1955
A 500cc RS, replete
with front fairing and
outrigger wheel,
sets 57 world
time and distance records
in three different classes
ranging in
distance from
500 km to
2,000 miles.
Emst Henne sets BMW's first world speed record on the Ingolstadter Landstrasse near Munich. Henne, riding a 55 HP "compressor machine" is
clocked at 216.05 km/h-one of the 76 world records he broke over an a-year period.
1929
1937
Henne increases
world speed record
to 279.503 kmlh with
a new, supercharged
500cc BMW.
1939Meier riding a
Schorsch
-
20
Cl 1983 BMW of North America, Inc. The BMW trademar1< and logo are registered.
-
54 HPflat twin to
victory in the world's
most punishingmotorcycle race,
The Isle of
Man's "Tourist
Trophy."
Motorcycles
from MUnich
bring home
491 gold
'
medals in
twelve months.
