BMW R90S
Hans A. Muth’s sporting BMW with a cockpit fairing around the headlight and paint that shades from one colour to another.
BMW’s motorcycles had a staid reputation when the designer Hans A. Muth was asked to draw the R90S. He gave it a small fairing, a sporting seat and paint that shaded in tone, such as Daytona Orange.
The bike won several races in the United States and was one of the first motorcycles sold with a factory fairing. It changed the image of BMW.
Materials: Steel tube frame, 898 cc two-cylinder boxer engine, plastic fairing
Manufacture: Made by BMW in Berlin from 1973 to 1976.
The small fairing around the headlight and instruments.
The paint shading from dark to light.
The boxer engine and the long tank.
The R90S appeared in 1973, with a 898 cc boxer engine.
A small fairing around the headlight and instruments, a sporty seat and two-tone paintwork that fades from dark to light.