Items starting with B

BMW had only been building motorcycles for a few years when the world’s economy crashed. Timing and design were perfect, and the R2 quickly became a people’s favorite.

The car seen here is one-of-one; it was designed, built, and raced by Frazier Sibbald, George Olsen, and Howard Bliss, all of California. A triangulated square-tube frame was utilized, with a fiberglass nose and tail, aluminum doors, a hot-rodded BMW “airhead” from a 700 Sport Coupe, and LeGrand Formula car suspension were blended into this miniature Lotus 23B.

This is a one-owner bike.  Bought by Brian Biedebach who purchased it new in California in 1970, he rode it almost everyday until 2001 when he was diagnosed with cancer.  As he lost his strength, he would only ride it on Sundays.