BMW K75 C 1985 BMW factory publicity image new Model Year 1985 photograph For Sale

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BMW K75 C 1985 BMW factory publicity image new Model Year 1985 photograph:
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A superb and rarephoto of the magnificent BMW K75 Cof 1985, photographed duringa BMW publicity campaign for the launch of this striking new model.

BMW\'s motorcyclehistory began in 1921 when the company commenced manufacturing engines forother companies. Motorcycle manufacturing now operates under the BMW Motorradbrand. BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) introduced the first motorcycle underits name, the R32, in 1923. In 1921, BMW began its long association with a 1886German invention known to Germans as the boxermotor. The first BMW motorcycleengine was designed by Max Friz, BMW\'s famous chief designer, in four weeks, itis very similar to the British Douglas design. This fore-and-aft 1921–1922M2B15 boxer was manufactured by BMW for use initially by other motorcyclemanufacturers, notably Victoria of Nuremberg. It proved moderately successfuland BMW used it in its own Helios motorcycle. Fritz was also working on carengines and BMW developed and manufactured a small 2-stroke motorcycle calledthe Flink for a short time. In 1923, BMW\'s first \"across the frame\"version of the boxer engine was designed by Friz. The R32 had a 486ccengine with 8.5hp (6.3kW) and a top speed of 95–100km/h(60mph). The engine and gearbox formed a bolt-up single unit. At a timewhen many motorcycle manufacturers used total-loss oiling systems, the new BMWengine featured a recirculating wet sump oiling system with a drip feed toroller bearings. This system was used by BMW until 1969, when they adopted the\"high-pressure oil\" system based on shell bearings and tight clearances,still in use today. The R32 became the foundation for all future boxer-poweredBMW motorcycles. BMW oriented the boxer engine with the cylinder headsprojecting out on each side for cooling as did the earlier British ABC. Othermotorcycle manufacturers aligned the cylinders with the frame, one cylinderfacing towards the front wheel and the other towards the back wheel. Forexample, Harley Davidson introduced the Model W, a flat twin oriented fore andaft design, in 1919 and built them until 1923. The R32 also incorporated shaftdrive. BMW continued to use shaft drive in all of its motorcycles until theintroduction of the F650 in 1994 and the F800 series in 2006, which featuredeither chain drive or a belt drive system. In 1937, Ernst Henne rode a supercharged500cc overhead camshaft BMW 173.88mph (279.83km/h), setting aworld record that stood for 14 years. Henne died at the age of 101 in 2005.During World War II the Wehrmacht needed as many vehicles as it could get ofall types and many other German companies were asked to build motorcycles. TheBMW R75, a copy of a Zündapp KS750, performed particularly well in the harshoperating environment of the North African campaign. Motorcycles of every stylehad performed acceptably well in Europe, but in the desert the protrudingcylinders of the flat-twin engine performed better than configurations whichoverheated in the sun, and shaft drives performed better than chain-driveswhich were damaged by desert grit. So successful were the BMWs as war-machinesthat the U.S. Army asked Harley-Davidson, Indian and Delco to produce amotorcycle similar to the side-valve BMW R71. Harley copied the BMW engine andtransmission — simply converting metric measurements to inches — and producedthe shaft-drive 750cc 1942 Harley-Davidson XA. The end of World War IIfound BMW in ruins. Its plant outside of Munich was destroyed by Allied bombing.The Eisenach facility was not. It was dismantled by the Soviets as reparationsand sent back to the Soviet Union where it was reassembled in Irbit to makeIMZ-Ural motorcycles as is commonly alleged. The IMZ plant was supplied to theSoviets by BMW under license prior to the commencement of the Great PatrioticWar. After the war the terms of Germany\'s surrender forbade BMW from manufacturingmotorcycles. Most of BMW\'s brightest engineers were taken to the US and theSoviet Union to continue their work on jet engines which BMW produced duringthe war. When the ban on the production of motorcycles was lifted in Alliedcontrolled