Bike India – August 2019

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heBoxerengIne,wIththosecylInder-headsprotrudIngoutInto

theairstream,hasbeena keyelementoftheBMwMotorradidentityforover

90 yearsandtheBMwVisiondcroadsterwasconceivedtogiveusa glimpse

ofwhatanelectricallypoweredBMwmotorcyclemaylooklike.theresultisa futuristic

roadsterwitha low,minimalisticfrontendanda short,hightailsection,butthemost

revolutionaryelementisa verticallyfitted,longitudinallyorientedbatterypackthat

protrudestothesidestomimicthelegendaryboxer.Bothendsofthebatteryare

fittedwithventilatorsandcoolingribsand,justliketheboxerenginesofold,these

areplacedintheairstreamtokeepthebatterycool.theactualelectricmotorismuch

smallerandispositionedunderthebatterywhereit connectstotheuniversaldrive

shaftthatsendspowertotherearwheel.

edgarheinrich,headofdesign,BMwMotorrad,hadthistosayattheunveilingof

theBMwVisiondcroadster:‘theboxerengineistheheartofBMwMotorrad―an

absolutestalwartofitscharacter.ButBMwMotorradstandsforvisionaryzero-

emissionvehicleconcepts,too.Inviewofthis,onequestionthatarisesis:whatwould

happenif weweretoreplacetheboxerenginewithanelectricmotorandtherequired

battery?theVisionBikeshowshowwe’reabletoretaintheidentityandiconic

appearanceofBMwMotorradindistinctiveformwhile,atthesametime,presentingan

excitingnewtypeofridingpleasure.’

thefuturisticyetsimpledesignoftheBMwVisiondcroadsterisaccentuatedby

thatgroovedaluminiumframe,generoususeofcarbon-fibre,minimalisticledlighting,

andbespoketyresfromMetzeler,whichincorporatesmallfluorescentelementsthat

createa graphiceffectwhenmovingandalsoincreasevisibility,servingasa safety

featurewhenstationary.

theBMwVisiondcroadstersymbolizesthefutureofBMwMotorradwithalternate

fuelsandcreatesa new,distinctidentitythatstillinvokesmemoriesofclassicBMw

motorcycles.

Themotorconnectstotheuniversal

driveshaftpoweringtherearwheel

Thebatterygetcoolingribsandare

placedintheairstream

the futuristicdesignsports

minimalisticled lighting

The BMW Vision DC Roadster, unveiled by

the German company at its NextGen event in

Munich, is a concept that attempts to retain the

trademark silhouette of BMW Motorrad’s boxer

twin engine while running on electric power

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