Source: Andreas Esterhammer website
Why list the copies of this mythical motorcycle
Produced in 6921 copies between 1988 and 1993, this motorcycle has the effect of a small bomb in the BMW customers motorcycle, because of its very particular line, and even more because of the red and yellow dress of the first models, very unusual dress at the time of the Bavarian manufacturer.
Voted motorcycle of the year in France and Germany in 1988, more than 30 years later, an international community of enthusiasts has been created around this special model, and knowledge of the still existing fleet seems necessary to unite their owners.
Purpose of this site
By collecting data, in a voluntary way by their happy owners, it is necessary to propose a statistical vision of the fleet of these motorcycles still in circulation, according to all possible criteria ( month of production, mileage, color, country, ...)
How to participate
Once you have registered on the site, you will be able to enter the characteristics of your K1, if you have one, as well as access to the different graphs and statistics from the database created.
Of course, the more participants there are, the better the vision of the motorcycles still alive.
How to keep this information up to date
By definition, this fleet is going to evolve, due to the arrival at the end of life of some motorcycles, or changes of owners following a sale.
As naturally the first reflex of a K1 owner is not to come and update the base when he separates from his bike for one reason or another, and in order to keep the validity of the data at best, a proactive approach will be made to the identified community members, by sending an annual email requesting confirmation of information for his bike, or what happened.
Similarly, it may be interesting to launch ad hoc surveys related to motorcycles and their use (fitted tires, participation in rallies,...)
Site Administration
This site is non-commercial, as such there will be no advertising or dissemination of data for commercial purposes. In addition, the individual data of users will be carefully kept confidential.
Only the email address may appear in the information displayed, subject to an agreement expressly given by the user at registration, which he can change if he changes his mind.
Despite all the care taken to make the information as pleasant as possible to enter and consult, improvements of the site are always possible.
Please send me your feedback and suggestions via the contact form.