Last Airhead
1996: The last 2-valve boxer comes off the production line
Below is a copy from the BMW site.
The last model of the classic boxer generation comes off the production line at the Spandau BMW motorcycle plant, the R 80 GS Basic. Thus on December 19th 1996, a chapter of German motorcycle history comes to a close after over 70 years. The final balance sheet: BMW sold 685,850 units of the classic boxer series worldwide since 1923. 467,000 of these had been built in the Spandau plant since 1969. There are now 1690 employees there producing up to 400 motorcycles per day.
A sad day in history.
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