While in Asheville, NC, visited "Eurosport Asheville" which is a BMW/Husqvarna/Vespa dealer in the city. The dealership is located not far from Biltmore Village and is a really nice looking dealership. Got greeted by one of the salesmen who was really into having me purchase this motorcycle at left which is the new BMW K1600 (not sure which model this is, as there are two of them). This is the biggest touring model BMW offers. Designed to compete with the Honda Gold Wing its engine is a 1600cc in-line six. The last inline six built for motorcycles was the Honda CBX many years ago.
BMW a few years ago purchased the motorcycles built under the Husqvarna name. The Swedish company had been building motorcycles since 1903, and was real big in the 1970's as a maker of motocross and enduro motorcycles winning a number of championships. The company was purchased by Italy's Cagiva and run under its MV Agusta division in 1987 and production and development was moved to Italy. The location of the factory and development continues there since the purchase by BMW in 2007. In addition to the off road bikes the company is famous for, they are also developing some road bikes.
Finally have seen this bike (a couple of years ago at a motorcycle event in Richmond, VA) before...its the BMW S1000RR-BMW's entry to the world of superbikes. Powered by a 999cc in-line four the bike has made quite a splash in World Superbike. Designed to compete with a number of Japanese sport bikes in both performance and in price, the bike as does all motorcycles made by the German motorcycle company has a lot of interesting technology and is one of the most cutting edge motorcycles on the market.
There is a BMW dealership (which also sells Triumph and Ducati) in Charlotte, NC, but none in the Richmond, VA area...so it was pretty neat to see these motorcycles during my very interesting trip to Asheville. One of my wife's and my favorite areas to visit in North Carolina, photos from the trip (which is a motorcyclists paradise) can be seen on my "Richmond and Me" page.
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