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The '''Futuro''' was unveiled at the Cologne Show | [[Image:BMW-Futuro.jpg|right|thumb|BMW Futuro]] | ||
The '''Futuro''' was unveiled at the Cologne Show in September 1980, a show that saw the debut of the [[Honda CX500T|Honda CX500 Turbo]], the [[Suzuki]] Katana and the first [[Yamaha]] V-twins. Naturally, these "real-world" machines overshadowed BMW's dream bike built around the old flat-twin engine. | |||
==Turbocharger High Point== | ==Turbocharger High Point== | ||
But the Futuro was worthy of better things, and the [[BMW K1|K1]], launched eight years later by BMW, was obviously indebted to it on both the aesthetic and the technical fronts. Of course, the K1 had outgrown the turbo technologies that were all the rage when the Futuro was developed, but it represented, a high point in turbo development that has rarely been equaled. | But the Futuro was worthy of better things, and the [[BMW K1|K1]], launched eight years later by BMW, was obviously indebted to it on both the aesthetic and the technical fronts. Of course, the K1 had outgrown the turbo technologies that were all the rage when the Futuro was developed, but it represented, a high point in turbo development that has rarely been equaled. | ||