Lightweight adventure | BMW show twin-cylinder F450GS concept bike ahead of planned 2025 production

BMW Motorrad used their press conference slot at the 2024 Eicma trade show in Milan to reveal a new F450GS adventure bike concept – set to bridge the gap between the single-cylinder G310, and larger F800 and 900 platforms.

Although minimal details are currently available, the bike is said to produce in the region of 47bhp to meet A2 licence limits – with the tall front beak, X headlight, and minimalist bodywork clearly designed to mimic their flagship R1300GS boxer twins.

Where the smaller G310GS is built in partnership with Indian company TVS (current owners of Norton Motorcycles), the new 450 has been developed in-house using lightweight materials such as magnesium – lead by Product Manager, Sepp Mächler.

A keen off-road rider himself, Mächler was also responsible for the latest high performance four-cylinder models launched at the end of October, ready for the 2025 riding season.

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“Generally, it’s around 175kg, with 48 horsepower, and the engine has a 125-degree crankshaft for the ignition,” Mächler told MCN following the reveal.

“It’s very narrow and for the seating position we have different variations of what customers demand,” he continued. “It’s a brand-new design, engineered by BMW. This was an idea we had a long time ago, and then we decided to do it like that.”

The Project Manager went on to add that we should see the finished motorcycle in 2025, adding: “It’s not a trials bike, but the standing position is like a real enduro bike.

“We are really looking at having the footpegs in the right position, and we were really looking at riders from 1.65 metres to 1.90 metres – so every kind of customer can sit or stay on the bike.”

Head of BMW Motorrad Design, Alexander Buckan further commented: “We have succeeded in designing the concept with the sporty dynamic appeal of our large off-road icon in a particularly compact form.”