This is a collection of BMW motorcycle road tests by motorcycle magazines.
Warning, do not ever trust a photo that appears in any BMW owner’s handbook for details that you might use in a restoration. That is the book that comes with the motorcycle. I have seen errors of 8 years in a photo used.
I would hope that the photos shown in these road tests are of the machine tested. If that machine was an early version, a pre-production model, it too can’t be trusted for accuracy. Do your research before spending money.
1963 R50/2 road test by Motor Cycle
1969 BMW R75/5 road test by Cycle
1970 BMW R60/5 road test by Cycle World
1972 BMW R75/5 road test by Motorcyclist
1972 R75/5 road test by Cycle Guide
1972 BMW R75/5 road test Motorcycle Weekly
1972 BMW R75/5 road test by Motorcyclist
Marusho/Lilac motorcycle history and road test
Seat Evaluations, this is a sort of road test
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