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PLANET FAST BIKES – NEW METAL, NEWS & REVIEWS<br />
Get set, ready, dribble!<br />
STUNNING CARBONCREATION<br />
REVEALED BY BMWATLAST!<br />
We just missed the release ofBMW’s insane HP4<br />
Race inthe last issue by mere hours. Off went<br />
the mag, then in came the news –that the<br />
carbon-framed bike BMW teased uswith at<br />
shows towards the back end of2016, is now<br />
alimited edition reality.<br />
The numbers attributed tothe 750 HP4 Rs<br />
that will be built are amazing, nigh on Ducati<br />
Superleggera rivalling, in actual fact. The fully<br />
carbon-fibre chassis helps the bike hit an<br />
impressive fully wet weight figure of 171kg,<br />
while the wheels alone are 30 per cent lighter<br />
than the forged alloy wheels the vanilla S1000<br />
RR rolls upon. The entire package is lighter than<br />
the bikes raced in WSB by Jordi Torres et al.<br />
The rest of the chassis hasn’t been skimped<br />
on either, with top notch Öhlins FGR300 forks<br />
up front with aTTX36 Öhlins monoshock<br />
suspending the rear end. Brakes are Brembo’s<br />
bonkers GP4 RR calipers biting 320mm discs.<br />
The engine appears to be some kind of<br />
hybrid between aWorld Endurance and WSB<br />
specification, claiming apeak output of 215bhp<br />
and 120Nm of torque.Whether this isatthe<br />
wheel, orthe crank, wedon’t know, but we’d<br />
guess acrank figure meaning agenuine true<br />
200bhp or more at the wheel. An extra 300rpm<br />
over stock helps achieve this, but it also<br />
features an optimised primary and<br />
secondary gearbox ratio too.<br />
It has a2Ddash with<br />
ahuge amount of<br />
adjustability for both<br />
it and the upgraded<br />
electronics suite, including<br />
Dynamic Traction-Control,<br />
wheelie-control and<br />
launch-control, plus<br />
apit-lane limiter.<br />
Hello, dear...<br />
The remainder of the bike features lashings of<br />
additional carbon fibre, and looks wonderfully<br />
sweet in those familiar BMW Racing colours,<br />
don’t you think?<br />
The only bugbear? Well, one that depends very<br />
much on the interested individual concerned<br />
–the price. One will set you back awhopping<br />
£68,000, which is either ridiculous or abargain<br />
depending on your point ofview! Given the<br />
technology inthe frame, and much like the<br />
Superleggera, this is simply how much these<br />
kinds of ultra exotic bikes cost.<br />
However, the more they make<br />
them, the cheaper and faster<br />
they’ll be able to produce them<br />
so it may not be long before<br />
‘stock’ bikes come with some<br />
of the benefits these beauties<br />
offer.And anyway, even ifwe<br />
can’t afford one ourselves, it’s<br />
still nice to have aspirations,<br />
to dream, nay?<br />
10 JULY <strong>2017</strong> WWW.FASTBIKESMAG.COM
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