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The book includes: a background history to the company founded in 1917 to produce aircraft engines; the first 500cc boxer twin, the R32, of the 1920s, and the first racing machine, the R37; the difficult 1930s, culminating in the R75 that became the German army's most popular motorcycle during World War II; the often-overlooked single-cylinder machines, which remained in production from 1925 to 1966; the post-war resurrection, including the RS54 racers and side-car Grand Prix racing; the R75/5, which heralded a new generation of boxer twin lasting until the early 1990s; the K-Series, and the new R1100RS boxer launched in 1993; and appendices of technical specification for all BMW motorcycles.

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Ian Falloon is an Australia-based freelance motorcycle journalist and photographer who contributes regularly to the motorcycle press in the UK, US and Australia. His involvement with motorcycles began more than 30 years ago, and since then he has owned and ridden over 100 different models.

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