After all, it was by far the largest capacity and heaviest offroader available; and it came with such street touring bike features like boxer twin engine, and Monolever single swingarm with integrated kardan driveshaft. However, the original G/S managed to single-handedly pave the way for an entirely new market segment of "Reiseenduros" (big touring dirtbikes).
BMW immediately entered their new bike into the most famous off-road race in the world, the Paris - Dakar desert rally, and in 1983 started a chain of outright victories that would last for the best part of a decade. In 1987, BMW's continued development resulted in the new R100 GS, the first bike to feature the double-joint Paralever rear wheel swinging arm. The following year, it became the best-selling motorcycle in most of Europe.
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