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SPECTIVE BMW R1100 RS

This game-changer is 30 years old this year. Yes, we know it’s slightly aesthetically challenged, but stick with us… It was a game-changer because it was the first BMW to use the R259 Boxer twin motor, better known now as the ‘oil-head’ engine, where air would

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