c.1939 BMW 750cc R71 Frame no. 514850 Engine no. 701923 An important development in the history of BMW's long-running flat-twin occurred in 1936 w...

1939 BMW 342cc R35 Frame no. 309422 Engine no. 309044 Undeterred by the relative failure of its first single-cylinder model, the 247cc R39 of 1925...

c.1951 BMW 247cc R25 Motorcycle Combination Frame no. 243129 Engine no. 243129 BMW's first new post-war model, the 247cc R24 could traces its root...

1961 BMW 247cc R27 Frame no. 376819 Engine no. 376819 BMW's first new post-WWII model was a 'single', the 247cc R24, which arrived in 1948 looking...

1961 BMW 247cc R27 Frame no. 376535 Engine no. 376535 BMW's first new post-WWII model was a 'single', the 247cc R24, which arrived in 1948 looking...

1965 BMW 247cc R27 'German Red Cross' Motorcycle Frame no. 384283 Engine no. 384283 BMW's first new post-WWII model was a 'single', the 247cc R24,...

1955 BMW 247cc R25/3 Frame no. 322481 Engine no. 322481 BMW's first new post-war model, the 247cc R24 could traces its roots back to the R23 of 19...

c.1953 BMW 247cc R25/2 Frame no. 282243 Engine no. 302198 (see text) BMW's first new post-war model, the 247cc R24 can traces its roots back to th...

1972 BMW 496cc R50/5 Frame no. 2905192 Engine no. 2905192 The long-awaited replacements for BMW's long-running Earles-forked flat twins finally ar...

1975 BMW 898cc R90/6 Frame no. 4060235 Engine no. 4060235 Replacements for the '/5' range, the BMW '/6' series arrived in October 1973. The newcom...

1976 BMW 750cc R75/6 Frame no. 4032114 Engine no. 4032114 Replacements for the '/5' range, the BMW '/6' series arrived in October 1973. The newcom...

c.1973 BMW 599cc R60/5 Racing Motorcycle Frame no. 2960152 Engine no. 2963140 The long-awaited replacements for BMW's long-running Earles-fork fl...

1980 BMW 473cc R45T Police Motorcycle Frame no. 6280081 TIC Engine no. 83 409852 47 2V B BMW extended its range of horizontally opposed twins in t...

1981 BMW 650cc R65 Frame no. 6317405 R65 Engine no. 6317405 BMW extended its range of horizontally opposed twins in the late 1970s with the introd...

1982 BMW 650cc R65 Frame no. 6317405 R65 Engine no. 6317405 BMW extended its range of horizontally opposed twins in the late 1970s with the introd...

1988 BMW 998cc K100RS 'Hossack' Frame no. 1008001 0006279 K100 Engine no. 104EA 1484 13471 Despite - or perhaps because of - the near ubiquity of ...

1986 BMW 980cc R100RS Frame no. 016003 RS Engine no. 49/86/0113 10 2V C Just a few years after introducing the R90/6 and R90S, BMW upped the capac...

1994 BMW 980cc R100R Classic Frame no. 0168169 R100R Engine no. 46/94/0040 102VD Just a few years after introducing the R90/6 and R90S, BMW upped ...

1992 BMW 980cc R100R Frame no. 0247323 R100R Engine no. 35/92/0003 102VD Just a few years after introducing the R90/6 and R90S, BMW upped the capa...

1992 BMW 980cc R100R Frame no. 0247460 R100R Engine no. none Just a few years after introducing the R90/6 and R90S, BMW upped the capacity of its ...

1989 BMW 980cc K1 Frame no. 637228K1 Engine no. unable to locate Launched in 1989, the futuristically styled K1 represented BMW's bold attempt to ...

1993 BMW 798cc R80R Frame no. 0260693 R80R Engine no. 41/92/0619 80 2V E BMW's first 'R80' (nominally 800cc) model was the R80/7 introduced in 197...

2000 BMW 125cc C1 Frame no. WB10191AXYYA07933 Engine no. unable to locate 'Designed by BMW to combine car-like safety and comfort with the speed a...

c.1980 Suzuki RG500 Racing Motorcycle Frame no. RG500-11217 Engine no. RG500-11080 Six years out of Grand Prix racing, Suzuki returned in 1973 wi...

c.1980 Bakker-Yamaha TZ500 Grand Prix Racing Motorcycle Frame no. 01419 World Champion in the 500cc class for Yamaha in 1978, '79 and '80, Kenny R...

1974 Benelli 750 Sei Frame no. BC*6925* Engine no. BC*006798* Despite a racing heritage second to none, Benelli was in trouble by the late 1960s a...

c.1978 Honda CBX1000 Frame no. SC06-2011058 Engine no. SC03E-2003066 'The CBX was quite simply a marvellous revelation which has genuinely elevate...

1984 Kawasaki Z1300 Frame no. KZT30A-014129 Engine no. KZT30AE001112 Having seen its Z1000 deposed as top superbike by Honda's outrageous six-cyli...

1972 Laverda 750 SF Frame no. LAV.750F*10872* Engine no. 750*10872* Founded in 1873, Laverda started out making farm machinery, only turning to mo...

