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K1600

Category: Vehicle Model
Wikipedia: BMW K1600
Description: A motorcycle produced by BMW beginning in March 2011.
Page Sections: History · Article Index

History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's BMW K1600 page on 13 February 2025, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The BMW K1600GT, K1600GTL, K1600 Grand America and K1600B are Touring motorcycles manufactured by BMW Motorrad. The former two were announced in July 2010, unveiled at the Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne in October 2010; they went on sale in March 2011. The latter was announced in October 2016. The K1600GTL is a full dress luxury tourers, which replaced the K1200LT. It was intended to compete with the Honda Gold Wing. The K1600GT was more of a sport tourer similar to the then-existing K1300GT and previous K1200GT models. The K1600B is a bagger designed primarily for the North American market. The K1600 Grand America is another fully dressed tourer which is primarily marketed in North America which was launched in 2018.


Article Index

DateArticleDetails
25 October 2023BMW of North America, LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance
BMW has determined that certain Model Year 2018-2021 BMW K 1600 motorcycles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 123, Motorcycle Controls and Displays.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Otto G. Matheke III
Topic: BMW K1600




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