O artigo está muito bem escrito. O «reclame» do "Rolls Royce das Moticicletes" está soberbo.
É curioso constatar como a BMW inventou várias soluções, uma delas o garfo telescópico hidráulico, mas nem o Boxer transversal nem o garfo telescópico foram invenções da BMW:
2 artigos da Wikipedia:
"...However, undamped telescopic forks were used on bikes made by The Scott Motorcycle Company from the beginning of production in 1908"
"In 1916,[20] ABC introduced a motorcycle with a flat-twin engine with the cylinders across the frame, and therefore with the crankshaft running longitudinally when referenced to the frame. To accommodate chain drive, the ABC used a bevel drive at the gearbox to change the direction of the drive through ninety degrees.[22] The 1923 BMW R32 used a similar engine position with a drive shaft using bevel gears to power the rear axle.[23]"