Bmw Motorcycles

by Holmstrom, Darwin

• ISBN13: 9780760310984
• ISBN10: 076031098X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-27
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

This book covers the entire history of BMW motorcycle production, from the original R32 of 1932, through the war years, and into the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the ground-breaking motorcycles BMW produced in the 1970s such as the R90S and the R100RS (the first mass-produced motorcycle to come equipped with a full frame-mounted fairing), as well as the innovative and popular bikes BMW offers today such as the exotic R1200C cruiser and the K1200LT luxury tourer that proved so popular it sent Honda back to the drawing board to recreate its mighty Gold Wing.

Author Biography

Darwin Holmstrom has written, co-written, or contributed to over thirty books on subjects ranging from motorcycles and muscle cars to Gibson Les Paul guitars, including Indian Motorcycles, GTO: Fifty Years, Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcyclying,Top Muscle: The Rarest Cars from America's Fastest Decade, BMW Motorcycles, The Life Harley-Davidson, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles. Darwin is the senior editor for Motorbooks. Prior to that he served as Midwestern editor for Motorcyclist magazine.