Fancy something small and racey?
How about this incredible mini-BMW 310SS – the tiny single-cylinder superbike that's just gorgeous!
Last month we showed you the first photo of this incredible kit that's on the market - here's the details of what goes into this tiny tearaway, should you fancy building one for yourself.
And yes, the bike does say BMW on the bodywork but in reality this amazing piece of prime bolt-on parts is the masterpiece of an Indian company and a Japanese firm working together.
This has really caught our attention because we’ve been telling you about the miniBMW Superbike for ages now. Ever since we first brought you plans for the German firm’s 310GS motor and chassis to be used as a base for the TVS Apache RR 210S roadster three years ago, to be exact. The TVS mini-superbike has now happened (we brought you a firsttrack test of the bike back in March 2018) with that bike being built as a result of a partnership between BMW and the Indian TVS company. Using the majority of the working parts that gave us the singlecylinder BMW 310GS mini-Adventure bike, TVS and BMW came up with the Apache RR 310S (pictured). A tiny superbike that’s flying out of the door in India and emerging markets where it’s selling for a UK-pound equivalent of just £2,500!
Well, recently in Japan a carbon-clad BMW-badged 310SS appeared at a motorcycle show to much applause around the world. And now it’s emerged the motorcycle that turned a lot of heads wasn’t just a one-off… it was the start of a run of bolt-on parts enabling riders to make a mini-BMW superbike for themselves.
So thanks to Japanese after-market company A-Tech, you can buy the bits for a fully road legal, BMW-badged 310SS out there – and it looks absolutely amazing.
We’ve been told by BMW insiders that the 310SS is a foregone conclusion (we’ve also been told by other BMW insiders it definitely WON’T appear over here, despite the project effectively just being a re-badge of the Indian bike) and if that’s true then, giving the trickle of interest that’s being kept on the boil in other markets like Japan, it’s possible this mini-superbike could appear at the end of 2019.
Until then, if you fancy one of these bikes, you need to buy a TVS Apache and then get in touch with A-Tech in Japan.
A-Tech has made all the parts needed to turn this bike out, including the lights and the exquisite underseat exhaust.
Prices depend on how much you want to put on the bike and the spec you want to take it to. Visit www.a-tech.org for more details, shipping and pricing costs.