Category: BMW Motorcycles

1936 BMW R12 – Bike Find of the Day

This is the pre-war BMW model you generally see in the old WWII newsreels, and it was a seriously advanced piece of iron for it’s time. Both beautiful and featuring and engine as solid as an anvil, this BMW represented the state-of-the-art for its era. Due to the reliability of...

Kings of the Road – Motorcycling As A Tactile Man-Machine Interface Event

Psychologist and researcher Bernt Spiegel, in his work for BMW, found that non-motorcyclists and neophyte riders usually share a fatalistic attitude. According to Spiegel, those groups see high speed riding as a kind of  “game of chicken or Russian roulette” and imagine that riders are engaged in a test of...

Taking the Hemlock – Greek BMW Restoration

Greek dudes restoring BMWs and Enfields and Irish music. This appeals to me on so many levels…   http://homoratus.blogspot.com/p/bmw-r26-restoration.html Source: motofotostudio.com via Whitey on Pinterest Related posts: Not That Sturgis, The One In Mississippi – BMW Restoration Specialist The Stuff You See Out Riding – 1956 Chrysler Imperial Restoration Werks...

BMW and Norton Streamlined!

I’m completely enamored with the look of a streamlined motorcycle. A little bit of artful bodywork, if it doesn’t interfere with the operation and function of the bike, can make it a thing of sublime beauty. The bike below, owned and likely modified by one Dave Cree, is a fine...

Photo Gallery From the Motorcycle Cannonball 2012

Motorcycle Cannonball 2012 – a coast to coast adventure. The run this year, in the interest of scenic beauty, was routed through my neck of the woods, the upper Midwest, and it was cool to see it come by at point-blank range. Many of the riders are justifiably nervous about...