BMW K Series: The Complete Story

While BMW motorcycles are rightly synonymous with the 'R series' boxer twins that are at the core of its history and heritage, it's the German firm's alternative K series, its high-tech, multi-cylinder motorcycles, that are just as significant in its recent history.  First launched in 1983 with the ultra-modern K100, a liquid-cooled and fuel-injected 4-cylinder that was radically laid 'flat', BMW's new direction quickly spawned a whole family of hi-tech K series machines that remain, in the form of the current 6-cylinder, luxurious, grand touring K1600GTL, its flagship machines. Over that time over thirty different models, ranging from the K75 triple through the revolutionary K1, multiple K1100, 1200 and 1300 4-cylinder roadsters, sports-tourers and tourers, in two completely different engine layouts right up to the world-leading K1600 six, have all been technical trend-setters, featured class-leading performance and been lavished with luxury few manufacturers can match.  This book is