Bmw Gets Sportier

BMW GETS SPORTIER

het your sport-Twin appetite? In keeping with BMW's recent performance trend, the German bike-maker is readying a new sporty Boxer to replace the aging Ri 100S. Based around the new, more powerful 1170cc flat-Twin that first debuted in the globe-trotting Ri 200GS and more recently appeared in the Ri 200RT and ST sport-tourers, the engine is likely to produce more than the claimed 110 horsepower of the latter models. Furthermore, the S will no doubt he equipped with the latest six-speed gearbox and ABS brakes. One question that remains is whether the bike will have hard saddlebags as an option, or be available with the soft "sport"

cases found on the new K1200S and R models. There was no official word from BMW on the new Boxer or when it might make its debut, but you know it has to be coming. And could an HP high-performance I model be far behind?

Mark Hoyer