National Motorcycle Museum - The BMW R12 and R17, both introduced in 1935, used unique pressed steel frames and may have been the first production motorcycles with hydraulically-damped telescopic forks. Steel pressing
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA- DECEMBER 15- Motorcycle BMW R-12. Germany (1935-1942) At The Museum Of Technique V.Zadorozhnyj On December 15; 2015 In Moscow Stock Photo, Picture And Royalty Free Image. Image 55890344.
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