Bmw Announces 1993 Lineup

BMW ANNOUNCES 1993 LINEUP

ELEVEN MODELS HIGHLIGHT BMW's 1993 lineup, topped by the K1100RS and the K1100LT, both using enlarged and improved versions of the company’s laydown Four. The K1 sportbike, using the old-style K100 motor, rounds out BMW’s four-cylinder assortment, all of which are equipped with BMW’s Paralever single-sided swingarm and ABS.

ABS also is standard on all three K75s this year. That trio is composed of the K75RT, the K75S, and the K75 standard. The R line, powered by BMW’s familiar 980cc opposed-Twin, offers machines in five flavors-the retro-styled R100R; the sporting R100RS, back in the line after a long absence; the tour-oriented R100RT; and the R100GS dual-purpose bike. The GS can, with the aid of a dealership’s accessory department, be converted into an R100GS/PD, with the “PD” representing Paris-Dakar, a reference to the infamous African rally that brought bikes of this

type to prominence.

Obviously, machines powered by BMW’s new R259 Boxer Twin (see Cycle World, January, 1993) are conspicuous by their absence. Those bikes are scheduled for a midyear introduction as 1994 models.