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And Bedouin are the new BMW 800 twins really BMW's since their engines are made by Bombadire-Rotax?



PES,
Good point.
There is no way I can claim any specific knowledge regarding the development of the 800cc P-Twin engine BMW are now using.
However, I would suspect that Bombardier-Rotax were given the manufacturing specs and design by BMW (therefore outsourcing the manufacturing etc.) as was the case with the Aprilia Mille 1000cc engine (on one of my other bikes).
I can't see Rotax designing and developing an engine for their own sales purposes as these powerplants are both brand and bike specific.
So, in this sense, I would say Yes, these engines are BMW's.
Rotax may have retained the rights to build and sell these engines to another brand (as was the case with the single 650 engines used by both BMW, Aprilia and a certain one-off Norton model which was made in Germany) but somehow I don't think BMW would allow their efforts to be diluted, especially in this unique engine capacity segment (800cc water-cooled).

Bedouin. Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).