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While at the BMW EuroCycle Sonoma shop yesterday, located in Northern California, for their open house event, which featured nothing but the BMW 1800cc boxer pig, off in the corner I saw what I believe is an early 1960's BMW R27 250cc single that was in mint condition. I was told that the previous owner displayed it in his home for many years before the current owner bought it. Photos attached.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #3Zitat von L2RKE im Beitrag #2 It was said to improve the handling of BMW motorcycles when used to haul a sidecar, which was a popular accessory during the 1950's when automobiles in Germany were hard to come by. The suspension continued into the 1960's until BMW could afford to design and introduce their sliding tube suspension, which I believe was first introduced on the 1969 "US" model.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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I was lucky to buy on of these back in the early 70s to add to my menagerie of none functioning Ducati singles and one function honda. The BMW ran, sort of, and after some tweaking and buy new parts (thanks BMW for having part for old bikes) I got it going well. The suspension sucked, really just needed rebuilding...and it was slow! Family pressures demanded I monitize it ( yes I made money) but I greatly regret it now. |
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Wow! Those pictures could have been taken in the Ride Now dealer (BMW Motorcycles of Austin) close to me in Austin, Texas. In fact i at first thought they were. i was in there yesterday.
2017 R1200RS- 42,000 mi. 4 yrs.
2003 R1100S Boxer Cup Replika #6/200 1985 K100/1100RS- 326,000 mi. 36 yrs. 2016 R1200RS- 28,322 mi. 18 mo. (gone) 2011 R1200RT- 30,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone) 2005 R1200ST- 58,000 mi. 8 yr. 3rd deer killed it. 1999 R1100S- 15,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone) 1996 Ducati 900SS/SP- 89,000 mi. 12 yr. (gone) 500,000+ BMW miles |
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #7 BMW refers to it as Duolever. 2009 we met Norman Hossack the inventor in California. Picture 108.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Picture 109.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)
Lee
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #8Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #7 It's just a question of how you arrange the linkages and the strut. Whether it's the girder or Earles-type, the linkage can provide an inherent anti-dive character. Otherwise, you're relying on "smart" valving and sensors to control compression damping............like on our bikes.
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Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:47 pm (Last edited: Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:48 pm)
Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:12 pm (Last edited: Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:16 pm)
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While filing my R27 photos, I came across these pictures of a 1955 R25-3 that you also might like to see. Keep in mind that this bike was built less than 10 years after the end of WWII when Germany was still recovering from the war. I just noticed that this bike has sliding-tube forks, instead of the Earles forks. I wonder when BMW made the change and why? It must have had something to do with the popularity of side cars at the time. Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh |
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Wed Nov 03, 2021 2:46 pm (Last edited: Wed Nov 03, 2021 2:49 pm)
