BMW Boxer origin?

[Big Dave]

Just for a short article - What year do you reckon BMW first produced a horizontal twin?

[James Deuce]

1923 I think.

[Forest]

The first BMW bike ever produced for sale was the R32 in 1923. It had the horizontally opposed twin.

More details here.

... 486 cc engine with 8.5 hp (6.3 kW) and a top speed of 95–100 km/h (60 mph)

The R32 became the foundation for all future boxer powered BMW motorcycles. BMW oriented the boxer engine with the cylinder heads projecting out on each side for cooling as per the earlier British ABC.

[Big Dave]

They mentioned the war!

[Taz]

Umm think it was 1995.....

[vgcspares]

Prior to making motorcycles they were in the concrete mixer business (which began in 1849)

[Oscar]

Saw a couple in the Moto Museum at Bassella, Spain...

[Badjelly]

Just for a short article - What year do you reckon BMW first produced a horizontal twin?

What's the matter, Dave, don't they have Wikipedia in your part of the world?

[Badjelly]

Actually, if you read the Wikipedia article carefully...

The first "boxer" engine, M2B15, was based on a British Douglas design. It was manufactured by BMW but mostly used in other brands of motorcycles, notably Victoria of Nuremberg. The M2B15 proved to be moderately successful and BMW used it in its own Helios motorcycle. ... However with the development of its first light alloy cylinder head, a second more successful version of the boxer engine evolved. In 1923, the first BMW branded motorcycle, the R32, was produced.

...they manufactured a boxer engine, the M2B15, some time before 1923.

[Oscar]

Howzabout the wierdest Bimmer in Christendom?

[Big Dave]

Like I said to Random when he accused me of 'homework fraud' - There is what I need to know - and there is what you jokers already know.



Was confident it was 'the 20's' - just needed confirmation without wikepedantry. - Like that? new word - wikipedantry. :-)

[Big Dave]

Howzabout the wierdest Bimmer in Christendom?

Ach du himmel - mein boxer ist blau!

[Oscar]

Ach du himmel - mein boxer ist blau!

Imagine what Das Publisher would make of this:

[Big Dave]

Imagine what Das Publisher would make of this:

......mayhem.

[Badjelly]

Like I said to Random when he accused me of 'homework fraud' - There is what I need to know - and there is what you jokers already know.

And there is what we can read on Wikipedia, which is generally more than what any of us already know.

So you're going to say, "BMW produced their first boxer twin the 1920s"?