2006 BMW K1200S User Ratings

BMW's famed Boxer engines have continued along an aggressive development path to their current state of the art, but it has been recognized that an inline arrangement is the best overall compromise for a four-cylinder engine when maximum performance and lightest weight are the primary goals. For the BMW K 1200 S's four-cylinder engine, BMW chose a novel arrangement. The liquid-cooled four-cylinder powerplant is aligned across the frame-a significant departure from the K-Series standard of a longitudinally biased configuration.