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Early R69S without R69S badge on rear fender
- Speedmeister61
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Early R69S without R69S badge on rear fender
- miller6997
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Possible? Yes.
'67 R69S
'13 F800GT
Altadena, California
- miller6997
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You may be right....
'67 R69S
'13 F800GT
Altadena, California
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Should not have one
Wayne
Westwood, MA USA
I too have a '62 R69S and it
'65 R50/2
'76 R90/6
Roland Slabon's book says...
"Since the S models were top of the line and BMW's flagship on the Autobahn and newly laid out American Interstates, something had to be done to give owners of high-performance machines a little something extra to show for the extra dollars they had just spent. After all, when the motorcycles are parked all in one row, no amount of horsepower locked up in that engine will be visible to the passing observer."
"Therefore BMW decided somewhat belatedly to put little tags on the tails of its R69S and R50S. Early versions of the R69S had no such tags, nor did any but the very last of the 1,634 R50S models produced in 1961, its only year. Those that did had little die-cast letters, chrome-plated, stuck into the rear fender just below the hinge. They invariably became pitted or were pried off by eager little hands with a penknife or screwdriver."
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I have a 66' with it on. I
R69S - R60/2 - R67/2 - R51/3 - R69
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