Could BMW Add a 1800cc Boxer to its Engine Lineup?

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A Big Engine for a Touring Machine There are images of an intricate custom motorcycle being showcased at many different places around the Web. It’s called the Birdcage, and it comes from Revival Cycles custom motorcycle shop in Austin Texas. The first most-notable thing about it is the bike’s frame. it’s an intricately built mass ...
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The "birdcage" frame intrigues me, but an 1800cc motor, in any bike, I find ridiculous. That's 90% of the engine that was in all my Saabs, and in my (recently purchased) Audi, a 4,000 lb car that scares me with its acceleration.
I replaced my beloved Fizzer with a BMW 1200 (more for legroom than anything) and I think that's too much engine for a bike, too. Really wish someone would build around an 800cc, tall, shaft-drive bike that covered the bases like BMW's GS line does; that would be the perfect bike for me. I think.