As BMW fans are no doubt aware by now, 2023 marks BMW Motorrad’s 100th anniversary. As any OEM that both survives and thrives for a hundred years likes to do, BMW is celebrating both its first 100 years and its future all year long.
In April 2023, it released a big, beautiful coffee table book. The very next month, the BMW Motorrad 100 Years Anniversary Exhibition officially opened in Munich. Fast-forward to July and BMW Motorrad Days in Berlin, and the company showed off a special custom R 18 build it commissioned from Kingston Custom and Dirk Oehlerking, fittingly called ‘the Crown.’ Speaking of BMW Motorrad Days, the event itself reportedly drew over 32,000 fans to Berlin for the company’s centennial celebration.
