BMW Exhibit: Mastery of Speed

July 20, 2005 thru June 30, 2006

Exhibit: BMW: The Mastery of Speed
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum
13515 Yarmouth Dr., Pickerington
near Columbus Ohio

Hours: Sunday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Contact Phone: 614-856-2222
Admission: Adults $10. Seniors $8. Children 12-17 $3.

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum will celebrate eight decades of BMW sport bikes with a celebration of the Bavarian marque's sporting heritage. The exhibit features seldom seen and historically significant machines from nearly every decade of the company's 80 years of motorcycle production, from a 1927 overhead-valve R47 twin to the recently introduced K1200R in-line four sport bike. Also featured is a valuable, never-before-shown collection of trophies and cups on loan from BMW's own archives in Munich, Germany, as well as memorabilia and historic images from BMW's Mobile Tradition division. Visitors will enjoy some exceptional early and rare BMW designs. Particularly significant is the oldest motorcycle on display, a 1927 BMW R47, one of 1,720 machines sold between 1927-1928. As early as 1921, BMW was producing power plants like the two cylinder 494cc flat twin in the R47, which launched the bike to a then-sizzling top speed of nearly 70 mph. Motorcycles from nearly every decade of the company's history are on view, including the R5, the road-going twin cam sport model based on BMW's consistent race winner, the R5SS (Super Sport). BMW offered a sport motorcycle in each of its eight decades and it is this sporting heritage that enabled them to accomplish their "Mastery of Speed."