Achilles: BMW's new R1250RS gets the drag bike treatment

In Europe, the Sultans of Sprint competition produces some of the wackiest drag bikes, year on year. It's written in the rules: contestants vie for gold over an eighth-mile track, but points are also awarded for imagination and creativity. It means we end up with some very eccentric motorcycles, like this BMW-powered race bike. 'Achilles' is entered into the 'Factory' class at Sultans of Sprint, and was built as a side project by an engineer and a designer who both work on the car side of BMW. And it's completely bonkers. To kick off the project, BMW themselves donated a...