Old BMWs were famous for their reliability and perfect balance. Balance was the main reason they were chosen to equip the police... low speed maneuvers were much easier because of this.
0:29: What a funny idea to call a 600 BMW a "workhorse", being among the most prestigious machines to be had in those days. Real workhorses were prewar sidecar haulers for commercial use like D-Rad and NSU 500 T (BMW R12 for military use). For BMW there were singles like the R 25. After the 1950s era real workhorses didn´t exist anymore, the automobile had taken over.
Missing are the Münch and perhaps the Viktoria Bergmeister. And than there are Kreidler, Adler, Maico, Dürkop, Elo and so on.
What about the Adler MB 250?
in Paris in the 70's. French Police
looked magnificient on this BMW R62.
Old BMWs were famous for their reliability and perfect balance. Balance was the main reason they were chosen to equip the police... low speed maneuvers were much easier because of this.
Horex was obscure? Horex was the biggest producer of 350 cc motorcyles on earth.
And the best.
My father had a Horex Regina 350.
A wonderful bike
No legendary Opel Bike? No Münch Mammut? No Zündapp 500 and 600? And so many more ;-)
0:29: What a funny idea to call a 600 BMW a "workhorse", being among the most prestigious machines to be had in those days. Real workhorses were prewar sidecar haulers for commercial use like D-Rad and NSU 500 T (BMW R12 for military use). For BMW there were singles like the R 25. After the 1950s era real workhorses didn´t exist anymore, the automobile had taken over.