Vintage BMW Motorcycle Restorations

Brooks Motor Works offers custom restorations, high quality repair work, and routine maintenance for vintage BMW motorcycles and sidecars.

Phone number: (360) 413-5928

The Flying Fox Racing Team at Bonneville 2007


Foreground: white vintage 1955 BMW R50 motorcycle in racing trim. Midground: 5 men and 1 woman standing; looking at camera. Background: Desert mountains and blue sky.

From left to right: Kevin, Todd, Ann Marie, Dean, Uncle Phred, Brent.

Where I started...

I got my first bike as a teenager, and my first BMW just out of High School in 1972. It was a 1966 R60/2, and it took every penny I had. My mom was aghast that I spent so much money on a motorcycle without a sidestand. Every summer I took off on my bike and travelled all over the Western United States.

In 1980 I started restoring my R60— the battery had boiled over and marred the fender but the tank was beautiful, and I wanted the rest of the bike to match. I sold it in 1984, and now am sorry I did. I tackled various other projects— 1968 R69s, 1954 R68 and a 1954 R25/3, and have been hooked on vintage restorations every since.



Kevin Brooks