Post Listing Update: This K1 did not meet reserve with 27 bids up to $8,500 on eBay in Bakersfield, California.
BMW keeps one-upping themselves when it comes to sportbikes as of late – they’ve just announced the M1000RR – but their history of inline-4 sporting machines starts with the famous K1.
This example (VIN: WB1053506L6365096) has 25,155 miles and the seller is letting it go as “I have started to realize that I just do not use my large displacement motorcycles the way they were intended to be used.” Not much else is given about the history of this bike, as the seller spends more time discussing the model in general. Hopefully you saw I did a “Back in Time” review after I got some seat time review with a K1, as well?
Find this K1 for sale in Bakersfield, California with bidding up to $8,250 and the reserve not yet met here on eBay.
BMW keeps one-upping themselves when it comes to sportbikes as of late - they've just announced the M1000RR - but their history of inline-4 sporting machines starts with the famous K1. This example (VIN: WB1053503M6365512) has 39,700 miles and it's been with the seller since April of 2017. He says…
The BMW K1 is a polarizing bike with very distinctive styling. This example stands out even more thanks to a color-matched Uni-Go motorcycling touring trailer. I'm still on the fence about adding a trailer to a bike like this, but I guess you could do worse than a Uni-Go, which…
12-4 Update: 6 months later, this BMW K1 is back up for sale on ADVRider (registration required), though the price has gone up $250. The BMW K1 was an eccentric variant of the flying brick that was probably more of a styling exercise than anything else. With the running gear…
