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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin

Last updated on: May 21, 2011 10:20 IST


Photographs: BMW Motorrad Motorbeam.com

BMW Motorrad, the bike division of the German auto giant was born in 1923. It has since then sold hundreds and thouands of bikes worldwide. It has only one plant which produces bikes in Spandau, berlin, set up in 1969.

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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin


Now, in its 42nd year of existence BMW Motorrad has rolled out its two millionth bike. Yes, you read that right: 20,00,000 bikes!

And to celebrate this the company made a one off-special of its best selling motorcycle of all times.

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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin


The BMW R1200GS Special Edition is similar to the other variants except it has a sticker which depicts the occasion. But a bike without a rider is just useless.

And a bike like this Beemer is still useless if an average rider is the one piloting it.

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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin

Image: Chris Pfeiffer

However on this milestone day, it was someone more than average who was given the duty of riding the bike around on this momentous day. Guess who it is?

Well you guessed it right, it was Chris Pfeiffer (the world over he is popularly known as 'biking stunt god').

Now give him a bike and an empty stretch off road and he can pull a crowd on his own.

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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin


He just did that, including writing the figure 20,00,000 with the rear tyre of his stunt bike.

The Berlin plant manufacturers 510 motorcycles a day. That many BMW bikes are not sold in even a year in India.

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PICS: BMW rolls out two millionth bike from Berlin


However with people slowly and steadily getting into performance biking, that day is not far, when we would be penning down our opinions on bike number 1,00,000 rolling out from BMW India's Chennai facility.

Now only if wishes were horses, we would have plenty of them!

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