Dream Build Off Winner: Mitch Witkamp’s “Flying Brick”… The BMW K1100 was the final evolution of BMW’s so-called “Flying Bricks,” featuring a 1093cc inline-four with the 16-valve head from the K1. In 1992, the big […]
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Flying Brick to Fighter Jet: BMW K1100 “Top Gun”
Jet Fighter-inspired K1100 Street Tracker from Moto Adonis… Nearly a decade after the introduction of the original K-bikes in 1984, BMW released the K1100LT and K1100RS — the biggest and most powerful “Flying Bricks” ever […]
Scarecrow-2: Radical BMW K1100 Custom
“Baidykle-2” (Scarecrow-2) by Vytautas Alekna… When it was introduced in 1992, the BMW K1100LT boasted the largest engine ever available in a BMW motorcycle — 1092cc — combined with the 16-valve head from the […]
A Faster Brick: BMW K1100 “Eleanor”
Bulgaria’s Tossa R builds an Eleanor-inspired Brick… One of the most iconic movie cars of the 21st century is the 1967 Shelby GT500 “Eleanor” from the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds — a […]
HellGate Moto: BMW K1100 Café Racer
BMW Uberbike from New York’s HellGate Moto… The BMW K1100 was the company’s liter-class sport touring machine, a 100-hp Autobahn missile that utilized the same four-cylinder engine layout as the earlier “Flying Bricks.” The bike […]
M Performance: BMW K1100 Café Racer
Jerem Motorcycles builds a 1093cc BMW Café Racer… The BMW K series earned the nickname “Flying Brick” for the unorthodox engine layout, which situated an automotive-inspired inline-four engine flat on its side in the engine […]
Special K: BMW K1100LT Cafe Racer by Lys Motorcycles
Staid to Sleek… We’ve covered the interesting history of the BMW K-series bikes in the past. They were a radical departure for BMW in the 1980s. After decades of relying on their horizontally-opposed Boxer machines, […]
Twisted Fate: Ex-Police BMW K1100LT Cafe Racer
Australia’s Twisted Fate Builds unveils a stunning, blacked-out Flying Brick… When it appeared in 1991, the BMW K1100LT had the largest engine ever fitted into a BMW motorcycle, a 1092cc inline four that produced nearly […]
BMW K1100 by TOMA Customs
BMW K series bikes are affectionately known as “Flying Bricks” due to their unique engine layout, with the motor mounted on its side in the chassis. The heads are on the left side of the […]
BMW K1100 Special by TOMA Customs
A K-Series cruise missile for a Belgian racing driver… At one time, the K1100 was “the bike” for BMW, a high-speed tourer with an 1093cc, 100-hp version of the “Flying Brick” engine — so-named for […]