BMW make some of the best motorcycles on the planet, from the rampaging precision of the BMW S 1000 RR to the circumnativating R 1200 GS. The BMW Lo-Rider Concept bike was introduced in Milan back in 2008, it’s interesting to look at it now and see the faint similarities between this concept and the new Ducati Diavel, not to mention the venerable Confederate Hellcat (which pre-dates the Lo-Rider).
I’m not saying anyone copied anyone else here, just saying that creativity cannot exist in a vacuum.
It’s too bad BMW never put the Lo-Rider into production, it’s a hell of a mean looking bike and if the handling was up to snuff, would have been a great alternative sport bike. I have a feeling that with the release of the Diavel, Ducati is about to show them how successful the bike could have been, especially in the US.
Click any image for a larger version.
[fblikesend]
More Info Here
Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This article and its contents are protected by copyright, and may only be republished with a credit and link back to Silodrome.com - ©2021
Related Posts
Film: Through the Darién Gap with Helge Pedersen (by Motorcycle) 
Helge Pedersen is one of the world’s preeminent overland motorcycle adventurers, he’s ridden extensively on six continents and in this film he recounts one of his most memorable journeys – a brutal few weeks…
Read More
The 1970 MTD Minibike – An Unusual American Minibike 
Starting in 1970 the American company MTD released its first line of minibikes, this was right in the middle of the minibike revolution that was sweeping much of the United States and the western world,…
Read More
Royal Enfield Interceptor “Desert Runner” by Revival Cycles 
The Desert Runner is one of the most consequential custom motorcycles built by the team at Revival Cycles, in order to build it they were shipped an unreleased Royal Enfield Interceptor from the factory under…
Read More
The Indian eFTR Jr. – An Electric Mini-Replica Of The FTR750 Race Bike – $749.99 USD 
The Indian eFTR Jr. is an electric mini-bike designed to evoke the styling cues of the American Flat Track championship-winning Indian FTR750 – one of the most successful flat track racing motorcycles of the…
Read More
The Double Zero Club – Birmingham Motorcycle Counter Culture In The 1960s 
This is an edited extract from This Way To The Revolution, a book by Ian Francis about Birmingham in the late 60s. Available via Flatpack Projects. Less Than Nothing Birmingham’s oldest district, Digbeth sits just…
Read More
The Norton Challenge P86 – The Bike That Could Have Saved The British Motorcycle Industry 
The Norton Challenge P86 was a machine developed by two of Britain’s most famous motoring companies to save the British motorcycle industry and revive Norton to their former Isle of Man TT dominating form.
Read More