1979 Moto Guzzi 850cc Le Mans II Frame no. VE 19158 Engine no. VF 078943 An engine design that originated in the late 1940s, Moto Guzzi's venerabl...

c.1969 Kawasaki 500cc H1 Mach III Frame no. H1F-06560 Engine no. KAE 76611 'Only the shotgun acceleration of a Kawasaki can make you feel that goo...

1978 Hercules Wankel 2000 Rotary Frame no. 480001348 Engine no. 7587318 Although it would eventually prove a technological blind alley, the rotar...

1965 Honda 305cc C77 Dream Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. CA77E-100341 Honda's first twin-cylinder motorcycle - the 250cc C7 - arrived in 1...

1973 Honda CB100 Super Sports Frame no. CB100-139666 Engine no. CB100E-139584 As the 1970s dawned Honda moved away from its traditional approach t...

1973 Honda CB350F Frame no. CB350F-1074442 Engine no. CB350FE-107266 Honda followed its sensational CB750 of 1968 with a range of smaller fours, t...

1975 Honda CB100 Super Sports Frame no. CB100-1251424 Engine no. CB100E-1314632 As the 1970s dawned Honda moved away from its traditional approach...

c.1976 Honda CJ250T Frame no. CJ250T-2012356 Engine no. CJ250TE-2012698 In 1976 Honda's short-lived CB250/360 'G' models were replaced by the exte...

1979 Honda CB50J Frame no. 1111659 Engine no. 1111663 Honda's first 50cc sports bikes used versions of the horizontally inclined engine of the Cub...

1991 Honda GB500 Tourist Trophy Frame no. PC1609KK002010 Engine no. PC16E-2002859 Having initially developed large-capacity singles for the off-ro...

c.1992 Honda EZ90 Cub Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. unable to locate Looking like a Morini Dart that had shrunk in the wash, the Honda EZ9...

1992 Kawasaki ZR550B Zephyr Frame no. ZR550B-012746 Engine no. KZ550BE066812 With the growing popularity of nostalgia-inspired 'retro' styled moto...

2002 Kawasaki 676cc W650 Frame no. JKAEJ650ACA031375 Engine no. EJ650AE016474 With the growing popularity of nostalgia-inspired 'retro' styled mot...

c.1987 Yamaha YSR50 Frame no. JYA2RR009HA000129 Engine no. 2RR-000129 'The YSR50's resemblance to a fun motorcycle is simply by design. Modelled a...

c.1999 Yamaha GTS1000 Frame no. 4BH036459 (from documents) Engine no. unable to locate Rated by Bike magazine as among the 50 'Coolest Bikes of al...

1997 Piaggio 49cc NRG50 'Scuderia Ferrari' Frame no. ZAPC0400000022611 Engine no. SAL3M*19708* This special edition of the Piaggio NRG50 motor sco...

c.1983 Zündapp K80S Frame no. 9472331 Engine no. 314 060 9981990 Founded at the height of WWI to manufacture armaments, Zündapp found a new role p...

c.1952 Nimbus 750cc Model C Four Frame no. 10749 Engine no. 12783 The result of diversification by the Danish vacuum cleaner manufacturer, Fisker ...

c.1953 Adler M200 & Steib Motorcycle Combination Frame no. 91788 Engine no. 91788 One of Germany's lesser known marques, Adler is best remembered ...

1956 DKW RT 200 S Frame no. 45564787 Engine no. 47068310 DKW was founded in Zschopau in 1919 by Danish engineer Jorgen Rasmussen and built its fir...

1955 Heinkel 49cc Perle Moped Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. 900206 Formerly one of Germany's leading aircraft manufacturers, Heinkel turne...

1949 NSU 98cc Quick Frame no. 1436350 Engine no. 52 523801 NSU recommenced motorcycle manufacture at end of WWI, rapidly returning to full product...

1952 NSU 98cc Fox 4 Frame no. 1659738 Engine no. 844475 Having occupied itself with a variety of manufacturing and repair activities in the immedi...

c.1951 NSU 97cc Quick Frame no. 1335062 Engine no. 32 3217159 NSU recommenced motorcycle manufacture at end of WWI, rapidly returning to full prod...

c.1951 Imme R100 Frame no. V5192 Engine no. V5192 The Imme R100 must have looked very much like 'the bike from the future' when it was launched in...

c.1954 Velocette 192cc LE MkII Frame no. 13809 Engine no. 200/15270 Launched in 1948, as the 'motorcycle for everyman', the Velocette LE addressed...

Unidentified Motor Scooter Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. unable to locate At time of cataloguing it had not proved possible to identify th...

1909 Alcyon 248cc EC25 Frame no. 125074 Engine no. 6158 (see text) Originally a bicycle manufacturer, Edmond Gentil set up shop in Neuilly, Seine ...

c.1928 Wanderer 194cc Type G Frame no. 56966 Engine no. 56966 OOldest of the four companies that merged in 1932 to form the 'Auto Union' (the othe...

c.1923 Flottweg 119cc Cycle Motor & Ladies' Bicycle Frame no. 3998 Engine no. 3998 'The Otto works produced Flottweg machines; the Otto name was u...

c.1924 K.V. 197cc 'S' Frame no. 1720 Engine no. 320 F To say that the German firm of Kraftfahrzeugvertrieb GmbH (K.V. Ltd) is obscure would be a g...