This BMW R60 Never Rides Alone 

I know how you feel about that bike. In 67 I bought an R50 and still ride it today. It has 160,000 miles and I am 76.

I feel you brother. I had a 1957 and a 1958 both R69's. One I bought and restored while working in Morocco and the other boucht while working in Thailand. Best motorcycles I've ever owned. I owned Harleys, Indians and Hondas. The rubber solo seat is the best riding seat in existence! When I went to work in Spain, I road it to Madrid. When it came time to leave I road the bike nonstop from Madrid to the port of Cadiz, which is the same port Columbus departed from with the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria in 1492. It was a ten hour ride and I felt like I'd just stepped out of the back seat of a Rolls-Royce. I shipped it to the Port of Miami. I left the bikes with my brother for safe keeping while I went back overseas to work again. The bastard sold them and didn't tell me until a year later. I don't speak to my brother anymore. So now, living in Thailand, at age 71, I've just finished restoring a 1992 Yamaha SRV 250, nice little bike but its not a BMW. Nothing is like a vintage BMW. Oh, one more thing, its a four speed not a five speed. One down three up. Sounds like shifting a tractor when shift gears. great bikes.

you've said everything i've experienced with my Dad's '56 BMW R60. i took it to Bonneville last year and got a land speed record my 1st attempt.. i remember tearing up as i came off the course, knowing that Dad was there, with me :-) beautiful story and tribute to your Dad.

This is a beautiful bike with a wonderful history; in addition, this is probably one your most unique videos ever that surpasses other's stories regardless of whether it be a car of a motorcycle. Just a perfect story.

I owned a fully dressed 1966 R/50. It was black with white striping and a Hienrich handlebar mount fairing, Buco saddlebags with the bullet shaped running lights lenses and a Wixom Tour box all striped to match the bike. In 1974 at age 20 I left Michigan on it, headed for California and stayed almost a year then rode back home to MI. Without a doubt the very best year of my life!

I was fortunate enough to quit high school with one month to go until graduation to work at a Norton, Triumph, BSA, Ducati, CZ, Jawa, Moto Guzzi and Bultaco dealership. It was worth it, rode em all but my favorites were the 900 Desmo Super Sport and the Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans. Strangely or not the Triumph 750 triple was also a great road bike if you could keep the three Amals sync up. If only I would have kept a few..

Wish they still made those, a marvel of simplicity.

This says it all.. It's possible, to love a bike.. Almost like a member of the family.. Beautiful.

The BMW R60/2 is one of the most comfortable motorcycle I have ever ridden. The sprung solo seat makes the bike just float down the road and if you have time to wait while the heavy flywheel gets gathered up it will run at + posted speeds all day long.

Beautiful story with a beautiful machine.

this one was right in the feels

More motorcycles! More Petrolicious!

This brings back so many memories. My dad had a Honda 125cc 1967 in the nineties, never taught me how to ride the bike because he said it was too dangerous. If he was right or not I will never know. Truth is, now, I envy those two and the bmw bike.

As a regular viewer, I must admit I am usually here for the cars; but this particular video has staked its claim as my favorite out of all the Petrolicious videos. Beautiful cinematography, amazing interviewees with great dialogue, and perfect music to set the mood. The whole video is nostalgic, contemplative, and even emotional. Thank you, Petrolicious!

Beautiful bike

What a great video, probably my favorite of them all so far. I don't think any video has captured the emotional connection we can have with a machine. Truly remarkable.

What a wonderful story, not just about a motorcycle, but a father /son story. I hope there is another generation to pass it on to. Thank you for such a heart moving video.

My 2011 (last air cooled) BMW Boxer also pulls to the right. The bmw soul is still in these bikes.

Forget the bike I would just be happy to have a dad like that

You edited this one differently than others and it's mesmerizing. You really captured their relationship and the love and character of the bike. Another Perfect video! :) xx

Funny , i am the owner of the same BMW R60 ,1957 year of built for 46 years now , it was the possesion of my granddad an when he passed away i take it over for the same reson , memories and respect.

The best video so far in this series. It makes me miss my dad that much more but I also appreciate my two sons even more as well. When you can evoke true emotions with a story then you have done your best work.

What do you need more than an old BMW, an eighties bike collection ,a Piper Malibu and a Hangar at Burbank AP to store everything!

Thanks for this video. I have found an R60/2, 1962, for sale, that I have fallen in love with. This video helped me make the decision to pursue this and maybe one day park her in my garage. Excellent video, excellent machine. As a kid in the 1960s, the closest I would get to owning one was the Matchbox die-cast model on my bedroom dresser. Thank You.

Congratulations !! Excellent video !! I took 7 years restoring my 1969 R60/2 hoping one of my kids will be interested in keep such an incredible dependable motorcycle with a gracious super classic design. It's a kind of aristocratic era motorcycle which one can ride wearing a tuxedo and looking nice in the picture...

