For you BMW lovers out there… BMW’s Boxer: A Classic Design Is Updated and Refined GRACEFUL proportions and well-rounded performance may be enough to clinch a sale for many vehicles, but for some enthusiasts those qualities will never be enough. It takes attractions of a more mechanical nature — the catlike reflexes of a rear-engine Porsche, the distinctive howl of a Ferrari V-12 or the turbine smoothness of a Mazda rotary — to persuade these shoppers to open wallets. Such is the case with buyers of BMW motorcycles powered by the flat-twin “boxer” engine design that has been a brand attribute since the 1920s. The horizontal cylinders make for an appealingly logical layout — placed 180 degrees to each another, they jut out into the cooling air flow on either side of the bike — that exerts an enduring hold on owners. When combined with shaft drive — another longtime feature of BMW two-wheelers, considered a less messy, lower maintenance alternative to chain drives — the result is a machine of distinctive look and feel. BMW boxer loyalists are quick to list the benefits of the protruding cylinders that define the motorcycles, including smooth operation, a low center of gravity and ease of access for maintenance…

For you BMW lovers out there…

BMW’s Boxer: A Classic Design Is Updated and Refined

GRACEFUL proportions and well-rounded performance may be enough to clinch a sale for many vehicles, but for some enthusiasts those qualities will never be enough.

It takes attractions of a more mechanical nature — the catlike reflexes of a rear-engine Porsche, the distinctive howl of a Ferrari V-12 or the turbine smoothness of a Mazda rotary — to persuade these shoppers to open wallets.

Such is the case with buyers of BMW motorcycles powered by the flat-twin “boxer” engine design that has been a brand attribute since the 1920s. The horizontal cylinders make for an appealingly logical layout — placed 180 degrees to each another, they jut out into the cooling air flow on either side of the bike — that exerts an enduring hold on owners.

When combined with shaft drive — another longtime feature of BMW two-wheelers, considered a less messy, lower maintenance alternative to chain drives — the result is a machine of distinctive look and feel. BMW boxer loyalists are quick to list the benefits of the protruding cylinders that define the motorcycles, including smooth operation, a low center of gravity and ease of access for maintenance…

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