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BMW motorcycles: What would later become the Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) began as two separate companies. Gustav Otto's Flugzenmaschinenfabrik, an Airplane Factory, from Munich merged with Karl Rapp's Flugwerke Deutschland on March 7, 1916 to become the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, the Bavarian Airplane Works. Specializing in the design and manufacture of airplane engines, the company would manufacture sturdy machines for Germany's new air force, including Baron von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron.

On July 21, 1917, under the direction of Karl Rapp and Max Friz, history was made when the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke was renamed the Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works). Their logo showing an airplane propeller in the blue sky, would remain throughout the company's history. Employing more than 3000 workers, BMW recruited Franz Joseph Popp from Daimler to become its managing director. During this period, the company's primary output was the V-12 airplane engine.





With the end of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (signed June 28th, 1919), Germany was now forbidden to manufacture airplanes. Max Friz, the head designer for BMW at the time, looked to motorcycle and automobile engines to sustain the company's economic health. Turning away from the six- and 12-cylinder airplane engines the company was manufacturing, Friz put his aeroengineering knowledge to work, and within four weeks of being commissioned, had blueprints for what would become the famous 'Boxer' engine.



During the 1920s, with Germany only recently a powerful industrial leader, high inflationary rates and a lack of money for luxuries, pressured the German manufacturers to come up with lower-priced products. Motorcycles were seen as an important means of transportation (especially with few cars available) and 80% of BMW's products went to business clientele. Even in a restrictive economy, BMW didn't skimp on parts or process. The great BMW motorcycle industry germinated and flourished.

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