Timed for the company's centennial, this spectacularly illustrated coffee-table book traces the extraordinary evolution of BMW motorcycles from the birth of the iconic R32 "airhead" boxer twin, in 1923, to the superlative, race-winning SIOOORR superbike, futuristic all-electric bikes, and the retro-themed centenary models. Decade by decade, the book captures the company's wide-reaching transformation from a producer of state-of-the-art, yet somewhat staid, pre-war road bikes to one of award-winning, cutting-edge post-war motorcycles acknowledged as the world's finest in every class, from adventure touring to Superbike champions. Images complemented by engaging text describe the personalities and societal forces behind the evolution of the Bavarian company and 50 of its most epochal and beloved two-wheeled BMW models.