In the 60-second clip below, you can watch him zip up the hill with gusto. The GP shift pattern indicates the bike’s track-ready proclivities, while the working lights hint that BMW could be seriously considering a street-legal edition.
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The high-pitched whine of this bike’s engine is downright gänsehaut-inducing. (That’s German for goosebumps.)
Meanwhile, the furious howl of the exhaust pipe provides a truly visceral world-class racing bike thrill. The way that it uncompromisingly announces this bike’s badassery makes it the coolest element, as far as I’m concerned.
Here’s hoping that whatever actual production bike might emerge from this project has something close to that spirited sound, noise complaints be damned.
As excited as I tend to get about the look of exhaust pipes, this one’s sound is easily its best quality.BMW Motorcycles
About the Author:
Now managing editor, Steve has served in a variety of roles with GP since 2019. Having previously written and edited for such publications as Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, Esquire and ESPN, he enjoys covering a range of topics — but mostly those pertaining to cycling, snow sports, pocket knives and motos — and dreams of a utopian world in which everyone’s bike seat is at the proper height.
