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R90S, 1976. The Boxer. Bmw's true origins rest in the…
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Auckland
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18-Mar-2009
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R90S, 1976. The Boxer. Bmw's true origins rest in the production of aircraft; however, the 1919 Versailles Treaty destroyed Germany's large-capacity combustion industry and so Bmw was forced to cease producing large displacement engines and refocused on 500cc units. Named the 'Boxer', a metaphor referring to the two opposing cylinders combusting against one another like two competing fists, the 1932 signature design was to be the basis of one of the world's greatest motorcycles.Fast-forward 50 years through decades of influential and innovative design, many competitive victories and the regeneration of German industrial vision post- World War II and we arrive at the first modern super bike of the 1970s, the R90S. Until then, it could have been said that Bmw had been distinctly uninterested in what the rest of the motorcycle industry might have been doing. However, by the 1970s the super bike race was gaining unprecedented momentum and in designing the R90S, Bmw was very deliberate and very German about entering the fray. Although lacking a few horsepower and offering a mere two cylinders the R90S placed function.
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Motor Vehicles: Motor Cycles