Short wheel base

[almostblue]

I keep reading things about "short wheel-base" BMWs. What does this mean? What are the implications? Are there long wheel-base bikes? How do I know what I have?

[20774]

I did a search on SWB and came up with many hits, but this one in particular got into the discussion:

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13337

I believe the wheelbase was around 2 inches longer beginning in the middle of 1973...