BMW has its name on it but they didnt do all the important design work ... they employed a German Bike maker to do this project and after years of design work, they took the finished bike and shipped it to China...In the meantime the German bike company had ordered ( and received) 5000 SHimano XTR grouppos for the orders from BMW which they had in hand, but were worthless ....
( do the math 5000 x estimated OEM price of XTR group= MEGABUCKS )
It basically ruined the bike company ...... while BMW claims all the design work for themselves.
That is one reason I dont own a BMW
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