König 500 GP – Outboard-Powered Underdog

While on a week end visit to the Barber Motorsport Museum with Joe and Kelly I ran across this bike.

König 500 GP – Outboard-Powered Underdog

 

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OddBike: König 500 GP – Outboard-Powered Underdog

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Please Google the story behind the bike, the history, and the rider. It is worthy of your time. In all my years of riding BMW I never knew of a two stroke, horizontally opposed 4 cylinder water cooled engine with the Roundel on it.