back to "rigid" - BMW files patent for carbon swingarm-frame

Seems like y'all don't read. The flex is built into it, supplemented by a spring and damper. Not my cup of tea.
They should go MotoGP if they wanna play with chassis design.

As a side, I'd like to see Honda play with a sportbike version of the GoldWing's front end.

 

I wish BMW would go to Motogp. Seems they get a bunch of cheap Motogp advertising with the safety car stuff without having to put a bunch of bikes on the grid. The Engineer in me just really wants to see another manufacturer with different ideas out there (why I like KTM). I love me some head scratching German engineering lol

Tuned carbon suspension points have been in F1 and other motorsports for a while, so it's not a completely off the wall idea, but it will be interesting to see in in practice like this on a motorcycle if it ever gets off the drawing board.

 

yeah, some knowledge from BMW's F1 years would give them a head start.


but i've read somewhere that the german number ckeckers didn't see the ROI in MGP

 

Let them go out there and, when they win, then they can cry about not having anything to learn.

 

I remember reading something about that too. They get enough ROI from the safety car stuff in motogp without ever having to put a bike on the grid.

 

Maybe they can be clever and figure out how to make suspension travel subscription based as well.