The information below comes from the Dutch RDW database (= Dept. of Motor Vehicles)
In the Netherlands, there are at least 164 registered BMW motorcycles from the (pre-)war era and at least 3,225 registered BMW motorcycles from the 1948 – 1969 era
- – 3.225 motorcycles makes +- 1.2% of all R24 – R69US motorcycles built by BMW
- – of these 3,225 motorcycles, almost half (48%) are /2 models (R50 – R69US)
- – 36% of these motorcycles is 25 years or more with the current owner, longest period is 58 years (situation 2019)
- – about 10 of these motorcycles have only had 1 owner after they were imported / registered in the Netherlands
