Lithium battery technology company Alternet Systems says it’s forming a new company to build an electric motorcycle based on Chinese replicas of the classic 1938 BMW R71 sidecar motorcycle. That ...

The BMW R71 is arguably the inspiration of Harley Davidson's rugged, signature look. At the onset of WWII, the US Army asked Harley Davidson to build an Army bike based on the BMW design.

WWII-styled sidecar gets a new lease of life. By MCN News. Updated: 22 February 2017. ... itself a copy of the pre-war BMW R71 – until it was finally killed by emissions rules in 2009.

Mecum is auctioning a rare Harley-Davidson XA from World War II that ... Developed after the U.S. and its allies came up against superior BMW ... the XA copied the civilian flathead R71, ...

BMW Note. VINTAGE - 1923-1944 Due to the rarity of these years and models of BMW, pricing data is still being collected(see auction results section). Pricing for pre-war BMW is based on limited data.

BMW Note. VINTAGE - 1923-1944 Due to the rarity of these years and models of BMW, pricing data is still being collected(see auction results section). Pricing for pre-war BMW is based on limited data.