In 1960, BMW presented the BMW R 27 as the successor model to the BMW R 26. Similar to this motorcycle, the BMW R 27 had a full-swing chassis but the engine was supported on 4 rubber mounts in the frame. This 'floating engine' provided smooth-running characteristics unknown up to that time and set benchmarks in the construction of single-cylinder engines for motorcycles. When production of the BMW R 27 was discontinued after 15,364 units had been produced, BMW did not launch a successor model. There was a long wait until 1993 before a BMW single-cylinder motorcycle rolled off the assembly line again.