New BMW Concept Motorcycle – 1,800cc Engine, Inspired By Concorde Aircraft

BMW Motorrad offers a host of motorcycle genres differentiated by their use cases. These range from Urban Mobility CE scooters, Adventure GS bikes, Heritage R bikes, Roadsters, Tour K bikes, Sport and then the manic M offerings. The K series of touring bikes have been well received globally with a cult following.

Now, the company has just unveiled Vision K 18 concept motorcycle at the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event on Lake Como, Italy. It is the pinnacle of BMW Motorrad’s touring bikes. This outlandish concept is currently a one-off and could spawn a production-spec version in the future. Let’s take a closer look.

BMW Vision K 18 Unveiled

At the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event, BMW Motorrad unveiled something truly spectacular in the form of BMW Vision K 18 concept. It looks unlike any other K Series motorcycle on sale today and showcases the company’s design direction for future touring motorcycles under the K series.

One look at it and even Batman’s Batpod looks relatively conventional. It has a dominating stance which will grab eyeballs. It is low to the ground and has a long and stretched silhouette. The company is drawing inspirations from high-speed aircrafts like BAC Concorde and has resulted in dramatic visuals.

Vision K 18 concept is built around a rather conventional 1,800cc Inline-Six engine. Design is minimalistic, but it has a significant impact. These panels are hand crafted using exotic materials like aluminium and forged carbon fibre. From the limited number of pictures, it looks like this motorcycle is based on a monocoque chassis.

At the front, we have six LEDs in the headlight and below it, we can see six air intakes to feed air into the gulping 1,800cc Inline-Six engine (6-6-6). There’s a custom single seat with an X motif. The air intakes are on full display and same could be the case with its air box. There’s fancy clip-on handlebars and a windshield as well.

Outlandish Design & Tech

Because this is not a production-spec motorcycle, there are no ORVMs on it. This concept has sleek body panels covering a bulbous cavity at the rear, but this cavity is not for luggage. Instead, you can see six exhaust tips, flanked by vertical LED tail lights. The fat rear wheel is on full display too, which can be covered in production-spec model.

BMW Vision K 18 concept is loaded with tech as well. The production-spec model is expected to retain most of these, including the hydraulically adjustable suspension setup along with its fancy instrument clusters, premium equipment and cycle parts along with cutting-edge propulsion technologies.