BMW R5 Hommage concept
BMW has just revealed this
heritage-inspired bike with a supercharged, air-cooled 500 cc boxer twin engine
as a tribute to the 1936 BMW R5 model. Although heavily inspired from the
original, the motorcycle features many modern parts.
The bike has continued to keep the R5
nomenclature along with Hommage and has just been unveiled at the annual
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in northern Italy.
The engine on the R5 Hommage is very
interesting. T he supercharger may be new, but the 494 cc air cooled boxer twin
engine is from the original R5 and was once used in racing. The engine in its
original form produced 24 bhp and could propel the R5 to a top speed of 135 km/h.
The engine sustained substantial damage while being raced and has been
meticulously restored. Numerous components such as the valve cover and the
breastplate of the boxer engine were machined from billet aluminium by custom
bike builders Ronny and Benny Noren. However, the concept bike has modern
brakes and suspension.
BMW Group is currently celebrating 100
years since the founding of the company. The R5 Hommage is the BMW Motorrad
part of the celebrations that are planned to last all year all around the
world.
