Silvia started her life as a stock 1973 BMW R60/5 and has remained mostly original.
Silvia has been professionally serviced and gone through.
Only slight modifications have been made to the appearance of the bike.
Featuring
New oils
Adjusted valves
Fresh crush washers
Torqued to spec
Repainted taillight
Custom made (Barry Sheen inspired) number plate
Includes original tool kit
46K original miles
Meet sylvia #02
SOLD
Hans-Gunther von der Marwitz was the driving force behind the “new” /5 motorcycles. He is primarily responsible for creating one of the most enduring classics, the roots of his work would go one with upgrades until 1995.
“Chrome side panels attached to a smaller tank matched by chrome-plated side battery covers soon earned the nickname ‘Toaster’ because of their ‘similarity in appearance to the kitchen appliance.”
Marwitz, charged with revitalizing the dropping sales of BMW motorcycles at a point in time when BMW’s car sales were about to take off, decided only a wholesale “modernization” would do. Thus he produced a cradle frame, telescopic forks and a complete re-style — plus an increase in capacity to 750, the first since the military R75 from 1942-1944 — for the /5. Updating the signature boxer twin was left to Alex von Falkenhausen and Ferdinand Jardin. Influenced by their car technology, a new plain bearing crankshaft was designed that was robust, bulletproof, and cost-effective.
