BMW R Nine T - a practical Hipster dream machine

BMW have stepped off their high tech high horse and thrown a bone towards the section of motorcycle buyers looking for a more retro, trendy people might say pure, machine.
Drawing on 90 years of engineering experience, and a considerable parts bin, the R 90 R nineT takes its inspiration and styling cues from various R-Bikes of old, as well as recent retro attempts from other manufacturesrs like Guzzi or Ducati.

2017 BMW R nineT Pure

BMW invents the Shaft Drive Dual-Sport

When BMW launched the R80 G/S (the G/S stood for "Gelände/Straße", that is "Dirt/Street") in 1980, it elicited a lot of head-shaking in the motorcycle community.

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).