft and featuring fixed-position weights, which replaces conventional balance shafts to cancel out alternative inertia forces", specifies – fortunately! – BMW.

The overhead camshafts drive a toothed chain controlling the valves using pawls, a device similar to that used in F1 and recently used on the K1300s! Also reviewed in terms of injection, the F800R releases a new kinematics of the throttle butterflies for "ensure even finer response to the throttle and even better engine reactions"details BMW which also signals the presence of a new exhaust line with separate catalytic converter, shorter than the controversial element of the F800S.

Wanting to be efficient and sparkling, the BMW F800R sees its last three gears shortened for behavior more in line with its sporty roadster appearance. And if the Munich residents announce a limited version of 34 hp and a range of "300 kilometers and more, its torque available at 90% from 5000 rpm promises an interesting pleasure on small roads !

Announced by BMW Motorrad France at around 8000 euros, the future motorcycle – a chouia prepared anyway! – used by the world champion of Streetbike Freestyle Christian Pfeiffer will be available in plain alpine white to silky black and in solid fiery orange and in matt white aluminum metallic.

Alexandre BARDIN – Photos DR

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