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BMW Motorrad has shown six prototypes of its R20, a roadster built around a roughly 2,000cc air/oil-cooled boxer engine, signaling the bike is nearing production. It features shaft drive and a minimalist single-seat design. No official launch date has been announced.
There's no spec sheet yet, but six prototypes surfacing means this is well into final development. BMW putting a big boxer in the 2-liter class into a minimalist roadster is a bold move — compared to the outgoing lineup, it's the kind that gets my pulse up. I can't stop wondering how the shaft-drive packaging will actually look.
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What's actually different about a boxer engine vs a regular inline?
Lower center of gravity and better balance, that's the main draw.
No numbers at all on how much power that 2L boxer makes, that bugs me.
BMW's always been good at hiding numbers until the last minute.
Feels like a pretty quiet reveal compared to Ducati or Triumph's new stuff.
No specs revealed and it's already this hyped, feels like overkill.
Six prototypes already, production must be close.
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