The first modern day sub-500cc Beemer, the first with the bacward facing engine and the first built entirely in India. The G 310 R is also the bike BMW hopes that will spearhead a push into the vast, lucrative Asian and South American markets and take their global sales to over 200, 000 by 2020. The G 310 R has also a calmer more grown up feel it! The closest rival of BMW is ktm duke 390