αφορμη του ποστ,περαν του φορου τιμης στον προσφατως θανοντα ernst henne,ειναι το προβλημα που εχω λογω κρανους να παω πανω απο 300 με το μπουσα μου(κοντερισια ε...)...βγαζει ενα εντονο κραδασμο το κρανος κι αρχιζω να βλεπω τα τεκτενομενα μεσα απο την οπτικη του νταλι οταν ζωγραφιζε...θα μου πειτε "αλλαξε κρανος" και θα πω "σωστα", αλλα διαβαζοντας το παρακατω κειμενο , και βλεποντας και μερικες φωτο προβληματιστηκα υπερ το δεον αναφορικα με το ποσο λουγκρα εχω γινει με το περασμα των χρονων και μου φταινε ολα...ακουω και γενικοτερα κουβεντες του στυλ " μου κανει ενα κουνηματακι στα 270-280 και δεν αισθανομαι καλα" και σκεφτομαι τι θα ελεγαν οι κυριοι της περι ης ο λογος εποχης αν με-μας ακουγαν να λεμε τετοιες π@π@ριες...
τα σεβη μου ειναι το λιγοτερο που μπορω να πω για τους τοτε οδηγους...
BMW's first motorcycle, the R 32, and its sports version, the R 37, represent a design concept that has remained unchanged to this very day. A concept that features the flat-twin engine, drive shaft and double-tube frame. The R 37 was launched just two years after BMW started producing motorcycles in 1923. In 1925 and 1926, BMW motorcycles won three German Championships and almost 200 racing prizes.
An eight-year struggle for the world speed record on two wheels started in 1929. Ernst Henne began his successful series on August 25, 1929 with a speed of 128.7 mph. In September he improved his record to 134.2 mph, with further improvement to 137.3 mph exactly one year later. In the spring of 1931 he achieved 147.7 mph and in autumn, 151.4 mph. Often alternating with British rivals, BMW bettered the world record each year, finally setting up the world speed record of 173.3 mph in 1937.
Riding BMW motorcycles, Ernst Henne set up to 76 world records in these eight years. In one single year, 1939, the motorcycles from Munich brought home 491 gold medals. In 1935 BMW launched a compressor machine with four overhead camshafts driven by verticle shafts: the pre-war BMW. With this machine, Schorsch Meier from Munich became the first foreigner on a foreign motorcycle to win the Senior Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man in the half-litre class shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Quite an achievement in the classical country of motorcycling!
This is BMW's history of motorcycle success in the '30s: eight German championships, three six-day trophies, 13 foreign championships, 762 first prizes in road races and 1,817 gold medals in off-road contests.
These figures underline BMW's wide range of success in motorsport and the innumerable events in which the works team participated: Franz Bieber (who won the first German Championship in 1924) and Rudi Reich, Hans Soenius and Karl Gall, Toni Bauhofer, Paul Köppen, and Wiggerl Kraus. Together with Scorsch Meier, Josef Forstner and Fritz Linhardt, they formed the group of "three iron men" in the Six Days. With Ernst Henne, BMW's senior test engineer, Rudolf Schleicher, and countless private riders, they successfully tried out a motorcycle concept that excels by its sheer performance - and to which BMW remained loyal when resuming business in 1948, the year of the German currency reform.