Franz Bieber

BMW R 32 , exhibited at Techno-Classica 2007

BMW R 37 , exhibited at the AvD-Oldtimer-Grand-Prix 2011

Franz Bieber (* 1892 ; † 1980 ) was a German motorcycle racing driver, motorsport official and entrepreneur.

Life

The Munich-based bike - Wholesaler Franz Bieber was among the pioneers of the German motorcycle racing . After the First World War he was sports director of the Munich Automobile Club (ACM) and in the early 1920s he was involved in the development of their first motorcycle model , the R 32 , at Bayerische Motoren Werke under Rudolf Schleicher .

In June 1924, Bieber won the 500 cm³ class of the ADAC's first German motorcycle road championship on an R 37 . In this and the following year, the ADAC and the DMV held separate championships. The ADAC determined the German champions in 1924 in just one race as part of the Schleizer triangle race . A few weeks later, Franz Bieber also won the half-liter race of the II. Eifel Tour around Nideggen and the Ruselberg race in the Bavarian Forest .

Later, as organizer and sports commissioner , he played a key role in Ernst Jakob Hennes ' first world record runs .

statistics

title

• 1924 - German 500 cm³ champion ( ADAC ) in a BMW R 37

Race wins

year	class	machine	run	route
1924	500 cc	BMW	II. Schleizer triangle race	Schleizer triangle
	500 cc	BMW	II. Eifel Tour	around Nideggen
	500 cc	BMW	Ruselberg race

References

Web links

• Franz Bieber. In: BMW history. BMW AG, accessed on June 30, 2014 (dossier in the BMW Group archive). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 100 years of the Munich Automobile Club. (pdf) www.automobilclub-muenchen.de, accessed on June 29, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Franz Bieber. (No longer available online.) In: BMW History. BMW AG, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 30, 2014 (dossier in the BMW Group archive).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ 90 years of BMW Motorrad - BMW goes to the racetrack with the R 38 ... (No longer available online.) Www.bmw-motorrad.at, February 2, 2013, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved June 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Jürgen Müller: The history of the Schleizer triangle race. (No longer available online.) Www.pro-schleizer-dreieck.de, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; Retrieved April 14, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Vincent Glon: Eifel Tour & Eifel Race - Nürburgring (Allemagne). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed June 29, 2014 (French).