Re: old design was oilheads-digest V1 #47

["john h. outlan" <joutlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Behalf Of Steve Makohin >>>
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> I've felt, along with other friends that BMW makes
> motorcycles because it can. If they make money, great, but
> how many car and motorcycle manufactures are there? This
> goes big over in Europe I'm guessing. Unlike here, in Europe
> bikes and cars are sold side by side. For some reason that
> approach is considered a bad one for the NA market. I'm only
> speculating, but the motorcycles are an afterthought. Hell
> they were an afterthought from day one; BMW was a air plane
> engine builder. After WWI, they were banned for making plane
> motors. BMW had to do something, so we started getting
> motorcycles. Nobody at the time was probably very excited to
> stop making air plane engines.

Agree with that.  But I think when Adolf took the helm didn't they begin to
make Airplane engines again?

Also, if BMW didn't make a twin, I probably wouldn't be riding one at this
time



John H. Outlan CPA
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