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Double kudos are now owed to commenter jhelle: not only was he the first to correctly guess the BMW Futuro from last week’s episode of Guess That Bike, he now follows it up with his own submission of an interesting bike to guess. So…guess this bike!

Congrats to jhelle, who quickly identified that this was the cockpit of the BMW Futuro prototype! Introduced in 1980, the Futuro utilized a turbocharged version of BMW’s iconic boxer twin, wrapped in some outlandish bodywork. It was built via a partnership with Rainer Buchmann, the automobile customizer. Among other things, it featured the first carbon fiber/kevlar full fairing in motorcycling.

Here’s the cockpit of a prototype that obviously never made it to production. Can you tell what it is?

Kudos to yrrah, who correctly identified that this little racer was an Itom Sprint – he even got the year of 1972 right! Impressive work.

Here’s my favorite kind of Guess That Bike feature – one that’s been submitted by a reader! Thanks to Robin M for this exquisite small displacement race bike. You know the drill – can you guess what this is?

Many of you said that this was a BSA A7, and while you were all incredibly close, that wasn’t the exact answer. Instead, I have to congratulate reader dnaj who correctly identified this as a Meguro K1, also known as the Stamina. Impressive work! Meguro apparently bought an example of the BSA A7 in 1953 and then built their own …

As I’m on the road, I appreciate reader submissions more than ever right now! Reader Cas V sent over a photo of one of the bikes he has waiting for a restoration. I’m going to be very impressed if anyone is able to guess this bike. Give it your best shot below in the comments…

Reader Jeff Z is selling a nifty project that he thought would make a good Guess That Bike feature. Prove him right or wrong with your guess!

The tank of this bike reminds of the ‘jelly bean’ unit found on classic Ducatis. But, this ain’t a Ducati. Can you guess what it is?

Wow – I’ve got to say that I was impressed with how many of you quickly spotted that this was a Norman. Points go to commenter jihelle, who was the first to identify that it’s a Norman with a 122cc engine. Immediately after WWII, Norman got back into motorcycle production with two bikes, both with Villiers engines. There was the …

Reader David N just acquired this oddball motorcycle and thought it would make a good Guess THat Bike segment. I agree – so can you guess this bike?

Congratulations to Paul Breuhan, who was the first to identify this motorcycles as an Aristos (also known as a Menos or Sterna).