Bayerische Motoren Werke - BMW - A Story of Patience and Craftsmanship

Something there is about a BMW that sets it apart from the others - it doesn't handle the best, nor is it the fastest, but in its quiet, imperturbable way it exudes the aura that here is the very best. Like a Rolls Royce it is smooth, seems to run forever, and it has a finely finished look that lasts and lasts and lasts...

Pictures show: First BMW 1923 side-valve 500cc model R-32; 1936 BMW R-5; Supercharged 500cc of BMW works team; 1938 model R-61; 1953 BMW works racer; R-11 model of 1929-80; George Meier at 1939 Senior TT; Model R-60 is a natural for three-wheeled use.

R32 R5 R61 R11 R60

1965 BMW - A Story of Patience and Craftsmanship 4-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

BMW's first 75 years - they did it their way!

Cover Story: BMW turns 75 - radical designs from then to now; Features: Pointless tech - fixing Triumphs or BSA ignitions; Triumph Touring? - Classics for the modern era; What the hell is a Meguro - a link to Kawi's past; The First DT-1? - OBJ unearths the prototype; more

1998 July Old Bike Journal Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1979 Ducati Darmah - Rolf Bjork's Wrecking Machine is a show stopping 900 Darmah "special"

Cover: Rolf Bjork had a little Ducati 98 Super Sport while growing up. He modified it to suit his needs. That was then. Today he owns several Italian machines including this Ducati 900 Darmah "special." Some things never change.

Features: 1979 Ducati Darmah - Rolf Bjork's Wrecking Machine is a show stopping 900 Darmah "special"; BMW History; Works Mechanic Fred Barlow; Harley FLXI - Lance Tidwell's hand built Harley hacker; 1938 Triumph Speed Twin - Edward Turner was on to something really big; 1966 Matchless G85CS - this rough rider never made it when new, but is a highly desired collector bike today; more

G85-CS G-85

1994 April Old Bike Journal Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1966 Vintage Article: A Photographic History of BMW Motorcycles

The recent appearance in this country of Max Klankermeier, former sidecar champion of Germany, and a team of BMW factory service experts stirred the interest of many American riders in the historical background of the sleek Munich twins. Klankermeier joined BMW as an apprentice mechanic in 1923, the same year in which the firm offered its first production-line motorcycle, the model R32 500cc twin. His supervisor was Max Friz, the man who created a motorcycle design so original that it paced the industry for decades and that remains to this time essentially the same: a horizontally-opposed, two-cylinder engine in-unit with the gearbox, shaft drive to the rear wheel and a double-loop frame. In the following pages, we present a photographic history of BMW motorcycles, showing how this basic concept evolved into the models of today...

1966 BMW - A Photographic History of BMW Motorcycles 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1962 BMW R-50 Dorine Hamilton Wichita Kansas

The little lady with the big smile is Dorine Hamilton, wife and helpmate of Wichita, Kansas BMW dealer Leroy Hamilton. Her favorite sport - motorcycling. Her favorite motorcycle - BMW. (She has travelled 37,000 carefree miles on her BMW R-50.) Dorine displays her Airforce emblem legally. She is a civilian employee of the USAF. She also is proud of her "Queen of the Highways" medal, earned in many competitive motorcycle events. If you want to know why Dorine beams with pride...ask any BMW owner.

Compare BMW 500cc and 600cc Twins (R-50 500cc, R-50 S 500cc Sport, R-60 600cc, R-69 S 600cc Sport) with your present machine (or any other motorcycle)

What you get: Shaftdrive, magneto Ignition, Earles-type front fork, front and rear swingarm suspension, horizontally opposed engine - supersmooth, overhead valves-true high performance, dual carburetors - easily accessible, dual exhaust system - supersilent, single-plate auto-type clutch, Bosch electrical system, micro airfilter

What you don't get: an oiltank (BMW oil is in the engine), leaky oil lines (BMW has none), grease nipples ( BMW has none), chains (BMW Twins have none)

What you get optionally - an extra large fuel tank, an extra-wide dualseat, electric turn signals


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1962 Motorcyclist Follows the Monte Carlo Route

Pictured: "Flash" and his Ariel Leader; A standard Ariel Leader motorcycle ridden by C.E. "Flash" Rogers of Birmingham England has completed the Monte Carlo Rally course in 66 hours 50 minutes at an average speed of 35 mph. Rogers left Paris at 8:36 am on January 20...

Other small articles/ads on page: BMW Dealers Travel to Bavaria in Germany; Benoit Ben Cote of Saguenay Motorcycle Club of Chicoutimi, Quebec ....a heavyweight weightlifting champ...;Rainbow Rainwear Corp., Kansas City, Mo; Joe Hunt Magnetos


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