Western Germany, BMW had to start from scratch. There were no plans,blueprints, or schematic drawings because they were all in Eisenach. Companyengineers had to use surviving pre-war motorcycles to copy the bikes. The firstpost-war BMW motorcycle in Western Germany, a 250cc R24, was produced in1948. The R24 was based on the pre-war R23, and was the only postwar WestGerman BMW with no rear suspension. In 1949, BMW produced 9,200 units and by1950 production surpassed 17,000 units. BMW boxer twins manufactured from 1950to 1956 included the 500cc models R51/2 and 24hp (18kW)R51/3, the 600cc models 26hp (19kW) R67, 28hp(21kW) R67/2, and R67/3, and the sporting 35hp (26kW)600cc model BMW R68. All these models came with plunger rear suspensions,telescopic front forks, and chromed, exposed drive shafts. Except for the R68,all these twins came with \"bell-bottom\" front fenders and frontstands. The situation was very different in Soviet-controlled Eastern Germanywhere BMW\'s sole motorcycle plant in Eisenach was producing R35 and a handfulof R75 motorcycles for reparations. This resulted in one BMW motorcycle plantexisting in Eisenach between 1945 and 1948 and two motorcycle companiesexisting between 1948 and 1952. One was a BMW in Munich in Western Germany(later the German Federal Republic) and the other in Soviet controlledEisenach, Eastern Germany (later the German Democratic Republic), both usingthe BMW name. Eventually in 1952. after the Soviets ceded control of the plantto the East German Government, and following a trademark lawsuit, this plantwas renamed EMW (Eisenacher Motoren Werke). Instead of BMW\'s blue-and-whiteroundel, EMW used a very similar red-and-white roundel as its logo. Nomotorcycles made in East Germany after World War II were manufactured under theauthority of BMW in Munich as there was no need for an occupying power to gainsuch authority. As the 1950s progressed, motorcycle sales plummeted. In 1957,three of BMW\'s major German competitors went out of business. In 1954, BMW produced30,000 motorcycles. By 1957, that number was less than 5,500. However, by thelate 1950s, BMW exported 85% of its boxer twin powered motorcycles to theUnited States. At that time, Butler & Smith, Inc. was the exclusive U.S.importer of BMW. In 1955, BMW began introducing a new range of motorcycles withEarles forks and enclosed drive shafts. These were the 26hp (19kW)500cc R50, the 30hp (22kW) 600cc R60, and the35hp (26kW) sporting 600cc R69. On June 8, 1959, John Pentonrode a BMW R69 from New York to Los Angeles in 53 hours and 11 minutes,slashing over 24 hours from the previous record of 77 hours and 53 minutes setby Earl Robinson on a 45cubic inch (740cc) Harley-Davidson.Although U.S. sales of BMW motorcycles were strong, BMW was in financialtrouble. Through the combination of selling off its aircraft engine divisionand obtaining financing with the help of Herbert Quandt, BMW was able tosurvive. The turnaround was thanks in part to the increasing success of BMW\'sautomotive division. Since the beginnings of its motorcycle manufacturing, BMWperiodically introduced single-cylinder models. In 1967, BMW offered the lastof these, the R27. Most of BMW\'s offerings were still designed to be usedwith sidecars. By this time sidecars were no longer a consideration of mostriders; people were interested in sportier motorcycles. The 26hp(19kW) R50/2, 30hp (22kW) R60/2, and 42hp (31kW)R69S marked the end of sidecar-capable BMWs. Of this era, the R69S remains themost desirable example of the dubbed \"/2\" (\"slash-two\")series because of significantly greater engine power than other models, amongother features unique to this design. For the 1968 and 1969 model years only,BMW exported into the United States three \"US\" models. These were theR50US, the R60US, and the R69US. On these motorcycles, there were no sidecarlugs attached to the frame and the front forks were telescopic forks, whichwere later used worldwide on the slash-5 series of 1970 through 1973.Earles-fork models were sold simultaneously in the United States as buyers hadtheir choice of front suspensions. In 1970, BMW introduced an entirely revampedproduct line of 500cc, 600cc and 750cc displacement models,the R50/5, R60/5 and R75/5 respectively and came with the \"US\"telescopic forks noted above. The engines were a complete redesign from theolder models, producing