The BMW R 11 was the first touring motorcycle in the 750cc class manufactured by the German Motorcycle with a pressed-steel frame in duplex form, in the vein of the Neander motorcycle of Ernst Neumann-Neander.[1]

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7,500 R 11 motorcycles were produced between 1930 and 1934.

History

In 1928, BMW presented with the R 11 and R 16, the first motorcycles with a pressed steel frame.[2] In BMW's price lists No. 37[3] and No. 38[4] from January and February 1929, the motorcycles were announced for early 1930. The motorcycles were no longer listed in March 1929's price list No. 39.[5] Delivery of the motorcycles first began in Germany in the summer of 1930.[6][2]

Mechanics

Engine

Its M 56 engine was a four-stroke two-cylinder valve-in-block boxer engine.

Cylinder

The gray iron cylinder had removable aluminium cylinder heads and radial cooling fins.

Transmission

The R 11 had a manual transmission with a driveshaft on the right side of the unsprung rear wheel.

The kickstarter was operated at a right angle to the vehicle's longitudinal axis.[7]

References

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