The New BMW R 1200 GS

After 70 years of air cooled motor, BMW finally employs liquid cool system on their trade mark boxer motor.
 

Motorcycle engine Beer dispenser

Spotted at SOHC4 forum. Pretty nice

CB550 Table

 Hope inside is gutted out and used as spare parts otherwise will be bitch when you have to move...

Via: ebay Germany

Mery Christmas from BMW

Riedel Imme R100

"The Imme R100 was a lightweight motorcycle produced from 1948 to 1951 by Riedel. The beauty of the machine is in it's sheer simplicity: due to constrained material and financial supplies, the front forks and swinging arm are single sided, the exhaust acting as the swinging arm member with the rear wheel being cantilevered with the engine, the tubing used for the frame, headstock, fork and arm are all the same 40mm diameter, the 3-speed hand change gearbox does not have a neutral position and the barrel and head for the 99cc engine producing 4.5BHP are one piece.

Oddly, first gear is in the middle of the shift pattern with second below and third above, with a mechanism to hold the clutch open when the engine idles in first. Norbert Riedel was able to secure materials for production from the americans after the war as the engine used in the R100 is the same as he designed to start the turbines on MeschMesserschmitt Me 262, which they were keen to acquire. Approximately 12,000 Immes were produced before the company folded in 1951, when a improved 150cc version was nearing production. Now rare and sought after machines this example was sold by Yesterdays recently."

Via: MotArt

It has been 22 years..

On this day in 1990, Germany was officially reunited when the German Democratic Republic was abolished and became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. The country had been split into East and West Germany following its defeat in World War Two and was occupied by the victorious Allied powers. The USA, Britain and France controlled the West and the Soviet Union the East. The reunification saw Berlin become one city again, following the fall of the Berlin Wall dividing the city in 1989. Today is celebrated in Germany as German Unity Day.

Via:Today in History

Little Girl

"Directed by Vincent Haycock, "Little Girl" follows the story of a young female runaway who steals her dad's money and motorcycle to escape the god-forsaken, post soviet demise small town in which she lives. Shot on location in Eisenhüttenstadt (Iron City), in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border of Poland and Germany. The eponymous 'Little Girl' of the song's title is played by Chesca Miles, one of the UK's top female stunt riders.

"Little Girl" also features some of Germany's best stunt riders including Julian Pohl and the Eastside Xtremes. The latter are a hood rat, street bike gang that hail from the borders of Germany and Poland. They arrived on set in their tour bus, which is tricked out with UV lighting and a stripper pole. They're basically buzzing on fades, Red Bull, and burnouts.

The remaining characters were street cast in various dive and biker bars around Berlin and the outlining towns. In fact the Canadian Porn Star Cannibal, Luka Rocco Magnotta, was eventually arrested in one such dive bar hang out, he was unknowingly scouted for the video."

 Whole time I was thinking how come she doesn't get a regular job and room mates to get by.

Nürburgring on Yamaha YZF R1

For the full story behind bike and rider, click here: http://bridgetogantry.com/2/index.php/home/nurburgring-laptimes/427-fastest-m... This BTG lap time would convert to about 7m28s full, or 7m23-24s for 'industry' or sportauto comparisons. Bike is 100% road-legal and ridden most nights at the 'ring

Ernst Degner

He was the '62 world champion in 50cc class. He sure was a huge figure in Suzuki, not only he brought Suzuki a first world championship as a rider, but also he was an excellent engineer; the champion machine would not have been made without his knowledge developed at East German manufacturer MZ which used two-stroke engines.

His boss at MZ, Walter Kaaden worked under Nazi V-series rocket engineer Werner von Braun during WWII and is known to discover principles regarding how sound waves and expansion chambers affect engine tuning. He made 2stroke motors semi-reliable, efficient and faster.
Degner was a successful rider at MZ team of East Germany and in 1961 he was very close to be 125cc wold champion. Right after the Swedish Grand Prix at Kristianstad when he was able to drive out of the circuit, Ernst Degner defected by driving his Wartburg car to West Germany via Denmark. Needless to say, that made East Germany and MZ team he was with very angry. They managed to have Ernst's racing license revoked, preventing him from being a 125 cc champ for the season. November of 61, Suzuki hired him. He moved to Hamamatsu Japan and designed 50cc and 125 cc 2 stroke machines passing Kaaden's knowledge to Suzuki engineers; how to get more power from the same displacement.

In November 1963, Degner crashed his Suzuki 250cc racer at the Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka Circuit. The fuel tank burst into flames and Degner suffered horrific burns which required over fifty skin grafts. As a mark of respect, the double-apex right-hand curves past the esses where Degner had crashed so badly were named Degner Curve.
Degner had little success after that and decided to retire from motorcycle racing. After dabbling with single seater car racing, he worked for a spell as Technical Manager at Suzuki's German importer in Munich. He then moved to Tenerife where he ran a car hire business. In '83, he had a heart attack and passed. He was 52 years old.