BMW R 16

R 16 in the Swiss Museum of Transport

The BMW R 16 is a 1930 to 1934 of BMW produced motorcycle with a two-cylinder horizontally opposed four-stroke engine. As a sports model, it was the sister model of the R 11 , which was designed as a touring model with a side-controlled engine.

history

At the London Olympic Show in November 1928, BMW presented the R 16 and R 11, the first motorcycles with a pressed steel frame. In the price lists No. 37 and No. 38 of January and February 1929, the motorcycles with pressed steel frames were announced for "Spring 1929"; they were no longer listed in price list no. 39 of March 1929. The delivery of motorcycles in Germany only began in the summer of 1930.

technology

In 1929 BMW changed the frame construction of the motorcycles. They turned away from the tubular frame and built frames pressed from sheet metal with rivets based on the model of the pressed steel motorcycles by Ernst Neumann-Neander . The 750 twin-cylinder boxer models, with the same engines, were now called the R 11 touring model and the R 16 as the sporty OHV variant .

The front fork was still a drawn short swing arm with leaf suspension.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data of the R 16 series 1	Data of the R 16 series 5
drilling	83 mm
Hub	68 mm
Displacement	736 cc
Compression ratio	6.5: 1	7.0: 1
power	25  hp (18  kW ) at 4500 min -1	33  hp (24  kW ) at 4500 min -1
Top speed	120 km / h	126 km / h
Empty weight	165 kg
Tank capacity	14 liters

See also

• List of BMW motorcycles

Web links

Commons : BMW R 16  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• BMW R 16. In: BMW History. BMW AG, accessed on December 6, 2015 (dossier from the BMW Group Archives). 
• Manual for BMW wheels, type R 11 (series 3) and R 16. (PDF) In: BMW history. BMW AG, December 1931, accessed on December 6, 2015 (manual with pictures, 64 pages). 
• Spare parts list for the BMW motorcycles R 11 (750 ccm touring machine) / R 16 (750 ccm sports machine), for series 1 through 5. In: BMW history. BMW AG, May 1940, accessed on December 6, 2015 (spare parts list with pictures, 45 pages). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} BMW presents the R 11 and R 16, the first BMW models with a pressed steel frame. In: BMW history. BMW AG, November 5, 1928, accessed on December 6, 2015 (document from the BMW Group Archives): "Customers have to be patient, because delivery of the two pressed steel models will not begin until the end of 1930." 
2. ↑ Price list No. 37 for BMW motorcycles: R 52, R 57, R 62, R 63, R 11, R 16. In: BMW History. BMW AG, January 1929, accessed on December 6, 2015 (document from the BMW Group archive): "From spring 1929, the 750 ccm machines will also be delivered with a pressed steel frame [...]" 
3. ↑ Price list No. 38 for BMW motorcycles: R 52, R 57, R 62, R 63, R 11, R 16. In: BMW History. BMW AG, February 1929, accessed on December 6, 2015 (document from the BMW Group archive): "From spring 1929, the 750 ccm machines will also be delivered with a pressed steel frame [...]" 
4. ↑ Price list No. 39 for BMW motorcycles: R 52, R 57, R 62, R 63 ,. In: BMW history. BMW AG, March 1929, accessed on December 6, 2015 (document from the BMW Group archive). 
5. ^ Frank-Albert Illg: BMW R 11 . News from the kit. In: Motorrad Classic . No. 4 , 2001, ISSN  0937-9495 , p. 5-13 .
6. ↑ Thomas Trapp: Ernst Neumann Neander and his motorcycles. Bonn 1996, 2nd edition 2001, ISBN 3-89365-546-8 , p. 86.
7. ^ BMW R 16, Series 1. In: BMW History. BMW AG, accessed on December 6, 2015 (dossier from the BMW Group Archives). 
8. ^ BMW R 16, Series 5. In: BMW History. BMW AG, accessed on October 3, 2014 (dossier of the BMW Group Archives).