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Originally Posted by AliBaba
I'm not sure if watercooling is complicated and unreliable, it has been tested for a few years both on bikes and cars. 
If you look at bikes for trial/enduro/mx where weight is a bigger issue then on an adv-bike they all use watercooled engines.
Air-cooled engines and carbs will soon be history, emission-laws and the demand for progress are two reasons for this.
I think what we are looking on here is a prototype for the next bestselling adventure-bike and it will probably be on the top-5 list in Europe.
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I didn't mean it was complicated. But they are MORE complicated than simple air/oil cooling. There are many more components involved. Of course, to get more power or to reduce tolerances in the manufacturing then you need better cooling. BMW always got away with this for so long as their boxer design works very nicely with air cooling as I'm sure you know.
Any anyway... BMW don't have a great record with water cooling as with reliability with any of their models. Anyway, I'm sure it will be on the back of a trailer for electronic's and shaft seals before the radiator packs in
Will it be a top 5 seller....... You bet it will.
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