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Author name: Darwin Holmstrom

 : BMW Motorcycles
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.22750943
EAN num: 9780760310984
ISBN number: 076031098X
Label: Motorbooks
Manufacturer: Motorbooks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 168
Printing Date: July 27, 2002
Publishing house: Motorbooks
Sale Popularity Level: 496890
Studio: Motorbooks




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Product Description:
The entire history of the BMW motorcycle production, from the original R32 of 1932, through the war years and into the 21st century, is covered in this in-depth look. Particular attention is given to the groundbreaking motorcycles BMW produced in the 1970s. Those include the R90S and the R100RS -- the very first mass-produced motorcycle to come equipped with a full, frame-mounted fairing -- and the innovative and popular motorcycles BMW offers today, including the exotic R1200C cruiser and the K1200LT luxury, touring bike. Both of which proved so popular they sent Honda back to the drawing board with its mighty Gold Wing.




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Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - History of BMW motorcycles
It is a good book full of excellent quality photographs that match the text making the review of the evolution of BMW motorcyles clear and enjoyable to read. Great book to have for those BMW motorad fans! Next edition should include the description of the newest models.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Fun Story
This is a fantastic book. The photography is some of the best I have seen, and the author takes what could be a stodgy story and makes it come alive. Very entertaining!



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Great book
I would recommend this book to any BMW motorcycle enthusiast. Good photography and an excellent read, full of interresting information.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Good BMW resource
I'm a big fan of these bikes, and there's no better history and no more entertaining of a book than this one. Holmstrom tells a "warts and all" story and Nelson glitzes it up with excellent photos. It's the kind of book you want to put out on the coffee table when you invite the fellas over for tea and monkey-wrenching in the garage...fun stuff.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - This book made me switch from Harley to BMW
I bought this book after reading David Edward's "Cycle World" editorial column in which he called it "an excellent book." He was right--the writing is gripping. I read it from cover to cover twice. There's not as much nuts and bolts stuff in here as in some other BMW books, but that stuff bores me anyway. I really don't care what the valve timing was on a 1963 R50/2. What I do care about is the history of the bikes and of the company. I care about what it is like to ride these bikes. I care about the people who created them. That's what's in here. It makes those other books read like parts lists. And the photography is top notch.

I liked this book so much that this fall I traded my Harley Softail in on a R1200GS. I've been riding Harleys since 1978, so that's saying something.



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