BMW Motorrad: Escape From The Dreariness Of Everyday Life

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BMW Motorrad: Escape From The Dreariness Of Everyday Life
BMW Motorrad: Escape From The Dreariness Of Everyday Life

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BMW has already shown its vision of the mobility of the future, Mini and Rolls-Royce too. With the “Vision Next 100: Great Escape”, the motorcycle division is now completing the Group's range of future vehicles. It has now been presented in Los Angeles.

By Frank Mertens

What will future mobility look like? What expectations do customers then have of their car? Or should we say better: your vehicle? It is obvious that in 30 years' time a car will no longer look the way we know it today. The means of transport of the future will be networked, naturally driven with zero emissions and be able to drive fully autonomously.

How the BMWGroup presents the mobility of the future, has already shown it this year with the vision vehicles from BMW at the central anniversary celebration on March 7th in Munich and in Beijing and London with its subsidiary brands Mini and Rolls-Royce. But one vision was still missing: that of BMW Motorrad. She was this Tuesday in Los Angeles with the "Vision Next 100: Great Escape". BMW CEO Harald Krüger simply called the new future bike of the motorcycle division "hot".

Motorcycling in a networked world

“The BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 embodies the BMW Group's understanding of motorcycling in a networked world: it is an analog experience in a digital age. It lets me break out of everyday life. From the moment I step up, I experience absolute freedom. The Great Escape,”said Edgar Heinrich, head designer at BMW Motorrad, when presenting the new bike of the future.

This motorcycle should offer the customer the ultimate driving experience in three decades. The days of a helmet are over, accordingly the driver should feel the forces of acceleration and feel his environment even more intensely than motorcyclists in the present day. Despite all the visions, the new machine can still be recognized as a BMW: this is ensured by the black triangular frame, the white paintwork and the boxer engine. There is of course an emission-free drive unit. The people of Munich are silent about what kind of drive it is. With the black triangular frame, the design team borrowed from the R32 from 1923, but transferred it to the future. The frame connects the rear and front wheel with a dynamic swing, as Heinrich explained.

The rider sits on this bike of the future like on a roadster, whereby the intelligent arrangement of the surfaces provides wind and weather protection like on a fully faired motorcycle. As befits a future model, it also comes up with technical delicacies such as a steering frame. When the driver moves the handlebars, the frame deforms at the same time and initiates the change of direction.

Boxer extends sideways

The developers have come up with a nice gimmick for the boxer engine. While the boxer fits tightly when the vehicle is stationary, it extends to the side at the start of the journey and optimizes aerodynamics and thus consumption. Normally, says Heinrich, you think five to ten years ahead when developing a motorcycle. Doing this for three decades has been particularly attractive and exciting. "I am convinced that with the BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 we are sketching a coherent future scenario for the BMW Motorrad brand," said Heinrich.

BMW Vision Next 100 reopened AG / Mertens
BMW Vision Next 100 reopened AG / Mertens

Since digitalization will also determine the future of the motorcycle, networking also plays a key role in this future bike. The driver is continuously informed of critical driving situations via the user interface by the various assistance systems so that he can react in good time. Accordingly, the usual motorcycle clothing including helmet will be superfluous. These assistance systems also include an automatic balance of the motorcycle, which makes it impossible to fall over. If the driver gets off the motorcycle, it stops.

Everything should be completely uncomplicated and inconspicuous for the driver. "This means that the driver feels completely comfortable and free on his machine," said Holger Hampf, who heads the design customer experience at the BMW Group. Communication between man and machine via a so-called visior, data glasses with a windbreak function. It projects the essential information into the customer's field of vision.

Although this bike points a long way into the future, some things are not 20 or 30 years away. You just have to think around the corner, said Heinrich, referring to the multitude of sensors with which this two-wheeler is equipped. Be it the tilt sensor, the one for temperature, air and water. All features that are relevant for connected driving. Accordingly, some of these features shouldn't be seen on the road for three decades.

With the three future studies from BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce to the motorcycle now shown, the company has shown that it has already arrived where others are still dreaming of, said BMW boss Krüger.

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