Asserting Dominance: Powerbrick’s Radical K1100RS Streetfighter

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/powerbricks-ra ... eetfighter

[Mr Moofo]

I once rode a Brick. I hated how it handled - not too sure I can quantify. It was like it had a hinge behind the headstock
But they are not lookers - no matter how people try ....

[Count Steer]

I had a bike with one of those K series engines (1200) and I'd liken them to the engine in a Moggy Thou. Solid chuggers.

In a bike - Sporty? No. Suitable for a big tourer? Yes. (The later K is a far more beast).

That one ^^^ is 7 sorts of ugly. The bar end mirrors are the pièce de résistance - the final ugly cherry on the top.

[Horse]

The only good part about a K100 is its engine. Smooth delivery of torque almost from tickover. Really easy to ride.

So to try and make something 'sporty' from one is a stretch ...

[KungFooBob]

That's a K1100 it's got twice as many valves as the K100

There's been a few very well developed Brick race bikes in the BHR B.E.A.R.S class, most of them made by BSK Speedworks.

https://www.bskspeedworks.co.uk/bmw.html

[mangocrazy]

Dominance over what, precisely? Reason and good taste, perhaps?

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Isn't the K engine based on a Peugeot car engine

[Horse]

Isn't the K engine based on a Peugeot car engine

Half a point

Google says:

The original concept prototype for the motorcycle's engine was built by adapting an inline-four engine from a Peugeot 104.In 1977,

BMW engineer Josef Fritzenwenger mounted a liquid-cooled Peugeot engine completely on its side longitudinally into a motorcycle frame. This specific layout (later dubbed the "flying brick") lowered the center of gravity and aligned perfectly with BMW’s traditional shaft drive.

While the concept proved the layout was viable, BMW designed the production K-series engine from scratch . They binned the Peugeot block in favor of developing their own highly advanced, double overhead camshaft (DOHC) inline-four engine for the production K100.

[Count Steer]

Isn't the K engine based on a Peugeot car engine

Half a point

Google says:

The original concept prototype for the motorcycle's engine was built by adapting an inline-four engine from a Peugeot 104.In 1977,

BMW engineer Josef Fritzenwenger mounted a liquid-cooled Peugeot engine completely on its side longitudinally into a motorcycle frame. This specific layout (later dubbed the "flying brick") lowered the center of gravity and aligned perfectly with BMW’s traditional shaft drive.

While the concept proved the layout was viable, BMW designed the production K-series engine from scratch . They binned the Peugeot block in favor of developing their own highly advanced, double overhead camshaft (DOHC) inline-four engine for the production K100.

The thing that sticks in my mind was, after the bike had been standing for a while, on starting there was always a little puff of smoke from the exhaust. I think that because of the orientation there was a little bit of oil seeped past the rings if given time. It wasn't enough to ever worry about constantly checking the oil level.

[Horse]

The thing that sticks in my mind was, after the bike had been standing for a while, on starting there was always a little puff of smoke from the exhaust.

I heard the same explanation.

Thing that struck me with this one was that they have lost the comfy angled-out footrests