BMW, the Bimmers # 39; History.Wmv
Under these conditions, the company had to think of other products and so BMW starts building motorcycle engines in 1920, Martin Stolle and Max Friz design the M2 B 15 engine for the Victoria motorcycle N rnberg This was the first engine BMW motorcycle and it was produced between 1920 and 1922.
BMW first motorized bicycle is called Flink and sees the light in 1921. They were powered by a Kurier two stroke engine.
1922 is another milestone in the history of BMW The first BMW factory is built on Neulerchenfeldstrasse - the site of the former aircraft factory Otto - near the current day Olympic complex in Munich.
Because the earlier BMW motorcycles had suspension problems, they are not able to sell much they begin to develop the R32 motorcycle was the first BMW bike sold at an amount worth to mention 3100 bikes until 1926 BMW R32 motorcycle made a strong impression at its world premiere at the Berlin motor Show in 1923 with the R32, BMW managed to move into vehicle construction even before the automobile development This is the time when history BMW boxer engine begins and continue until today the top speed of this bike 494cc 2-cylinder was about 59 mph 95 km h.
In 1924, we can witness the first intercontinental flight to Persia powered by BMW engines.
A year later, in 1925 motorcycle R37 outputs twice the power of it's predecessor 16bhp from a 500ccm engine motorcycle This is the basis for the BMW racing machines and makes well-known brand around the world The motorcycle 1924-1929 results while German Championship in the category 500 ccm are won by BMW.
BMW maintains a leading position in the aviation industry The same commitment to innovation and perfection is rewarded with five world records for Ro Rohrbach VII seaplane with a BMW VI engine.
BMW keeps the same pace and they break other world flight records the following year, in 1927 a total of 87 world records in aviation, 29 of them were set with BMW engines.
1928 marks the beginning in terms of the BMW car BMW buys the car factory in Eisenach Thuringia and with it the license to build a small car called the Dixi March 15 BMW Dixi was the competition for the Austin 7 The BMW Dixi DA 1 DA standing for Deutsche Ausführung is basically the German version the first Dixis used an open roof and were powered by a maximum 743cc 4 producing speed cylinder engine of 15 horsepower was in the neighborhood of 50 mph 80 km h the Dixi 3 15 PS was built under Austin's license and was essentially the same model as the bantam US and the Japanese Datsun in 1929, a new improved version was launched, the DA 2 which employed a brake body and 4-wheel all steel, and in 1930 the Dixi scored its first wins in motor 18.976 Total production units running.
1929 was the year when Ernst Henne a 750 cc BMW sets a new motorcycle record September 19, 1929, reaching a speed of 134 mph 216 75 km 65 hours, exceeding the current world record of 10 kph.
The first BMW car was launched in 1928 - the Dixi March 15.
BMW history in the 1920s, history.