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Published in: ATZextra worldwide 1/2013

01-10-2013 | Engines

It All Started with the Boxer

Authors: Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Mattes, Dipl.-Ing. Josef Miritsch

Published in: ATZextra worldwide | Issue 1/2013

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Everything began in 1923 with the two-cylinder flat-twin Boxer engine of the BMW R 32. In the course of 90 years of BMW Motorrad a wide range of different drive concepts have also been developed. However, the flat-twin Boxer principle has proven itself until today, it ran through many different development stages and has reached its peak with the completely redesigned air/liquid-cooled two-cylinder of the BMW R 1200 GS. …
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Title
It All Started with the Boxer
Authors
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Mattes
Dipl.-Ing. Josef Miritsch
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
ATZextra worldwide / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 2195-1470
Electronic ISSN: 2195-1489
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40111-013-0423-z

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