There are two reasons to replace an exhaust with a non-original one: taste/decoration and tuning. In terms of taste, you can be reasonably cheap with a small gain in throttle response at low revs and something…
BMW R90S engines are hand-stitched. However? It's funny how things on the Internet get their truth through 'cutting and pasting'. Even in the usually extremely correct BMW world. For example, the first series of BMW R90S had pasted striping. And about the whole…
The BMW K1 was revolutionary and at the time at least one bridge too far for many BMW drivers. Non-BMW drivers thought the machine was strange, too expensive and too BMW. The BMW K1 had some construction features that could be traced back to the 'Futuro' study model…
No concept has eternal life. The fact that Harley V makes twins and BMW boxers? Oh well, in 100 years no one will talk about it anymore. But still: For BMW, the history of air-cooled two-valve boxers seemed to last forever.…
A two-stroke boxer twin The MZ BK350 After the war, Germany was redivided and much of DKW's knowledge and production fell into communist and/or socialist hands. The IFA/MZ machines were direct successors in the DKW bloodline. But fortunately…
The BMW K100 was once very new news. This weekend we found a stack of old motorcycle magazines at our accommodation in Zeeland - now go to Cadzand Bad before the Belgians have completely taken over. The BMW K100…
