 So in 1969 the Berlin Plant started production of the all-new BMW /5 Series, a completely new design and construction
following a modular principle all the way from the suspension to the flat-twin power unit.In 1970, 12,287 units were manufactured and by July 1973, when the /5 model series reached the end production, a significant volume of 68,956 motorcycles had left the Berlin Plant, production increasing five-fold within three years.During this period, BMW manufactured its 500,000th.