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[Lothar]

Dear motorcycle enthusiasts

the BMW RS 500 once was the most successful racing machine. In the sidecar class it won many championship races throughout Europe including world titles. Even in the solo class there were quite a few national championships on RS. Its 60. birthday is looming in the near future, 2014.

The German BMW veterans club would like to compile a documentation about RS. http://www.bmw-veter...?...13&pdid=154

If You like to contribute or have questions about RS please fell free to send an email.

Thank You!

Lothar

[Lothar]

Knocking on heaven' s door...

These BMW RS riders/mechanics left us this year:

Pip Harris, UK, * 1927
Arsenius Butscher, Germany, * 1928
Fritz Haenzi, Switzerland, * 1932
Hans Bartl, Germany, * 1929
Karel Beck, Netherlands,
Jean Murit, France, * 1922

Good bye and thank You very much!

Edited by Lothar, 31 December 2013 - 09:04.

[Russell Burrows]

Knocking on heaven' s door...

These BMW RS riders/mechanics left us this year:

Pip Harris, UK, * 1927
Arsenius Butscher, Germany, * 1928
Fritz Haenzi, Switzerland, * 1932
Hans Bartl, Germany, * 1929
Karel Beck, Netherlands,
Jean Murit, France, * 1922

Good by and thank You very much!

Is that a German flounce out ?  It could be, Lothar, that we have no knowledge around the stuff you're interested in ?

[tonyed]

The RS was a truly great motor, especially for sidecar racing where it knocked the sad old Manx and British pushrod engines motor for six. The only problem I have read concerning these was getting parts from the factory, which appeared not to be enthusiastic in support of private runners.

 

I would certainly like to know more about these engines (despite not being a four stroke fan).

[Lothar]

With the start of the sale of the first RS 54 BMW Rennsport motorcycles to privateers in 1954 the development of the new post war racing motorcycle was completed. Especially the sidecar outfits were successful right from the start winning their first world championship in the same year. That caused a boom in demand of that rare item. The success continued and the myth grew. Ten years later in 1964 the team of Deubel and Hoerner crowned their career with their fourth world title. Over the years the number of those bevel shaft engines kept growing. The international success lasted for 21 years until 1974; the team Enders-Engelhardt won their sixth world title and the last for a BMW engined motorcycle. A solo motorcycle which was based on the BMW RS built by Oskar Liebmann won the classic event in Daytona in 1984. Those victories now date back 60, 50, 40 and 30 years. And still that BMW RS is casting a spell on many riders and spectators.

For further Information about "RS" and my project please have a look at:
http://www.bmw-veter...cid=13&pdid=154
or:
http://www.classic-m...orrad-1954-2014