This is our 1968 R 69 S US BMW. It is one of ~450 units imported that year. The U S was a transition model between the traditional /2 and the soon to be delivered R75/5 models. This bike is mechanically rebuilt and restored. Most early BMWs were black as delivered. Color options were available but seldom selected. When being restored, we choose to flip the script and we chose German domestic market Authority Green as used by the police and other services. The frame was powder coated and the remaining metal parts were professionally painted and pinstriped like the /2 that was on display at the BMW Museum in Germany.
This bike won the Best Motorcycle award at the 2013 Ironstone Concours and was chosen as one of the motorcycles to display in the BMW corporate booth at The LeMay Museum for the “Propelling a Century of Innovation” changing exhibit. It has also participated in several AMCA road runs over the years.
Please pardon the unorthodox starting posture. I broke my distal Fibula and I am scheduled for reconstructive surgery. Using the standard posture of standing on the left of the bike and kicking downward with the right foot was not possible with an air cast.
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