The BMW Story: Production and Racing Motorcycles from 1923 to the Present Day
Background history to the company founded in 1917 to produce aircraft engines The first 500cc boxer twin, the R32, of the 1920s, and the first racing machine, the R37 The difficult 1930s, culminating in the R75 that became the German army's most popular motorcycle during World War II The often-overlooked single-cylinder machines, which remained in production from 1925 to 1966 The post-war resurrections, including the RS54 racers and side-car Grand Prix racing The R75/5, which heralded a new generation of boxer twin lasting until the early 1990s The K-series, and the new R1100RS boxer launched in 1993 Appendices of technical specifications for all BMW motorcycles.