1957 BMW R60/2

Registration No: TFF 439
Frame No: 1812165
MOT: Exempt

• The subject of much recent renovation
• Carburettors overhauled and points and coil replaced in 2024
• Very good paintwork

The R60 and R60/2 were manufactured from 1956 to 1969 in BMW's Munich factory, with some 20,133 of these 600cc shaft-drive, opposed-twin R60s being built. These models were designed primarily as rugged motorcycles for pulling sidecars (mounting points were built-in) and had duplex tubular steel frames. Famously, in the 1974 book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, John and Sylvia Sutherland accompany Robert M. Pirsig, the author, and his son Chris, on a 1968 road trip from Minnesota to San Francisco riding a BMW R60.

A handsome example of an R60/2, this bike was purchased by the vendor in April, 2024, and has benefitted from some slight improvements during his ownership. The carburettors were vapour-blasted and overhauled in May, 2024, and the points and coil were replaced in June, 2024, in an effort to get the motorcycle started. Entrusted to a local specialist, they subsequently managed to revive the machine to running condition, however, the coil can still get very hot. They have therefore advised a partial rewire and ignition switch replacement. Cosmetically, the BMW looks fantastic, so it is surely worth a bit of tinkering to bring the mechanical and electrical side up to the same high standard. The BMW is supplied with a V5C

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217