wasted opportunity
hi I can remember back when bmw were hinting of bringing out a baby single cylinder gs ,I have always liked the first gs the bmw r80g/s from 1980 and the thoughts of a smaller more fuel efficient but still simple bike had me thinking of moving away from yamahas ,my dream of a 600ish cc single cylinder air cooled engine with shaft drive were dashed when they brought out the funduro they had the chance to do what no other bike maker were doing, just like they had done with the r80 g/s but instead offered just the same as all the rest, a liquid cooled single with chain drive, the rotax engine was a great engine but if bmw had designed their own im sure shaft drive could have been done, a wasted opportunity it seems to me you can only have shaft on big bikes or little scooters yamaha qt50 remember them thanks steve
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