Take a good long look at this bike as it is going to be the base bike for the upcoming BMW baby sports bike – the 313cc sports bike based on the G310R.
Word on the grapevine is suggesting that TVS Motor Company, the same company that assembles the G310R in India, is officially putting this bike into production as the TVS Apache RTR 300.
Based on the BMW G310R, the Apache RTR 300 will be powered by the same 313cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder engine as the G310R. Though both the engine and gearbox will eventually offer unique power figures different from the G310R, in its existing state of tune however, the BMW motor produces 31bhp and 28Nm of torque.
According to Indian website Rush Lane, the final production version of the Apache RTR 300 is expected to retain much of the dramatic bodywork shown in the pictures here as the Akula 310 factory racer concept which was showcased at the Auto Expo 2016 in India. According to Rush Lane, the bike will retain its twin headlamps, tall windshield, chiselled fuel tank, split seats, LED taillights and a stubby exhaust. ABS and sticky tyres could be offered as options.
When it is launched the Apache RTR 300 will take the fight to the KTM RC390, Yamaha R25, Honda CBR250RR and the Kawasaki 250.
The TVS model is unlikely to make it to Malaysia based on current conditions, but we are excited to see the BMW spin-off of this bike. Expected date of arrival in Malaysia will be sometime in the second or third quarter of 2017. As for the name of the bike, how does BMW S310RR sound?
Image and story credits: Rush Lane
According to reports online, BMW’s Motorrad division is looking to take on Ducati’s award winning power cruiser – the XDiavel.
There is no word on how it is going to look like or what is going to be powering it, but this is not the first time that BMW has ventured into the cruiser market – who can forget the BMW that James Bond rode in Tomorrow Never Dies – the R1200C.
Both Ducati and BMW have wanted to take on the power cruiser market for many years now, and have come away scarred and bruised. Ducati seems to have learned a lot judging from how beautiful the XDiavel is, and BMW seems to be magically balancing good looks and performance in it’s current line-up of motorcycles.
Lets also not forget that BMW recently teased us with its own take on a BMW bagger called the BMW Concept 101, which is based on the K1600.
So what will be powering the new bike? Only time will tell but BMW has a vast array of powerplants to choose from; an inline-four, inline-six and even the well proven boxer engine. It remains to be seen what BMW will ultimately go for though.
So when will we be seeing such a stunning machine from Munich? A concept debut at EICMA this year sounds fitting.
Source: Asphalt & Rubber
For a number of years it was an open secret that BMW was going to build smaller bikes for the lucrative entry-level market but engineers and company executives either kept mum about it or avoided it altogether.
So when BMW finally did confirm the rumour, it was more of a “I told you so” moment rather than a more celebration-worthy “wow, that’s brilliant” kind of moment.
Whatever it is, the end product is going to be brilliant. I say brilliant because upon meeting it at it’s debut last year (read about it here) it felt good, high quality, and had the all important BMW-esque-ness to Motorrad motorcycles. I’m talking about the BMW G310R, that small naked bike that BMW is building in India in collaboration with Indian motorcycle manufacturer, TVS.
And while the G310R is yet to make it’s debut, it is already spawning its own variants – an Adventure model and a sports model with full fairings. And things are already begin to get into a roll with this rendering on how the upcoming F310GS could possibly look like.
Indian automotive portal Rush Lane posted this exclusive rendering of the upcoming baby-Adventure bike created by Pratyush Rout, described as the “guy behind the renderings” at topspeed.com.
The new bike will almost definitely be powered by the same 313cc single-cylinder liquid-cooled engine as the 310R. Mated to a 6-speed transmission, it produces 31hp and 28Nm of torque. You can expect this figure to change with the engine and gearbox tweaked to better suit tour riding.
What will be different though is an increase in ground clearance, tyre and rim size, handle bar width and the seat.
Looking a lot like the current F700GS, this rendering may not be too far off the mark.
It is reportedly expected to be called either the F310GS or the GS310R.
The sports model is also said to be quite a looker with power to match, read about it here or check out the G310R promo video below.
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