700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 1 11/16/17 10:18 AM 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 1 11/16/17 10:18 AM JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::11 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 2 11/16/17 10:18 AM 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 2 11/16/17 10:18 AM JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::22 THE ART OF BBMMWW MOTORCYCLES PETER GANTRIIS Photography by Henry von Wartenberg 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 3 11/16/17 10:18 AM 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 3 11/16/17 10:18 AM JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) (Text) DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::22 DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::33 © 2018 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 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Acquiring Editors: Darwin Holmstorm, Kris Palmer Art Director: Brad Springer Project Manager: Nyle Vialet Cover Design: Cindy Samargia Laun Interior Design and Layout: John Barnett/4 Eyes Design, Rebecca Pagel Printed in China 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 4 11/16/17 10:18 AM 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 4 11/16/17 10:18 AM JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) (Text) DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::44 CONTENTS FOREWORD .................................................................vi CHAPTER 1 1923–1936 .............................................8 1925 R32 ................................................. 12 1927 R47 .................................................20 1928 R52 .................................................26 1928 R57 .................................................30 1929 R62 .................................................36 1928 R63 .................................................40 1931 R16 .................................................44 1934 R11 .................................................48 1936 R5 ...................................................50 CHAPTER 2 1937–1969 ........................................... 56 1937 R12;1941 R12 ....................................60 1937 R35 .................................................68 1941 R71 ..................................................74 1942 R75M ..............................................80 1950 R51/2 & STEIB S350 ..........................86 1953 R67/2 ..............................................92 1955 R25/3 .............................................98 1965 R69S ............................................. 104 1967 R60/2;1969 R60/2 Polizei .................110 CHAPTER 3 1969–1984 .........................................118 1974 R90S ..............................................122 1979 R100RS ...........................................128 1983 R65LS ..................................... 134 CHAPTER 4 1984–Present .................................... 140 1990 K1 ................................................ 144 1995 R100GS ..........................................152 1995 R1100RS .........................................156 2007 F800S & F800ST .............................162 2007 G650X ...........................................168 2007 K1200S ..........................................172 2007 K1200R ..........................................176 2007 R1200GS ........................................180 2012 K1600GT/GTL ..................................184 2012 R1200RT ..........................................186 2012 G650GS .........................................188 2012 F800GS ..........................................190 2017 R nineT Scrambler .............................194 2017 S1000XR .........................................196 2017 C650 Sport .....................................200 2017 HP4 ...............................................202 2017 G310R ..................................... 206 INDEX .............................................................208 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 5 11/16/17 10:19 AM 700834 - The Art of BMW Motorcycles (reissue)_001-005.indd 5 11/16/17 10:18 AM JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) JJoobb::1111--770000883344 TTiittllee::MMBBII -- TThhee AArrtt ooff BBMMWW MMoottoorrccyycclleess ((rreeiissssuuee)) (Text) DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::44 DDttpp::222255 PPaaggee::55 000011--005555 0011004433__CC11..iinndddd 66 Provision-The Art of BMW (PRV_MBI) 66//99//0088 44::0044::3344 PPMM 2nd PROOF 01043 I don’t recall the exact date when I had collection at the BMW Motorcycle Owners FOREWORD the fi rst contact with Peter Nettesheim. of America (MOA) rallies, the annual I remember a guy from the United States gatherings of BMW enthusiasts in North who sent a request to our archives to America. Over three days, he doesn’t like look up a few frame and engine numbers only to show the bikes—he makes a great of his classic BMW motorcycles. When I show. For each bike, he tells the personal did the research—we have in the BMW story, and he starts the engine of every company archives handwritten deliv- bike people want to hear running. And ery records going back to the fi rst BMW I admire him when he answers the same type, the R32 from 1923—I thought, question for the twentieth time with the Nice collection he has! Shortly after this same sincerity as when he was asked for request, Peter announced his intent to the fi rst time. visit the BMW headquarters in Munich. He I think a little story demonstrates wanted to have a look into the archives Nettesheim’s enthusiasm and determina- because he was seeking the history of tion. . . . In the early years, the BMW some of his other motorcycles. I sug- motorcycles were not produced on an gested that he should send us the serial assembly line. The workers built them numbers in advance of his visit. When on a special kind of table. These tables he sent this list to me, I was more than were in use at the BMW motorcycle race impressed. I realized that this guy has department through the 1950s. We have one of the largest and best BMW motor- one of these tables in our historical cycle collections anywhere in the world. collection, and when Peter Nettesheim When we had the fi rst meeting, it heard about it, he came to Munich to started like a lot of business meetings take its measurements. He rebuilt two of that happened every day in a lot of them for special display of the early parts countries around the world. But then I of his collection. For me, that shows his thought, This is not a meeting like usual. professionalism even more than do the We went to a Munich beer garden—in perfect restorations of his motorcycles. Bavaria, the difference between a pub, I’m pleased that Peter Nettesheim and a bar, and a restaurant is blurred—and his collection are the topic of a book. I I realized that this guy from New York wish you a pleasant story . . . and enjoy is not big headed. He didn’t collect the the history of BMW motorcycles. motorcycles for his self-confi dence! He built up his collection because he’s a real Fred Jakobs BMW enthusiast. Since our fi rst contact, I have met Peter Nettesheim many times, both in Germany and in the United States, where he supports a lot of events with his col- lection. Unforgettable, for example, is the Mastery of Speed exhibition in the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. But he’s not aloof and looks for the prime events where a lot of journalists are. With equal sincerity, he presents parts of his Fred Jakobs is responsible for BMW’s motorcycle heritage collection and archives at BMW Mobile Tradition. 7 000011--005555 0011004433..iinndddd 77 Provision-The Art of BMW (PRV_MBI) 55//3300//0088 1111::0077::0033 AAMM 1ST PROOF 01043 000011--005555 0011004433..iinndddd 88 Provision-The Art of BMW (PRV_MBI) 55//3300//0088 1111::0077::0099 AAMM 1ST PROOF 01043