Bmw Hp4 Carbon Frame

A full carbon frame: this is the key element of the HP4 RACE, the masterpiece of its inventors and their favourite part at the same time. Produced with carbon-drive technology in industrial small-scale production. Project manager Christian Gonschor brings the topic of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic (CFK) into the HP4 RACE Team.

A carbon frame results in a track special lighter than a World Superbike! As expected, BMW introduced the production version of the carbon fiber HP4 RACE at the 2017 Auto Shanghai show. The only definitive information provided by the Stephan Schaller, President BMW Motorrad, related to the frame and wheels: "The HP4 RACE will feature the full carbon fibre main frame and carbon fibre rims as shown here. We will reveal more about this model next spring.".

Inside BMW's HP4 Race Project When the HP4 Race concept was announced in the fall of 2016, I was very skeptical about the BMW's carbon fiber frame project and it almost sounded far. The HP4 Race frame is made from recyclable carbon fiber, a component used from the steering column to the swingarm axle. The weight is thus reduced by four kilos compared to a standard frame.

Hand-built in Berlin, the engine is a development of the World SBK engine. It generates 158 kW (215 hp) with a maximum speed increased to 14 rpm. Maximum torque of 500 Nm is reached at 120 rpm.

12 Fast Facts on the BMW HP4 RACE: 1. The 2018 BMW HP4 Race gets slimmed to 377 pounds wet due to three chassis elements that are entirely constructed of carbon fiber-the frame (17.1 pounds), the self-supporting rear frame and the wheels 2. Though the HP4 Race's light weight is apparent in.

This new HP demolishes all the weight standards, with carbon fibre frame and wheels. Ducati, watch your back, Superleggera is now longer the only featherweight superbike. Watch our BMW HP4 Race First View Video at EICMA The eye.

WE WERE at BMW's super-secret R&D centre in Marseille at the weekend, where we saw some of the firm's latest work - like its autonomous bike research. And one of the most interesting areas covered by the engineers was its developments in carbon-fibre. At one end was, of course, the very high-end production of the frame, swingarm and wheels from the HP4 Race.

The engineer in charge of the. I was skeptical of BMW's carbon-fiber frame project when the HP4 Race concept was announced in the fall of 2016. Others manufacturers had tried to build motorcyles with carbon-fiber frames, and.