Illustrated BMW Motorcycle Buyer's Guide

by Roland Slabon and Stefan Knittel

Book Overview

Includes all models of the popular and collectible BMW motorcycles including the new R and K series. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760300828
• ISBN13: 9780760300824
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A very good book that can be better

This is an excellent book for the BMW motorcycle enthusiast. It tells the whole story since the beginning until around 1994. It presents it chronologically as technical achivements so one can see how one model was improved upon to become the next. And it has a lot of excellent photos. There are a few gaps (like, what made the R60/6 to become the R60/7) but I guess that that is unavoidable. The authors are very knowledgeable but left out a lot of interesting information BY DESIGN. They don't give us their opinion about what is right or wrong with each machine, and I would like to know the opinion of experts! For example, I have learned somewhere else that the old R60 models from the 1970s are forgiving for not-too-expert riders, a bit involved in maintenance (like adjusting valves every month), but easy and cheap to repair whereas de K models are more difficult to ride, very easy to maintain, but difficult and expensive to repair. This is the kind of information I would have expected in this book. I would also like to see more technical specifications. I still think that this is a great book but I pray the authors: expand the book in its next edition and make it the dream of every BMW motorcycle enthusiast.

A Must Read!

The book detailed the models, chronologically, showing how one cycle evolved into the the next model. It would detail the new models improvements. Numerous photo also aided in the descriptions of the improvements made year to year, model to model. Easy reading and a MUST read for all you BMW lovers.

This book basicly is very good. I miss only a few things.

This is a very complete and detailed book. I think that the authors give us a very good review of the BMW bikes. They write not only about technical specification, but history as well. They have good pictures, photos and technical data. What I miss is that they forgot to write about some types ( R-3, R-61 ) and they do not give the technical data of all types of BMW bikes. The advantage of this book - can be read as an interesting story - is also the disadvantage of it. What I would try, if I were the author, is that show the types one by one, not forgetting the stories, but more sistematically show us the BMW bikes, one or two page for each, including photos, pictures, data. Otherwise the best book I know about BMW bikes.

An excellent reference source for owners of BMW Motorcycles

This book documents the production of all BMW motorcycles from the very beginning up until 1997. It has high quality pictures of most BMW models as well as rating the various models as to desirability of ownership from a collector's point of view. The author is obviously an expert in this area and offers insightful comments. There are quite a few sidebars that detail his riding experiences on various older modelsThis book is a "must have" for any serious BMW motorcycle enthusiast or owner.