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General Category => Electric Motorcycle News => Topic started by: Richard230 on November 24, 2015, 09:03:49 PM

Title: BMW GS with front wheel hub motor
Post by: Richard230 on November 24, 2015, 09:03:49 PM

Here is an interesting try at a 2-wheel drive hub motor lash-up.  Wunderlich (the huge BMW accessory retailer) has developed (just for fun, I assume) a new R1200GS LC with a hub motor-driven front wheel. Nothing like doing things the hard way. Installing anything different on a new BMW is not an easy or cheap thing to do.  Here is the short illustrated article:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/11/23/wunderlich-two-wheel-drive-hybrid-bmw-motorcycle/#slide-3714932 (http://www.autoblog.com/2015/11/23/wunderlich-two-wheel-drive-hybrid-bmw-motorcycle/#slide-3714932)