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9. BMW R32
Looking every bit the antique that it is, the BMW R32 is one of the oldest motorcycles ever made, and one that always catches the eye of collectors. First built in 1923, the R32 was BMW’s first foray into motorcycle production after the company was banned from building airplanes following the First World War. And while this motorcycle now looks like a cross between a bicycle and a moped, the R32 set the template for what has become the typical BMW bike: a boxer-twin engine with shaft-drive. In fact, many of the design elements found in the R32 motorcycle were later incorporated into BMW cars, which the company started making in 1928. Believe it or not, motorcycles came first at BMW, then cars.
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