Anyone happen to recall the BMW F650GS before it gained another cylinder? It is now called the G650GS (to differentiate it from the current F650GS - which is really 800ccs in displacement) and is currently powered by a single cylinder engine (which used to power the F650GS before it grew another cylinder and used to be made by Rotax in Austria). Well this engine is now made for BMW by the fine Chinese manufacturing firm of Loncin. It seems that Loncin, since they had this engine laying around the factory anyway, has decided that it would be perfect for a new sportbike of their design and manufacture. Should you wish to read about the this new Chinese motorcycle you can visit this page where there are links to the Loncin press release, videos of the bike running around a track, photos of the bike and comments from around the world. All very interesting. [lol] And guess what? I picked this up before the NewsBot did. [
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http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?2508-Loncin-LX-650-launch
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?2508-Loncin-LX-650-launch