List of shaft driven motorcycles

Which motorcycles have shaft drive?

This is never going to be a complete list, but here goes… some of these may have been shaft drive for only some of the production run, and we’ll try to clarify that as we find out. A work in progress. We’re in the process of updating these into a sortable table as you can see below – check back soon for a more complete table and more content.

Note that the table is sortable by clicking on the heading (you may have to click twice in the first instance) – and you can sort by additional columns after you sort once (e.g. click on manufacturer to get all the BMWs together then click on capacity to order the models within manufacturer by capacity).

Below you will find a:

  • List of BMW shaft driven motorcycles
  • List of Honda shaft driven motorcycles
  • List of Kawasaki shaft driven motorcycles
  • List of Yamaha shaft driven motorcycles

…etc!

MakeModelYear(s)CapacityEngine ConfigurationCoolingNotes
BMWHP2 Enduro2005-20081,170ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooledDirt bike
BMWK11988-1993987ccInline four, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK75740ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK75T740ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledUS-only
BMWK75C740ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledSmall cockpit fairing
BMWK75S740ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK75RT740ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledFull touring fairing
BMWK100987ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK100C987ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK100RS987ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooled
BMWK100RT987ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledFully faired
BMWK100LT987ccInline triple, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledLuxury touring
BMWK1100LT??
BMWK1200GT2003-20081,157ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooled
BMWK1200LT??
BMWK1200RS1997-20051,171ccInline four, longitudinal crankLiquid cooledFinal “Flying Brick”
BMWK1200S2004-20081,171ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooled
BMWK1300R2009-20151,293ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooled
BMWK1300S??
BMWK1300GT2008-?1,293ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooled
BMWK1600GT2011-1,649ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooledSport Tourer
BMWK1600GTL2011-?1,649ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooledFull-dress tourer
BMWK1600B2016?-?1,649ccInline four, transverse crankLiquid cooledFull-dress tourer
BMWR391925-1927247ccAir cooled
BMWR21931-1936198ccAir cooled
BMWR271960-1966247ccAir coole
d
BMWR32?494ccAir cooled
BMWR45?473.4ccAir cooled
BMWR51/31951-1955494ccAir cooled
BMWR671951594ccAir cooled
BMWR67/21952-1954594ccAir cooled
BMWR67/31955-1956594ccAir cooled
BMWR601956-1960?ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR60/21960-1969594ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR651978-?648ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR681952-1954594ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR691955-1960594ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR69S1960-1969594ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR69US1968-1969594ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR60/61974-1976599ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR75/61974-1976749ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR90/61974-1976898ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR90S1974-1976898ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR50/51970-1973498cc
BMWR60/51970-1973599cc
BMWR75/51970-1973749cc
BMWR60/71976-1980599ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR75/71976-1977745ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR80/71977-1983797ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100/71976-1980980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100 S1976-1978980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100 RS1976-1984980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100 RT1978-1984980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100 T1978-1980980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR1001980-1984980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR100 CS1980-1984980ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR80G/S1980-1987797.5ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooledDual Sport
BMWR90S1973-1976898ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR1100R1994-19991,085ccHorizontally opposed twin?
BMWR1100RT1996-20011085ccHorizontally opposed twin?
BMWR1100RS1993-20011,085ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooledOilhead
BMWR1100GS1994-19991,085ccHorizontally opposed twinAir
cooled
Dual sport
BMWR1150GS1994-19991,130ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooledDual sport
BMWR1150R2001-20051,130ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR1100S1999-20051,085ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR1200S2006-20071,170ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled
BMWR1200ST2005-20071,170ccHorizontally opposed twinAir cooled

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