TVS and BMW has announced first of their love child G310R. It is a naked street bike with engine of 313cc. The bike will be produced in India, at TVS Motors Hosur plant near Banglore and marketed by BMW world over.
The G 310 R will be sold in three colours – a black and white combination, a metallic blue and more premium, paid option of metallic white base, with BMW racing colour trimming, blue and red.
As Autocar India reports.
"The engine of the TVS-BMW G 310 R is unique, for reclining its liquid-cooled cylinder backwards, head rotated 180 degrees, exchanging positions of the inlet and exhaust ports. This cleverly shifts much of the powerplants weight, its gearbox, closer to the motorcycle front wheel and allows the G 310 R a short wheelbase (1374mm), without shortening the swingarm.
The four-valve head houses dual overhead camshafts, and offers fuel-injection. Expect quick revving engine character, as it’s a short stroke BMW engine with bore and stroke measuring 80mm x 62mm. The G 310 R revs until 10,500rpm, and makes 33.6bhp at 9,000rpm, lower than KTM’s fierce, larger capacity 390 Duke. Do, however, expect a tall order of smoothness and refinement, with a counter-balancer provided. Peak torque is 2.9kgm built up at 7,500rpm. BMW claims a 145kph top speed, with fuel efficiency of 30kpl, which puts the G 310 R right up at par for the segment.
The G 310 R comes with a six-speed gearbox, and cable-fed clutch. The cooling-system incorporates a generously sized radiator, and BMW has worked to ensure engine performance isn’t hampered even when running in really hot weather."
Source : Autocarindia.com
