The Vision Next 100 is BMW's all-electric, always-connected, self-balancing motorcycle of the future. We expect its features to start trickling down to BMW production bikes within the next few years
BMW?s ?Vision? series of vehicles are aimed at fulfilling future mobility needs and may make it to production at some time over the next three decades. And after BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce Vision vehicles, there?s now also a Vision motorcycle ? the BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100, which was unveiled yesterday at the ?Iconic Impulses ? the BMW Group Future Experience? event in Los Angeles.

The motorcycle, which looks rather outlandish today (but may not be all that surreal in 10-20 years from now?") represents BMW?s vision for motorcycling in an always connected, always online world. ?Motorcycling is about escaping from the everyday. The moment you straddle your bike, you are absolutely free. Your bike is ?The Great Escape,?? says Edgar Heinrich, Head of Design at BMW Motorrad. And with the Vision Next 100, BMW?s aim is to free the rider from as many constraints as possible, even doing away with the need to wear a helmet and protective gear.
With the Vision Next 100, BMW want to produce a machine that?s still recognizably a BMW motorcycle, hence the black frame (a reference to the first ever BMW R32 motorcycle, which was made in 1923) and the Boxer opposed-twin design cues. But, of course, there will be no actual Boxer-twin internal combustion engine here ? that...