BMW Motorcycle: Illustrated Buyer's Guide [Paperback]

Stefan Knittel (Author), Roland Slabon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

Revised and updated to include all new models from this collectible marque.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl; 2 Sub edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760300828
• ISBN-13: 978-0760300824
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #701,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More of a history book than a buyers' guide., January 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: BMW Motorcycle: Illustrated Buyer's Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book and well written. However, it is more of a history book on the BMW motorcycles than it is a buyer's guide. There is very little information on pricing and the author is very generous to the BMW legacy without being especially helpful to prospective buyers. I put it down having learned alot about the BMW line but probably more confused about which BMW to buy than when I picked it up. If you want to learn about the bikes it is great, if you are a newcomer and you want basic buying info, I am not sure that this is the best book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book that can be better, May 2, 2001

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Omar O. Barriga - See all my reviews

This review is from: BMW Motorcycle: Illustrated Buyer's Guide (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for the BMW motorcycle enthusiast. It tells the whole story since the beginning until around 1994. It presents it chronologically as technical achivements so one can see how one model was improved upon to become the next. And it has a lot of excellent photos. There are a few gaps (like, what made the R60/6 to become the R60/7) but I guess that that is unavoidable. The authors are very knowledgeable but left out a lot of interesting information BY DESIGN. They don't give us their opinion about what is right or wrong with each machine, and I would like to know the opinion of experts! For example, I have learned somewhere else that the old R60 models from the 1970s are forgiving for not-too-expert riders, a bit involved in maintenance (like adjusting valves every month), but easy and cheap to repair whereas de K models are more difficult to ride, very easy to maintain, but difficult and expensive to repair. This is the kind of information I would have expected in this book. I would also like to see more technical specifications. I still think that this is a great book but I pray the authors: expand the book in its next edition and make it the dream of every BMW motorcycle enthusiast.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read!, January 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: BMW Motorcycle: Illustrated Buyer's Guide (Paperback)

The book detailed the models, chronologically, showing how one cycle evolved into the the next model. It would detail the new models improvements. Numerous photo also aided in the descriptions of the improvements made year to year, model to model. Easy reading and a MUST read for all you BMW lovers.