Werner
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@TotalMotorcycle Sidecars are special 👍 I rode a BMW R 100 GS Paris Dakar with Ural sidecar for 15 years and now I ride a BMW K 100 RS with Allger sidecar and it's a lot of fun 🙂🏍️👍
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On February 22, 1943, Munich - a university student stands before a guillotine, moments from death.
She's 21 years old. Her crime? Throwing pamphlets from a balcony.
Her name is Sophie Scholl, and she's about to speak words that will haunt Nazi Germany and inspire generations.
But six years earlier, Sophie believed every word Hitler told her.
At twelve, she eagerly joined the League of German Girls, the female wing of Hitler Youth. Her brother Hans joined too. They marched. They sang. They trusted.
Their father, an anti-Nazi politician, begged them to see the truth. They argued back, convinced he was wrong.
Then in 1937, Gestapo arrested Hans for joining an unauthorized camping group. Sophie watched stormtroopers drag away her brother for something as innocent as a scouting trip.
Everything she believed began to crumble.
By 1942, Sophie enrolled at Munich University to study biology and philosophy. Hans was there studying medicine, quietly gathering friends who whispered about resistance.
Then their friend Fritz came back from the Eastern Front and told them what he'd witnessed. Mass shootings. Jewish families executed. The machinery of genocide.
They formed the White Rose. They wrote pamphlets calling Germans to wake up, to resist, to remember their humanity.
"We will not be silent," their writings declared. "We are your bad conscience."
Sophie bought an illegal typewriter. She helped write their message. And because Gestapo agents rarely suspected young women, she distributed the pamphlets across Munich.
Five successful operations. Then the sixth.
February 18, 1943. Sophie and Hans placed pamphlets throughout the university. Nearly done, Sophie saw leftover leaflets in her suitcase. A split-second choice.
She climbed to the top floor and threw them over the railing. They cascaded down like falling snow.
A janitor spotted her. Minutes later, the Gestapo arrived.
Four days later, after a trial that was pure theater, Sophie received her death sentence. Hours until execution.
Prison guards later reported her strange calmness. No tears. No pleading. Just quiet conviction.
Her final words, spoken on that sunny February afternoon: "Such a fine day, and I have to go. But what does my death matter if through us thousands are awakened and stirred to action?"
The Nazis killed her at 5 PM. They thought they'd silenced her voice.
Instead, the Allies found her pamphlet, renamed it "The Manifesto of the Students of Munich," and dropped millions across Germany. Her words, which they tried to bury, rained down on every German city.
In 2003, Germans under forty voted Sophie Scholl the greatest German who ever lived. Above Einstein. Above Beethoven.
A 21-year-old with a typewriter and an unbreakable conscience became the symbol of moral courage for an entire nation.
What the Nazis never anticipated was how completely their plan would backfire. That sixth pamphlet Sophie threw over the university railing was smuggled out of Germany and reached Allied intelligence. They reproduced it by the millions and air-dropped it across German cities. The voice they tried to silence with a guillotine blade became amplified beyond anything the White Rose could have achieved on their own.
After the war, University of Munich placed a memorial at the exact spot where Sophie threw those pamphlets. Students still leave white roses there today. The square in front of university was renamed Geschwister-Scholl-Platz (Scholl Siblings Square) in honor of Sophie and Hans. In 2005, a German film about Sophie's final days, "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days," was nominated for an Academy Award and introduced her story to millions worldwide.
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It's frontend Friday..
And how's this latest install job from James at Shiny Side Up - BMW R1300GS featuring dual set of lights.
Now, let's see your frontend pictures below ⬇️ 📸
#ProBikeUK #BMW #R1300GS #FrontendFriday #Shinysideup
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BMW 328,gebaut im BMW-Werk Eisenach.Ein 2-Liter Sechszylinder-Motor leistete 80 PS.Der Kaufpreis lag bei 7400 Reichsmark.
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This is Camping done right.
Though I doubt many here have gone camping on their bike, or have you?
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It’s Frontend Thursday… yep, we said it 😏
(No Friday from us this week!)
And it doesn't get much better than this, two stunning machines on our EHS900 lifts at Moore Motorcycles & Motors 🧰👌
Now, let's see your frontend pictures below ⬇️📷
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Q. Name any Country other than your own you would love to ride in?
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Photo: Thanks to @TotalMotorcycle follower Ducatista🇮🇹 @ducatista_tokyo
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@ProBikeUK I ride to work to our driving school every time because I need my riding gear anyway for the bike lessons 🙂🏍️👍
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It's Guzzi time...! 🧰👌🏻
Just noticed one of the lads from Hypermotive rode in this morning.
The weather must be improving 🌤
Did you ride into work today?
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1930 Opel “Motoclub” 496 cc OHV
It stands as one of the most unconventional motorcycles ever produced by the German company founded by Adam Opel in Rüsselsheim, a firm that evolved from sewing machines to bicycles, cars, and motorcycles across several production periods between the early 1900s and 1930; drawing on the innovative pressed-steel chassis design of Ernst Neumann-Neander, Opel’s late-era machines shocked audiences at the 1928 Berlin show with their radical styling, cadmium-finished metalwork, and bold red accents, while also offering practical advantages like drastically reduced assembly time, improved accessibility, and rider comfort; powered by a 496 cc OHV engine producing around 22 hp and equipped with Bosch ignition and lighting, a tank-mounted speedometer, fuel level indicator, and Denfeld sprung pillion seat, the Motoclub combined striking aesthetics with real usability, making this rare, short-lived (1928–1930) machine both a design statement and a capable touring motorcycle.
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@SandiMtgal I ride a lot with my bike students but I also enjoy trips with my wife or with friends and sometimes by myself 🙂🏍️👍
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Another day, another picture. Taken a few years ago on a road near Helena, MT. The majority of my rides are solo and I love it. How many of you prefer solo riding? I’ve gotten pushback from other riders about riding alone. I tell them ‘you do you’.
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Q. Would you ride in Spring snow?
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It's March 31st and it's snowing here today in the Northern Heartlands. Argh. No riding today!
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