The Art Of BMW 85 Years Of Motorcycling Excellence

By: Peter Gantriis .

A superb tribute to BMW and its long history of producing supreme motorcycles. Full of great colour photos, technical details and authoritative assessments of the machines, this book runs the full gamut from the 1925 R32 up to the R1200S of 2007

Since Max Friz first mounted his innovative M2B32 opposed-twin engine in a motorcycle frame in 1923, the history of BMW motorcycles defines a constant and relentless quest for perfection. Over the next 85 years the company would create the most innovative and technologically advanced motorcycles produced anywhere on earth.

But there's more to a BMW motorcycle than just innovation and technology. Even though the company earned a reputation for doing things differently than other companies, the company's motorcycles are not different just for the sake of being different. Each difference represents a brilliant and elegant solution to a real problem, leading BMW to be the first company to introduce many of the features that are later adopted by other manufactures. For example, BMW was the first motorcycle maker to offer anti-lock brakes. As beautiful as BMW motorcycles are in their totality, they may be even more beautiful when broken down to their details.

The Art of BMW: Eighty-Five Years of Motorcycling Excellence captures the elegant beauty of these amazing machines, both in their details and in the sum of their parts, through the masterful photography of Henry von Wartenberg and the brilliant writing of author Peter Gantriis.

The Art of BMW features the motorcycles of the Peter Nettesheim collection—one of the world's premier collections of BMW motorcycles. These wonderfully restored motorcycles exemplify the design and engineering prowess that define the BMW motorcycle tradition. Peter Nettesheim's collection showcases the progressive engineering refinements integrated into each successive BMW model.

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