more power and including electric starting (althoughthe kick-starting feature was still included). Part way through the 1973 modelyear, a long wheel base (LWB) was added to correct some earlier handlingproblems. These models are popularly called 1973½ models. Most models were camewith large 6-gallon tanks, but some came with 4½-gallon tanks. These are called\"toaster\" models because of the tank\'s resemblance to a kitchentoaster. The \"/5\" models were short-lived, however, being replaced byanother new product line in 1974. In that year the 500cc model wasdeleted from the lineup and an even bigger 900cc model was introduced,along with improvements to the electrical system and frame geometry. Thesemodels were the R60/6, R75/6 and the R90/6. In 1973, the kick starter wasfinally eliminated and a supersport model, the BMW R90S, was introduced. Inaddition to \"/\" or \"slash\" models, other Airhead models suchas the G/S (later, GS) and ST also have dedicated followings within BMWcircles, while others favor certain earlier models like /5\"toasters.\" Each has its merits which owners will freely debate withenthusiasm. Later BMW model types such as K-bikes (1983 on) and oilheads (1993on) included technical innovations that made them more complicated though manyowners still elect to service them personally. In 1977, the product line movedon to the \"/7\" models. The R80/7 was added to the line. The R90(898cc) models, \"/6\" and R90S models had their displacementincreased to 1,000cc; replaced by the R100/7 and the R100S, respectively.These were the first liter size (1,000cc) machines produced by BMW. 1977was a banner year with the introduction of the first BMW production motorcyclefeaturing a full fairing, the R100RS. This sleek model, designed throughwind-tunnel testing, produced 70hp (51kW) and had a top speed of200km/h (124mph). In 1978, the R100RT was introduced into thelineup for the 1979 model year, as the first \"full-dress\" tourer,designed to compete in this market with the forthcoming Honda Goldwing. In1979, the R60 was replaced with the 650cc R65, an entry-level motorcyclewith 48hp (36kW) that had its very own frame design. Due to its smallersize and better geometrics, front and rear 18-inch (460mm) wheels and avery light flywheel, was an incredibly well-handling bike that could easilykeep up and even run away from its larger brothers when in proper hands onsinuous roads. BMW added a variant in 1982: the R65LS, a \"sportier\"model with a one-fourth fairing, double front disc brakes, stiffer suspensionand different carburettors that added 5hp (4kW). A short strokeversion of the R65, the 450cc R45 appeared in some markets. In early1983, BMW introduced a 1000cc, in-line four-cylinder, water-cooled engineto the European market, the K100. The K series comes with a simplified anddistinctive rear suspension, a single-sided swingarm. (In 1985 thetraditionally powered boxer R80RT touring bike received this monolever rearsuspension system and in 1987 the R100RT got it). In 1985, BMW came a750cc three-cylinder version, this one smoothed with another first, acounterbalance shaft. In 1986, BMW introduced the world\'s first electricallyadjustable windshield on the K100LT. In 1988, BMW introduced ABS on itsmotorcycles — a first in the motorcycle industry. ABS became standard on allBMW K models. In 1993 ABS was first introduced on BMW\'s boxer line on theR1100RS. It has since become available as an option on the rest of BMW\'smotorcycle range. In 1989, BMW introduced its version of a full-fairing sportbike, the K1. It was based upon the K100 engine, but now with four valves percylinder. Output was near 100hp (75kW). In 1995, BMW ceasedproduction of airhead 2-valve engines and moved its boxer engined linecompletely over to the 4-valve oilhead system first introduced in 1993. Duringthis period, BMW introduced a number of motorcycles including: the R Seriesairheads - R65GS, R80GS, R100GS, the R Series oilheads - R850R/GS/C,R1100R/RS/RT/GS/S, R1150R/RS/RT/GS/S, R1200C, the F Series - F650 Funduro,F650ST Strada, F650GS, F650GS Dakar, F650CS Scarver, and the K Series - K1,K100, K100RS, K100RT, K75, K75C, K75S, K75RT, K1100RS, K1100LT, K1200RS,K1200LT, K1200GT. The BMW R1200C, produced from 1997 to 2004, was BMWMotorcycles only entry into the Cruiser market.

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