Nothing like a BMW motorcycle of this era...

Bravo. Thank you so much for what you do. Thanks also to my passionate fellow viewers and supporters of this channel, keeping the comments positive and sharing good thoughts. Awaiting the next masterpiece.

Not really into bikes but what a cool story, father and son doing their thing. Awesome video as usual guys.

I can't believe it took me this long to find this channel. And that it doesn't have like 20mil subs. Videos are pure art

Well done Tom McComas !!! Both of you! What a beautiful story and excellent restoration. Touching video. So great to see you both in your leather jackets ride this beauty.

Wow, your videos aren't even that long, but they're so well made that they just fully take me in and after the video has endet it just feels like I've been somewhere else for half an hour, it's crazy but great :)

This video brought a smile to my face. What a great story. His dad's a pretty cool guy. Not sure of his age, but my pop is 82 and still goes to the pistol firing range, is a great Texas hold 'em player at the casino, and goes to Canada as a consultant to an explosive company. He loves life - that's the secret - just as these two men in the video know. P.S. Being a stunt man looks like it pays a bucketload of bucks, eh?

that story with any bike is just perfect. thank you

One of the most beautiful bikes ever made... These aren´t just videos, these are beautiful short films, great job as always.

Beautiful. I love the old BMers.

Loved this one! Sometimes the people featured on here can be a bit douchey, but this was just a really special, really neat story to listen to. I'll probably watch this again at some time, because I enjoyed listening to them explain their passion for this bike, what it means to them, and why. Sometimes I almost feel persecuted here in Sweden for being passionate about anything with an engine, because right now it is really trendy to shame those like us because what we love creates CO2 emissions and that's synonymous with a strong desire to destroy the planet (nevermind stores only selling clothes shipped literally from across the world by unregulated cargo ship emissions, no that's not worth talking about i guess). So watching movies like this and appreciating someone else's passion for the same thing I'm passionate about sort of sets things right with the world again. My world anyway :) Keep stories like this coming.

Makes me wish that it was my father-son story. Great video, great story.

Great thanks. Enviable. I love those old Beemers. The nearest I’ve had was a retro styled R1200R. My Dad rode motorcycles but before I was born. I believe he rode a Brough. I learnt about the feel of engines and gear shifts (and lighting cigarettes at the same time) in cars. He died about 13 years ago. I ride a Triumph Bonneville now, which I’m sure he’d like. I wouldn’t say no to an old Beemer.

I thought the /2 was one down, three up...4-speed. But...as an owner of an R60 I consider it to be sublime.

The superimposing of father and son on the road was a stroke of genius! But before your heads get too big, I think the color grading was a little overdone on this one. Have a nice day and thank you for all the videos!

I have a 1968 R69 with a '68 R60 engine. Smooth as silk, almost like a side valve in smoothness. Wish I could find those teardrop saddlebags...

I'm just 13, but I'm hoping to inherit this bike from my grandpa when I'm older, so amazing!

fantastic video. thank you for sharing my mccomas. very inspiring. i wish i could have that relationship with my father. there's hope.

I believe these are a Four-Speed not a Five-speed...... My 1970 R75/5 was a four speed; I kept calling it a "Sofa"; it was so comfortable to Drive.

Love this video. I am 40 now and my dad owned a 1976 bmw r100rs. He had to sell it to support the family back then. Now I am grown I still know the guy who bought my dads old bike all those years ago. He has never ridden it and it sits in his living room as art work. I am still trying to buy that same bike to this day in remembrance of my dad. I wish the guy would sell it.

This level of cinematography is Academy Award worthy

You love your dad! Big respect! Great video!

beautiful video mate! shows how close this bike is to you and to your dad!An homage to a timeless machine and lifetime of memories! kudos!!

What a gem to randomly show up on my RU-vid feed. Nicely done and as near as I can figure it's the 60th anniversary year for your father acquiring the motorcycle. What a beauty. I ride a BMW R18 motorcycle as well as others that are featured on my channel but the BMW is what I call my work art on 2 wheels..

I CRY! Miss my bosses R60 About 1975 Rural Tampa... Thank you JOE P. J.C.

When I was 5 the first bike I was ever on was my dad's R75. 32 years later I'm driving his bike 😁😁😁 what a machine

Stunning vid. Great bike, special bond. Awesome. Thanks!

