1934 BMW R7

Dont you just wish that one day you could be 55 having a crisis, a pile of disposable cash & with a mangled spine to boot, only to wish that you could make it even worse & end up saying to yourself, "Ooooooh me aching back, but at least i look cool".

"As the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Streamline and Zigzag Moderne emerged after the Industrial Revolution, designers as well as consumers fully embraced the Age of the Machine. Shiny chrome surfaces lay across curving forms or over expansive horizontal planes and glorified a dynamic new world on the move.

And suddenly, design was muted as World War II approached. Inspiration was buried away, along with some innovative and visually stunning design work. Skip ahead to 2005 when some curious members of BMW Classic opened a box and found the R7 bike 75 assembled - although not in shining condition. The engine was corroded, the metalwork was in dire shape, the battery was unusable, but the opportunity for restoration could not be ignored.

Various specialists at the BMW workshop discovered the original design drawings in the archive collections and conjured up the ghosts from Streamline Moderne’s past. Missing parts were sourced, others were rebuilt, the chrome was polished and the frame was painted black. And the final test, retuning the 1934 BMW motorcycle to the street, proved to be worth the wait nearly three quarters of a century later. - Andrew J Wiener via Bike Exif

I can not stress how much i love the look of this beautiful beast, she just oozes style, strength & that it means business. The contours just make me it everything, the low ride, black leather saddle, a war bird that wishes to have no par-take in its creation.

Just beautiful!