Side-cars were among the earliest vehicles operated by the traffic squad during the late 1910s.
Coming as handy, sturdy and cheap to operate, side-cars also soldiered on location for repairs and checks of rotable parts of stranded vans, trucks and buses during the 50s. Taylored conversions were also in use for servicing and towing motorbikes.
Either Policemen or Statetroopers, locally referred as the Gendarmes, officers working astride motorbikes have been steering BMW for decades.
Coming as handy, sturdy and cheap to operate, side-cars also soldiered on location for repairs and checks of rotable parts of stranded vans, trucks and buses during the 50s. Taylored conversions were also in use for servicing and towing motorbikes.
Either Policemen or Statetroopers, locally referred as the Gendarmes, officers working astride motorbikes have been steering BMW for decades.
Selecting side-car variants of their months came as a most logical choice. As far France's Yard was concerned, they were in use by the automotive engineering department.
In 1960, enters the BMW Side-car ST, standing for Services Techniques (automotive engineering department) and coming up as a dedicated conversion for the HQ's motorcycle squads.
The most visible difference from the standard side-car was a strenghened iron-made plate
designed to transport stranded bikes back to the workshops when necessary.
designed to transport stranded bikes back to the workshops when necessary.
The police bike squads did not operate its own servicing vehicles. The last STs were decommissioned during the late 1970s.
Part of the Paris Police HQ museum's collections, the ST on display during Heritage Days came along with a standard two-wheeler acting as the stranded bike.
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