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The Complete Book of BMW Motorcycles - Every Model Since 1923
A thorough year-by-year guide to every production machine ever built by Germany's leading motorcycle manufacturer. From the first model, the 1923 R32 that launched BMW's motorcycle dynasty, to the latest (and fastest) superbike, the S1000RR, this book captures nearly a century of motorcycling excellence in a combination of historic and contemporary photos. Technical specs are provided for each model.
This comprehensive review covers all of BMW's bike families: - The side-valve machines from the early years - The early overhead-valve performance bikes - The modern Airheads and Oilheads - The four-cylinder and six-cylinder touring bikes - The early pushrod singles - The modern overhead-cam singles - The latest parallel twins, and inline-four cylinder sport bikes.
Among them, you'll find all the classic bikes - pre-World War II BMWs like the R5 that defined performance in that era; the military R12 that carried the Wehrmacht as it blitzkrieged its way across Europe; the Earles-forked R69S that offered the perfect platform for mounting a Steib sidecar; the R90S café racer; the K1 "flying brick"; and the GS (Gelände Sport) series that launched a dual-sport revolution right up to today's world-class S100RR and retro-inspired R nine T.
Like the other titles in Motorbooks' Complete Book series, this guide to BMW's motorcycle output offers the most complete reference to the subject available.
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Author:
Ian Falloon
Details:
312 pages, 32.5 x 26 x 3.2 cm / 12.8 x 10.25 x 1.26 in, hardback
Illustrations:
475 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:
Motorbooks International (USA, 2020)
ISBN:
9780760367155
The Complete Book of BMW Motorcycles - Every Model Since 1923
It takes a great deal of design sensitivity to create a legend from two cylinders - and that's exactly what BMW, the German luxury manufacturer, managed to do. In the motorcycle manufacturing business since 1923, motorcycles were created that made history, especially in the years after 1945. With its diverse product portfolio, BMW today stands more than ever for a unique success story with unit and sales figures that really only know one direction: steeply upwards.
This revised and updated new edition by Frank Rönicke tells this century-long story from its beginning to the present day and visualizes it with over 600 illustrations.
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Author:
Frank Rönicke
Details:
288 pages, 31.5 x 24 x 2.3 cm / 12.4 x 9 x 0.91 in, hardback
To mark the centenary, this impressively illustrated book traces the fascinating development of BMW motorcycles, from the introduction of the iconic R 32 in 1923 to the S 1000 RR superbike.
Christopher P. Baker, himself an enthusiastic motorcyclist, sheds light on the history of the company and presents every era of the two-wheeled passion, from the beginnings in the 1920s to the latest models of the present day.
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Author:
Christopher P. Baker
Details:
224 pages, 29 x 24 x 2.1 cm / 11.4 x 9 x 0.83 in, hardback
BMW Motorräder (1923-1984) - Typen und Technik / Models and Technical data / Modèles et charactéristiques
This title is a reprint of the book last published in 1984. Not only are all BMW series motorcycles up to this date presented in detail with technical data and number ranges for the frame and engine; the development of the brand and its successes in road racing, record-breaking trips and off-road sports are also mentioned in text, images and tabular appendices.
As a thorough overview of the classic era of BMW motorcycle production, successes in sports and world records, the book offers an excellent overview of the nature and development of this unique motorcycle brand. In addition, this book is the only one of its kind to offer a dedicated overview of the internal designations of different frame, engine and transmission types.
Most of the text of the book can also be found in English and French.
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Author:
Heinz Härtel
Details:
208 pages, 21 x 21 cm / 8.25 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:
360 photos
Publisher:
Bodensteiner Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:
9783981601367
BMW Motorräder (1923-1984) - Typen und Technik / Models and Technical data / Modèles et charactéristiques
BMW Motorrad-Faszination - Test, Technik, Kaufberatung
The white and blue brand has been on a high for decades and seems to be doing everything right. This is also reflected in the sales figures. Equipped with the aura of indestructibility, the currently most popular motorcycle brand is one of the great pacesetters in the scene. The boxers are considered "state of the art".
The number of those who have already circumnavigated the world several times is innumerable, and the S 1000 RR immediately put the Japanese in the shade in their very own segment, the construction of super sports motorcycles. And then there is the new six-cylinder - material galore for countless good stories.
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Author:
Michael Pfeiffer
Details:
176 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, paperback
Illustrations:
453 colour photos, 43 drawings
Publisher:
Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2013)
ISBN:
9783613035409
BMW Motorrad-Faszination - Test, Technik, Kaufberatung
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