BMW K03 apperçue en Allemagne

BMW are surging ahead with plans to enter the small bike market – with what’s believed to be a 300cc roadster spotted testing in Germany last week. Developed in association with Indian automotive giant, TVS, the small-capacity bike – codenamed K03 according to recent paperwork assigned to a prototype shipped from Germany to India – was spied testing near the HQ of BMW’s Research and Design division. Despite a fleeting glimpse of the bike being captured last year, this is the first time the machine has been seen with any clarity. BMW are remaining as tight-lipped as always in the run-up to the release of a new model, but despite the fairly rough and ready state of this test mule, we can see how the finished machine is likely to look. The test bike appears to use a water-cooled, four-stroke single cylinder engine of around 300cc. This sort of capacity is in line with the competition from rival manufacturers, and is the most competitive part of the market in developing countries. MCN