BMW Off-Road Intentions Confirmed By Patent Application

With rumors, and supposed spy photos of BMW's 450 enduro circulating for a few weeks now, we come across a German-language patent application by BMW for a single-cylinder off-road bike, and related innovations.

It now appears relatively certain that BMW will be marketing at least one off-road machine within a year, and competing, both with prototypes and, ultimately, with production machines, in various off-road events and series both in Europe and the United States (such as the U.S. GNCC series). BMW wants a slice of the off-road market, and it is coming soon to take it.