The BMW R32 was the first motorcycle produced by BMW under the BMW name. An aircraft engine manufacturer during World War I, BMW was forced to diversify after the Treaty of Versailles banned the German air force and German aircraft manufacture. BMW initially turned to industrial engine design and manufacturing. [2]

‌BMW R32是宝马公司于1923年推出的一款摩托车。 R32配备了494CC的水平对卧双气缸发动机，车重123kg，拥有最高接近100km/h的时速。

2023年11月18日 · BMW began improving on the R32 when Rudolf Schleicher (a motorcycle racer and engineer at BWM) took over the reins and designed a new cylinder head made of a new light alloy with suspended...

2022年10月24日 · Initially, the R32 was a Helios motorcycle redesigned to be more saleable and a long-term solution for an all-new motorcycle design. The unit that powered the BMW R32 had a displacement of...

The R 32 engine produced 8.5 hp and propelled to a top speed of 95 km/h – roads allowing. A real driver of innovation which was followed by the classic R 5, R 90 S and the R 80 G/S. Its inventiveness lives on in the emission free Scooter BMW CE 04 and the recently presented Parcourer BMW CE 02.

2015年3月4日 · From 1924 through 1926, the Series II (/2) R32 gained a front brake, four years before the first American bike to get one, a timed engine breather and a shock coupling in the drive shaft, among other details.

2018年9月23日 · BMW immediately refined the R32 in 1924. This rare 1923 model only has a brake on the rear wheel, operated by jamming a block of wood against a dummy rim, which is about as effective as it sounds. Until 1969, when BMW introduced the /5 series, the company continued to use Max Friz’s basic R32 layout.

The R32 was the first in-house design of the firm and is, therefore, justly described as the first true BMWmotorcycle. This first model already has two design features that were to remain …

2020年4月2日 · BMW engineer, Max Friz developed BMW’s first motorcycle under its name. The end result is the 1923 BMW R32 which rolled out 5 years before BMW even started manufacturing cars! Founded in 1916, BMW was initially involved in manufacturing aircraft engines from 1917 to 1918 and from 1933 until 1945.

2024年4月6日 · BMW R32-The R32’s flat-twin, shaft-drive layout established a design format that continues today. The R32 68 x 68mm side-valve engine had a low 5:1 compression ratio and with a single 22 mm BMW Special carburettor produced a moderate 8.5 horsepower at 3200 rpm.