Motorcycle museum record
BMW mounted a liquid-cooled four-cylinder engine longitudinally on its side in the K 100, creating a completely different technical branch alongside the boxer twins.
Museum plaque
Proof that BMW would abandon its most recognisable engine format when regulation, performance and product strategy demanded another solution.
BMW mounted a liquid-cooled four-cylinder engine longitudinally on its side in the K 100, creating a completely different technical branch alongside the boxer twins.
Why it matters. Proof that BMW would abandon its most recognisable engine format when regulation, performance and product strategy demanded another solution.
Technical identity
This first expansion records museum-level specifications rather than pretending every year and market used one immutable specification.
Research starting point
Model-year specifications can vary. The museum keeps the stable historical interpretation here and leaves room to add exact variants, racing derivatives, engine codes and source-specific specifications later.