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We just missed the release of BMW’s insane HP4 Race in the last issue by mere hours. Off went the mag, then in came the news – that the carbon-framed bike BMW teased us with at shows towards the back end of 2016, is now a limited edition reality.
The numbers attributed to the 750 HP4 Rs that will be built are amazing, nigh on Ducati Superleggera rivalling, in actual fact. The fully carbon-fibre chassis helps the bike hit an impressive fully wet weight figure of 171kg, while the wheels alone are 30 per cent lighter than the forged alloy wheels the vanilla S 1000 RR rolls upon. The entire package is lighter than the bikes raced in WSB by Jordi Torres et al.