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-Bayerische Motorren-Werke is known in English as the Bavarian Motor Works, or more simply as [[BMW]]. The firm created its first horizontally opposed twin engine in 1920, and has stood by this style of engine layout ever since. The opposed design offers riders buttery smooth performance as the engine has inherently good balance.
+The R50 and R50/2 are 500 [[cc]] [[boxer twin]] [[BMW]] [[motorcycles]] that were manufactured from 1956 to 1969 in Munich, Germany, by the Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW Aktiengesellschaft).
 ==Engineering Excellence==
-In 1955 BMW created its R50, [[BMW R60|R60]], and [[BMW R69|R69]] models. The new models had a similar engine and the same shaft-drive as earlier models, but were fitted with modern swinging fork rear suspension for the first time. But it abandoned modern telescopic forks at the front in favour of the swinging or "Earles Fork" system. The chassis was painted in BMW's signature black scheme set off by white pin striping. The models had plenty of power to pull an optional BMW Spezial Steib sidecar.  An interesting side note is that the [[BMW R25]] was exactly one half of the engine in the BMW R50, using the same cylinder head etc.
+In 1955 BMW created its '''R50''', [[BMW R60|R60]], and [[BMW R69|R69]] models. The new models had a similar [[engine]] and the same shaft-drive as earlier models, but were fitted with modern swinging fork rear suspension for the first time. But it abandoned modern telescopic forks at the front in favour of the swinging or "Earles Fork" system. The chassis was painted in BMW's signature black scheme set off by white pin striping. The models had plenty of power to pull an optional BMW Spezial Steib sidecar.  An interesting side note is that the [[BMW R25]] was exactly one half of the engine in the BMW R50, using the same cylinder head etc.
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