Great vid as always! Thanks for posting. I loved my 67 toaster tank R50 back in the late 70's. Thing was pretty gutless (friends on 350 Honda's were always waiting for me lol) but my R50 was the one people wanted to check out when we got there. With the swingarm front end it looked like it was from the 40's. The company in Germany I ordered parts from had the solo seat but not the rubber bushing so I fabricated using part of a spring off of a dirt bike shock, worked well. Did a top end rebuild on it in one evening. Was only getting 80 compression in one side and around 100 in the other. When I pulled the cylinders off the rings fell out in pieces but the chrome lined bores showed no damage. Reground the valve seats with the new valves and put it back together and ran like a dream. It was by far the easiest to work on cycle I ever had, the very few times I had to work on it.

Thank You for putting out such quality videos every week!

This made my heart warm. Thank you Petrolicious.

Father and Son = A very Special Bond I know, as I am one...

What a stunning bike .. Timeless beauty !

The production quality on these films are so good, I'd watch a video of a vintage lawnmower if they made one.

Fantastic. So great he tried to restore it as it was in the period. I love that. Beautiful machine and story.

damn this chanel has so much quality

Another great production by you guys! Beautiful videography

"wherever I drive there's a part of him driving with me" Can't be more true I used to share a R69s and a R100GSPD with my father

LOVE YOUR STORY AND THE R60

If we have to explain how we feel about our motorcycles you wouldnt understand. In 1954 my dad borrowed a Vespa scooter from one of his army buddies and took me for a ride. I was hooked then and there and I promised myself that someday I would ride one of my own. Now at 73 I still ride and every day weather permitting i drink my coffee and saddle up. When my Harley doesnt come down the road ANYMORE you will know that i am dead !

Very nice video My dad had BMW’s he started out with an R60,then bought an R50 for my mother.Later on bought a R69S with a sidecar but he didn’t keep the sidecar very long and my mom got in an accident with the R50 so I sort of took over on that one.Dad painted the R69S in Cadillac colors,it was unique

Great story and a beautiful Bike cant beat an old air head ....

sweet memories of a dad and son.

JUST SIMPLY PERFECT.

What a beautiful bike, and the father/son story is wonderful.

This is awesome getting the bike from your old man makes it priceless …. Nice restoration

Best one for ages!

NICE! story. Thanks. I miss my Dad.

I very much relate to this video. I grew up riding to BMW Rally's with my father. Multiple bikes but my earliest memory is riding in a Steib sidecar, attached to a 67' R60. My father past away last year and I plan to restore the R60 very soon. I have twin boys age 4 and can't wait to take them for a cruise.

Absolutely incredible

Petrolicius gets to the heart of owning a machine like this and storytelling about cool people. This was wonderful.

I love flat-twin BMW bikes. A low centre of gravity, shaft drive, superb build quality-and to me they look terrific. Even an '89 Dnepr 650 I had was good. Weak brakes, rubbish carbs and ponderous handling, but it never let me down. Good transport!

Thanks for share a beautiful story!

I love this story so dang much!

why do i feel so nice whenever I watch any video from Petrolicious ... absolutely makes me feel so bloody alive. Thanks to the entire team for amazing videos. It takes such passion, dedication, effort and.......... goes on and on and on. thumbs up for this video and all that you have made and will make in future..... LOVE

So beautiful - thank you

I had a 1971 R65 and rode around Hollywood in the '80s. Took Miss Hawaiin Tropic 1984 on a breakfast date to Norms-with her on back. Ordered 2X2X2X2 which was two bacons, two pancakes, two sausages and two eggs. She looked at the new Miss America on the cover of La Times or USA today and said, "I think she's pir-ty." Some things you never forget. I remember her holding on to me- as we rode down Ocean BLVD to the Venice Norms.

Awesome bike, even more awesome story, and even more awesome way the video relays all this.

great content, I always look forward to watching the videos yall put out.

Beautiful. Every video you guys put out is amazing.

I love this channel so much, this vid is my favourite so far

Beautiful video, hats off to guys as always

R60's have a terrible handling problem that BMW never sorted. Every time you ride one they fight you when ever you try to turn for home. Sometimes you think you've got it under control, get to the end of your road and the dam thing goes right past it and you're of again. Lovely bikes.

I'll buy a classic bimmer someday so I too can pass it on to my son. Damn, this story is such an inspiration! Greetings from the Philippines.

that orange peel on the painting is outreageous!

I know both of these guys. This is incredibly cool, and exceptionally well made!

Awesome. She’s a beauty with a thumping heart ❤

A work of art, beautiful

Was reading 'Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance', was wondering what a r60 looks like, saw this, and in the book there are also stories of father and son riding a bike...

So beautiful. Thanks for the nice vid. From Tokyo

Great film ! ! Thanks

old motorcycle and vans old skool wow perfect

I have a 77 R100RS that I will start restoration on this summer

Wonderfull movie,great father son relationship...

beautiful , beautiful video!

I CARRIED MY SON ON MY R50 THE SAME WAY. WISH I HAD ONE NOW.