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The K1 was BMW's attempt at making a sporting bike to rival the Japanese bikes at the time and capture a bit of the youth market in the late 80s. It failed, mostly due to high price (who wants to pay $13k for a bike in 1988?) and lack of performance compared to its Japanese counterparts. Still, an interesting bike though.