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Forget Guinness World Records or stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame you haven"t arrived until you"ve been recreated in Lego form.Lego"s eerily accurate renditions of classic metal have included Fiat 500s, Lotus Sevens and Mini Coopers in the past, and now the Danish brick-builders have turned their attention to another road legend: the BMW R60/2.The original, human-sized R60 is certainly worthy of the recreation, as perhaps one of the greatest motorcycles and greatest BMWs of all time. For those of a Four wheels good, two wheels bad" mentality, let us clue you in on the R60"s greatness. The updated, second-generation /2" version of the R60 rugged and classically beautiful R60 was introduced back in 1960, with a barnstorming 30bhp driving the rear wheel up from 28bhp in the 1956 original.But the R60/2 wasn"t about sheer speed; it was about being more or less invincible, and the most versatile bike for all conditions. There were mounting points for sidecars, for instance, and it used a shaft to drive the rear wheel, rather than a chain, because the shaft was insulated from the elements and required far less maintenance than a chain. The practical upshot of this was that the R60 was a bike for all conditions. This was proven to its logical extreme by Danny Liska, who rode from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in one trip, then backed it up with a trek from Europe"s North Cape to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It was even one of the stars of the seminal Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.So, definitely worthy of immortalisation in Lego.But, if you want to own your own, you"ll need to get over to Lego"s ideas hub and vote to make it a reality and if you have an idea of your own (an S1 Lancia Fulvia Coupe, for instance, but no pressure), you can submit it for votes, review by Lego and even mass production. If that doesn"t excite your inner six-year-old, nothing will.
Date written: 16 Dec 2016
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ID: 6146
Forget Guinness World Records or stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame you haven"t arrived until you"ve been recreated in Lego form.Lego"s eerily accurate renditions of classic metal have included Fiat 500s, Lotus Sevens and Mini Coopers in the past, and now the Danish brick-builders have turned their attention to another road legend: the BMW R60/2.The original, human-sized R60 is certainly worthy of the recreation, as perhaps one of the greatest motorcycles and greatest BMWs of all time. For those of a Four wheels good, two wheels bad" mentality, let us clue you in on the R60"s greatness. The updated, second-generation /2" version of the R60 rugged and classically beautiful R60 was introduced back in 1960, with a barnstorming 30bhp driving the rear wheel up from 28bhp in the 1956 original.But the R60/2 wasn"t about sheer speed; it was about being more or less invincible, and the most versatile bike for all conditions. There were mounting points for sidecars, for instance, and it used a shaft to drive the rear wheel, rather than a chain, because the shaft was insulated from the elements and required far less maintenance than a chain. The practical upshot of this was that the R60 was a bike for all conditions. This was proven to its logical extreme by Danny Liska, who rode from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in one trip, then backed it up with a trek from Europe"s North Cape to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It was even one of the stars of the seminal Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.So, definitely worthy of immortalisation in Lego.But, if you want to own your own, you"ll need to get over to Lego"s ideas hub and vote to make it a reality and if you have an idea of your own (an S1 Lancia Fulvia Coupe, for instance, but no pressure), you can submit it for votes, review by Lego and even mass production. If that doesn"t excite your inner six-year-old, nothing will.
Date written: 16 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6146
