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==Designed in the Wind Tunnel== | ==Designed in the Wind Tunnel== | ||
[[File:bmw-k-1-1992-1992-0.jpg|right|thumb|1992 BMW K 1]] | |||
The classical styling of their models often incorporated carefully studied [[aerodynamics]]'s, but in the extreme case of the K1, [[BMW]]; chose to ignore both current fashion and the conservative taste of their traditional clients, BMW would be guided by the functional standards dictated by wind-tunnel studies. The K1 was the final descendant in a long line that went back to Ernest Henne's streamlined record-breakers of the Thirties (174 mph in 1937) through the [[BMW R100RS|R100RS]] of 1976. | The classical styling of their models often incorporated carefully studied [[aerodynamics]]'s, but in the extreme case of the K1, [[BMW]]; chose to ignore both current fashion and the conservative taste of their traditional clients, BMW would be guided by the functional standards dictated by wind-tunnel studies. The K1 was the final descendant in a long line that went back to Ernest Henne's streamlined record-breakers of the Thirties (174 mph in 1937) through the [[BMW R100RS|R100RS]] of 1976. | ||