BMW GS HISTORY PART 1

[@505197]

I have a 91 R/100/GS and absolutely love it still. What makes it for me is the handling, it'll eat up the twistys and spit them out. I could give a shit less about taking it's heavy ass off road, the skinny tires sink in soft ground like the Titanic. It'd be nice if it had twice the hp, better brakes, an extra cog in the trans, but all in all I love it.

[@carlosmartin2453]

Great bikes!!

[@Motojournalism]

Nicely done series! That must be Gaston at :43...

[@MrMehlano]

Does someone know which model on 6:30 is?

[@JOA-S]

a bit late but i would say a race modified BMW R51/3

[@Triumph-iv8hi]

I was led to believe that the engine was tacken from a ditch pump

[@garys8785]

No they copied the idea from British bike firm Douglas

[@Triumph-iv8hi]

According to bmw history. The engine was designed as a small industrial portable engine known as m2b15 which was used by a few other motercycle manufacturers, including bmw.

[@garys8785]

@@Triumph-iv8hi I was watching a documentary about BMW were they admitted they got the idea from Douglas,if I find it again I'll post it here

[@Triumph-iv8hi]

Ok cheers . Not disputing who invited the boxer engine, just that the first uses of the bmw boxer engine was not for transport. They had a very reliable engine and adapted it for a motorcycle.

[@chklitttle]

Flat battery in the middle of no where ,no kickstarter = a piece of junk ,been there

[@chklitttle]

the new ones are no good no kick start ,too complicated , ,electronics,heavy pieces of junk