Oldtimer picture gallery. Motorcycles. BMW-R35.
BMW-R35
(the data are for 1947)
Years of production: 1937 - 1940, 1945
- 1951 (- 1956?)
Overall amount: 15386 of pre-war +
more than 34000 of post-war examples
(their engine and frame numbers are
6-digit and begin with 2
(200001-28xxxx), many of 200001-227000 are in former USSR).
Engine: overhead valve 14hp/4750-5000rpm (1937-1940: 3500rpm; 1953: 4500rpm), 1-cyl, 4-stroke, 342cc
Bore/Stroke: 72/84 mm
Compression ratio: 5,4 : 1 (1937-1940: 6,0 : 1)
Length: 2180mm, width: 740mm, height: 1000mm
Wheelbase: 1360mm (1937-1940: 1400mm)
Gearbox: 4 speeds
Weight: 162 kg (1937-1940: 155kg; 1953: 170kg)
Maximal speed: 100 km/h
Tyres: 19x3, 19x3.5 inches
Fuel tank capacity: 12 L
Fuel consumption: 3,5 L/100km at 60 km/h
Oil consumption: 0,1 L/100km
There are several different types of R35.
1. Pre-war R35 (civil)
2. Pre-war R35 (military)
3. Post-war R35 (1945-51)
nr.200000-223309
4. R35 handgear with frontfork without rubbers and undamped (1951)
Nr.223310-226000. R35/2
5. R35 footgear with frontfork without rubbers and undamped (1951) Nr.226001-228200. R35/3
6. R35 footgear with frontfork without
rubbers and damped (1951)
Nr.228201-234000. R35/3
These bikes are all hardtail and called
BMW.
7. EMW R35/3 with softtail.
Cylinderhead with 3 pipes (1952) Nr. 234001-236000
8. EMW R35/3 Cylinderhead with 2 pipes (1952-53) Nr. 236001-256500
9. EMW R35/3 Frame for sidecar
(1954-56?) Nr. 256501-292000 (?)
Some frame numbers on production years
(1937-1940 - from 300001 to 315387):
1937
1938 - 304400, 305001, 306607, 306872
1939 - 312901
1940 - 314134, 314507
1945 - 200417
1946 - 200468, 200521, 200599
1947 - 200608, 201047, 201234, ..., 202576, 202741, 202759
1948 - 203042, 203216, 203258, ..., 205288, 205381, 206106
1949 - 206300, 206409, 206455, ..., 208659, 208692, 210353
1950 - 210388, 211501, 211763, ..., 215061, 215289, 215803
1951 - 216572, 220351, 220913, ..., 226384, 226472, 226517
1952 - 235922, 237475, 237715, 239755
1953
1954 - 262135
Photos and data are from (and thanks a lot to them!):
Ton Goossens, Netherlands, R35 Specialist of the Dutch One Cilinder BMW Club (over 650 members).
Austrian owners of R-35: Herbert Pölzlberger (1947 BMW-R35) and Christian Pichler (1953 EMW-R35).
Two color 68k and 52k images of 1948 R35 and some data are courtesy of Huub Wellink, owner of this bike from Groenlo, the Netherlands, see also his homepage information of BMW-R35 (in Dutch).
23k old postal card is courtesy from Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners Ltd., USA. There are a lot of interesting information.
Color pictures of 1947 BMW-R35 (Nr. 201475), 33k image, and row of three R35 were friendly shared by the owner Mika Haukipää from Finland.
Some of the data were supplied by Pawel Koziel, Poland.
A lot of information has been kindly sent by Josep Sanz Guillen, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Josep owns this 1949 R35, shown on the rear view 33k b/w picture. He also sent me 71k old image, taken from 1947 Description book. See also his BMW-R35 pages.
Motorrad Markt magazine, Germany,
Investment Bikes,
Vintage Imports,
eBay,
Andrei Ruban, Cherkassy, Ukraine,
Les Zinger.
What else in the net:
Jörg's EMW/BMW Seite, homepage of Jörg Kaiser, Schachdorf-Strobeck, Germany (in German).
EMW R35 Das Forum (in German).
You are welcome to write me by E-mail Contact. Andrei Bogomolov.
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Last updated 8 V 2001.
Compression ratio: 5,4 : 1 (1937-1940: 6,0 : 1)
Oil consumption: 0,1 L/100km
6. R35 footgear with frontfork without
9. EMW R35/3 Frame for sidecar
1940 - 314134, 314507
1951 - 216572, 220351, 220913, ..., 226384, 226472, 226517