08 February 2018: BMW showcased the naked G 310 R at the Auto Expo 2018, which will be launched in India in the second half of the ongoing year. Unlike the other sibling, G 310 GS, the new BMW G 310 R is a street bike, with a minimalist front end showcasing a triangular compact headlamp. There is a petite windscreen sitting on top of it that covers the fully-digital instrument cluster. the design is completed by a muscular fuel tank, a single-saddle, a chunky exhaust and a narrow tail lamp section that blends into the LED tail-lamp unit. The bike sits on a tubular steel frame and rides on 41mm upside-down front forks and a monoshock unit at the rear that comes with preload adjustability. The disc brakes comes with dueal-channel ABS are standard. The naked BMW street bike is powered by a single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected and reverse inclined 312cc engine that is good enough for 34PS of max power at 9,500rpm and a peak torque of 28Nm at 7,500rpm. The engine is mated to a 6-speed gearbox. Once launched, it will take on the likes of Kawasaki Z250, KTM Duke 250, Benelli TNT 300 and the Dominar 400. The expected price tag is around Rs 2.5 Lakh (Ex-showroom).
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BMW G 310 R comes in 3 different colour(s) - Cosmic Black, Pearl White Metallic, Strato Blue Metallic. There are 1 variants starting from Rs. 2,50,000 onwards.
