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Martin Stolle (center) designs the M2 B 15 engine for the "Victoria" model motorcycle.
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BMW's first motorcycle engine |
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The "Flink" motorized bicycle |
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| The First BMW factory is built on Neulerchenfeldstrasse -- the site of Otto's old aircraft factory -- near the current day Olympic complex in
Munich. |
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The 1923 BMW R32 motorcycle was a 500 cc cycle designed by Max Friz.
Earlier models created by the company, including the Flink (148 cc) and the Helios (500 cc), were chain driven. BMW even experimented with a belt driven cycle before determining
that shaft-drive was the most effective and reliable way to power a motorcycle. BMW motorcycles have been shaft driven since the 1923 R32. |
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Franz Bieber, a victorious BMW racer, on a test drive through Bavaria with his wife, Anna.
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first intercontinental flight to Persia powered by BMW engines. |
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The R 39, a 250cc sports bike, is BMW's first single-cylinder model. It's 6.5 hp gives it a top speed of 52 mph (100 km/hr). |
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The Rohrbach Ro VII seaplane with a BMW VI engine wins five world records. |
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The BMW IV airplane engine
One out of three world-flight records goes to BMW engines in
1927.
1927 saw
the achievement of a total of 87 world records in aviation. 29
of them were set with BMW engines. |
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The Dixi on display at the Berlin Motor Show
BMW buys the car
factory at Eisenach/Thuringia and with it the license to build
a small car called the Dixi. The company concludes a license
agreement to build radial engines with American
aircraft-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. |
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World speed record in Munich Ernst Henne riding a 750 cc BMW sets a new motorcycle record on September 19,
1929, reaching a speed of 134.65 mph (216.75 km/hr). |
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