Trainees at BMW’s junior company have constructed a full-scale flying motorcycle model called the Hover ride design Concept, taking inspiration from a joint project between the German maker and Lego Technic.
Based on the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure, BMW Motorrad had initially teamed up with Lego to create an alternative version of the latter’s 603-part plastic replica of the road-going bike.
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Using the same pieces they were able to devise a hovering variant of the toy, and they loved the final product so much that they tasked a handful of BMW’s trainees in Munich to develop the real thing.
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We say ‘the real thing’, but the Hover ride design concept is for the time being at least a non-functioning entity, although the specially built propellers give a look of how an actual hoverbike could work in the future.
“It was a terrific idea and a outstanding creative challenge to develop a fictitious model from the parts of the LEGO Technic BMW R 1200 GS adventure set,” said Head of BMW Motorrad automobile Design, Alexander Buckan. “Our concept not only incorporates the BMW Motorrad design DNA with normal elements such as the boxer engine and the characteristic GS silhouette, it also draws on the LEGO Technic stylistic idiom.”
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The Hover ride design concept went on public display for the first time at Lego world in Copenhagen yesterday, and will soon step on to be showcased at various BMW bases.
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“It was exceptionally inspiring to see colleagues from different disciplines working with our trainees,” said Markus Kollmannsperger, trainer for technical model-making. “Everyone involved in this project learned an dreadful lot.”
If this is the first step towards airborne personal transport, maybe there is a future in which bikes will be just as popular as cars…
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