Unveiled this week at the 2014 Concours d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, this R1200-based BMW Concept Roadster is what happens when the i8 meets a motorcycle. You’ll find things such as the aggressive downward slant from the wafer-thin milled aluminum seat unit and barely-there LED headlight plate to the violently sculpted open exhaust, along with its eye-catching triangular frame in luminous blue. Continue reading for more pictures and information.

According to Gizmag, “It’s another fantastic step in BMW’s brand reinvention from the Belstaff-wearing, pipe-smoking grandad bike factory of the 80s and 90s into a premium performance marque that’s right at the cutting edge in the noughteens.”

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