Wow! I didn't realize BMW had straight 6 cycles.

"luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!" (luvmesome142) 10/27/2015 at 15:19 • Filed to: None

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This is the engine in a BMW K1600GT.

And !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !

bob and john > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:28

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yes they do...though its only the one.

that other ‘bike’ you picture (i use bike in quotes because LOL at anyone trying to ride that) is a custom one-off done for a bike show. only thing really left is the motor and trans.

Echo51 > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:28

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WHY IS THIS ON UPSIDE DOWN. BMW DAMN IT

HammerheadFistpunch > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:28

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Could you imagine how sweet one of those would be in an NA Miata? Its not that much more powerful, but I bet its pretty light and it would sound and feel fantastic.

bob and john > Echo51 10/27/2015 at 15:31

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...what?

EL_ULY > HammerheadFistpunch 10/27/2015 at 15:35

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plus boost!

HammerheadFistpunch > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:39

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go to ~20 seconds and picture this in an MGB, NA miata or similar and weep

PanchoVilleneuve ST > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:41

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You can get one of these in a Campagna T-Rex, FYI.

Hermann > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 15:42

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This engine would be really awesome for small light car projects like a Caterham or something similar. Even though there are more powerful NA 1.6L engines, 6 cylinders would be too awesome just because of the idea and the noise of course.

Also, if you want to get really crazy you could turn this into a 3.2L V12.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > EL_ULY 10/27/2015 at 15:44

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I was thinking the same thing!

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > bob and john 10/27/2015 at 15:50

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I know.. Actually I wasn’t sure if the engine was in another Beemer or not. I just found the second bike when I googled the first.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > PanchoVilleneuve ST 10/27/2015 at 15:52

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Oh! That would be cool.

Echo51 > bob and john 10/27/2015 at 15:55

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The far coil on plug is upside down.

bob and john > Echo51 10/27/2015 at 16:02

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CANT UNSEE

swaptastic > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 16:07

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Hartley or Synergy needs to combine two of these into a wild V12.

McMike > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 16:15

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What the what?

McMike > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 16:16

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The arrows, they do nothing!

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > HammerheadFistpunch 10/27/2015 at 16:55

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OMG, one of these in an MGB would be amazing of you could get it to work. That would be a hell of a sawp!

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > McMike 10/27/2015 at 17:00

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Just for you.

McMike > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 17:03

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Thanks!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 17:23

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Yup, since 2012, with the Concept 6, precursor to the K1600GT and GTL. Arguably no K1600-based custom bike (and there have been a few), are as good as BMW’s own Concept 6.

I have wanted a K1600 version of the K1200R-Sport ever since. I want a K1200R-Sport anyway... but it would be all the sweeter with the K1600’s I6 and smoother frame.

Also, Campagna licenses the BMW K1600 engine for their latest revision to the T-Rex 16S cycle car. There is a BMW Motorrad inline-6 under there, behind the seats.

It is a toss up for big-bike 6-cylinder engines, but I think the 24-valve BMW I-6 edges out the 1832cc flat-6 in the Honda GoldWing, Rune, and F6B... but only because the Honda engine is single-overhead-cam with 12 valves, rather than DOHC-24V.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 10/27/2015 at 17:35

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Imagine a 1600cc-I6 based reverse trike with a tilting front suspension. I am.

I like the CanAm Spyder F3... except for the fact that it doesn’t lean like a bike.

I have contemplated a K1600-based, or alternatively Honda-1800 H6 powered tilting reverse trike, to beat the Spyder F3, and handle more like a bike.

Then Honda proposed one, with electric assist, and two cylinders chopped off, just being introduced in Japan this week... the NeoWing.

Sort of half way between the Goldwing bagger, and the Evo6 concept... which debuted around the same time as the BMW Concept 6.

I’d take either of those bikes, or the NeoWing (and seek to re-skin it to look less like a Decepticon), or a K1600 tilting reverse trike.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Hermann 10/27/2015 at 17:55

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A 3.2-ish liter 32-valve V12 with a modular end plate that could be setup for various bell housings, would be fantastic.

I could theoretically even see a turbocharged Hot-Vee configurations, like BMW’s turbo V8s... intake side outboard, exhaust side inboard, with turbos in the vee of the engine.

Crazy possibilities for a much more modern small V12 than classic Columbo Ferrari V12s.

Hermann > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 10/28/2015 at 05:32

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So many possibilities. So little money.

The bike that uses this engine has 158hp. I imagine a V12 would be able of about 290 if not more. That’d be sexy as hell.

Also, this engine is only 56cm long. A 300hp V12, or a 500hp Turbo V12 that is as not much bigger than a turbo 4 cylinder and also very light would be a very versatile package.

V12 Miata anyone?

bob and john > EL_ULY 11/05/2015 at 20:18

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not boosted....srry Uly

EL_ULY > bob and john 11/05/2015 at 20:45

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Not with that attitude!

bob and john > EL_ULY 11/05/2015 at 20:47

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okay, not factory boosted