Art Deco - on wheels!

**McJim** · 11th April 2009, 21:13

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Another bike with a strong art deco flavour. Somehow I just don't see the rider of this in leathers. More like a pinstripe blazer with a boater tootling along to the local reggatta.

Skyryder

From the poster 5cv = Five Cheveaux or 5 horsepower. That's even less then my Ducati. I feel vindicated somehow....

**nallac** · 11th April 2009, 21:33

probably only 3 or 4 less than the duc tho...and the bm's way better looking....

**nudemetalz** · 24th August 2009, 14:37

This is just simply gorgeous.
1934 BMW R7, a one-off 800cc twin.
Recently rediscovered and a huge restoration effort by BMW to bring it back to life.
Full story of it here: - http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/photopages/photosr7.htm

**MIXONE** · 24th August 2009, 14:41

That is rather tastey.

**nallac** · 24th August 2009, 15:53

Sure is sweet..
There is a previous thread on it,

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...highlight=1934

**nudemetalz** · 24th August 2009, 15:57

oh bugger, didn't see that thread.

I guess the link is useful though.

(edit - Nasty fixed this for me

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**UNNA** · 24th August 2009, 17:37

My 1936 R17 has very similar performance to the early /5 series apart from the cornering because of those awful cast aluminium footplates I had to get from the UK. Each rocker has dual roller bearings and whole thing is beautifully engineered. The mudguards are the same as the R7. My bike is believed to be the 1936 Olympia show bike and is now in the BMW Museum. It was too rare to ride. Good to see the R7 reborn.

**nallac** · 24th August 2009, 19:40

Have you got any pics of your r17?.....

we all wanna see some.

**nudemetalz** · 24th August 2009, 21:21

Originally Posted by nallac

Have you got any pics of your r17?.....

we all wanna see some.

as above

**UNNA** · 25th August 2009, 20:56

I have a heap of colour photos on a large sheet which need to be blown up and put on digital. Only I have no idea who does this.
I bought the R17 in England from a garden shed for $200 and shipped it home. It took me about 8 years to restore it although it was very complete when I bought it. There are a few pre-war BMWs in NZ of various models but they are not very exciting.

**toycollector10** · 25th August 2009, 23:01

That's a great looking bike. So different to anything else that was being made at the time.

Mind you, BMW has designed some real weird looking bikes.

Innovative. And they got that one right by the look of it.

**XRVrider** · 31st August 2009, 20:36

Thats real nice, a bike you could just put in the house and stare at for hours. Stuff the telly Id be glued to that for a good while, it is a form of art huh.

**bekker** · 3rd September 2009, 18:14

That is something else!

Look at that exhaust!

Thank god they found and restored it.

Cheers for posting it.

**AD345** · 18th July 2010, 08:53

Couldn't be arsed finding the original thread but this was too full of awesomeness to pass up:

All I know at the moment is that it was originally a 1930 Henderson