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1969 BMW ''the finest motorcycle built anywhere in the world'' Ad

The experts, that's who. Engineers, motorcycle magazine editors, competition riders, policemen, television newsmen. You name the man who knows motorcycles, and he'll name BMW as the best machine money can buy. And what's so good about BMW? Everything. For instance, a BMW has no drive chain. We use a shaft, which is practically maintenance-free because it's sealed in an oil bath. Or take the transverse positioning of our famed, horizontally opposed two-cylinder engine...