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BMW Type 255
Type of motorcycle
BMW Type 255 Kompressor (also known as the 500 Kompressor, RS 255, RS255 and Type 255 RS 500) was a supercharged boxer twin race motorcycle from the 1930s. A BMW 255 Kompressor was ridden to victory by Georg Meier in the 1939 Isle of Man TT and the first win by a non-British competitor in the premier 500cc Senior TT class. A similar BMW 255 Kompressor machine was auctioned in 2013 for US$480,000, the second-highest price ever paid at auction for a motorcycle.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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BMW Type 255 Kompressor (also known as the 500 Kompressor, RS 255, RS255 and Type 255 RS 500) was a supercharged boxer twin race motorcycle from the 1930s. A BMW 255 Kompressor was ridden to victory by Georg Meier in the 1939 Isle of Man TT and the first win by a non-British competitor in the premier 500cc Senior TT class. A similar BMW 255 Kompressor machine was auctioned in 2013 for US$480,000, the second-highest price ever paid at auction for a motorcycle.2
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- WikipediaBMW Type 255
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- WikidataQ1848379
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- 1WikidataBMW Type 255 on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBMW Type 255 on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBMW Type 255 photo by Stahlkocher, CC BY-SA 3.0