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The BMW R90S is a 900cc sport motorcycle produced by BMW from 1973 to 1976. BMW commissioned designer Hans Muth to oversee the R90S, which became the flagship of the boxer engined "/6" range. Sporting distinctive two-tone paintwork, a bikini fairing and a new tail, the R90S was intended to shrug off the enduring image of BMW bikes as staid and ...
The BMW R60/6, R75/6, R90/6 and the sport model BMW R90S form a range of boxer twin motorcycles that were manufactured in Berlin, Germany, by BMW from 1974 to 1976. [1] The "slash six" models departed from the earlier "slash five" slightly. First, the smallest displacement changed from 500cc to 600cc.
In 1976, the AMA introduced a new national championship for production-based bikes called the AMA Superbike Championship. [1] Riding a BMW R90S , Pridmore won his first AMA Superbike National race on August 1, 1976, at the Laguna Seca Raceway, then won the final round of the year at the Riverside International Raceway to clinch the inaugural ...
In 1976, the BMW /7 range replaced the "/6" models. The 800 cc BMW R 80/7 model was introduced, and the 900 cc BMW R 90/6 and BMW R 90S models were replaced by the 1,000 cc BMW R 100/7, BMW R 100S and BMW R 100RS models. The latter was a full-fairing design which produced 51 kW (68 hp) and had a top speed of 200 km/h (124 mph). [19]
The inaugural series in 1976 was won by rider Reg Pridmore on a BMW R90S owned by Team Butler and Smith. European machines won every race in 1976 and the first half of the 1977 series, but after two seasons of work the Team Racecrafters Kawasaki KZ 1000, again piloted by Reg Pridmore, won the first race for the Japanese.
BMW R90S: 898 cc (54.8 cu in) 1976 West Germany Honda GL1000 Gold Wing: 999 cc (61.0 cu in) 1976 Japan Harley-Davidson XLCR: 1,000 cc (61 cu in) 1977 United States Moto Guzzi Le Mans 1: 844 cc (51.5 cu in) 1978 Italy Harley-Davidson XR-750: 750 cc (46 cu in) 1980 United States Suzuki Katana: 997 cc (60.8 cu in) 1982 Japan
BMW M models of X Series and Z Series models typically just have the model name "M" (e.g. X6 M, Z4 M). "M Performance" models have the letter "M" inserted after the series, followed by the rest of the naming convention for the non-M models (e.g. X6 M50d). BMW M logo, used as a badge on M models
1976 BMW R90S, which is an "[i]rresistible low mileage example of BMWs first attempt at a sportsbike. The tank's been repainted, but the rest is original." [127] 1976 Honda Gold Wing [131] 1976 Yamaha FS-1E [131] 1981 BMW R100RT, which Hammond bought "when some friends, including James May, started a thing called the Crap Motorcycle Camping ...