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HadesOmega

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BMW Longitudinal mounted motor design
« on: June 12, 2021, 12:54:19 PM »
Interesting.  I recently raced a Honda CX500 so I guess this new design would be similar to that one.  Wonder what it would sound like.

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/bikes/bmws-latest-electric-bike-patent-has-a-new-twist/
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Re: BMW Longitudinal mounted motor design
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2021, 01:43:31 PM »
Kind of odd.  High angle universal joint setups are not desirable.  The offset motor with the planetary reduction also is odd unless you want to give up a place to put your feet AKA the old opposed twins BMW built in the past.  Why not put a regular helical gear reduction on the motor, offset the gearbox to whichever side you want the output shaft on and put the motor in the center of the chassis and run the propeller shaft directly back to the rear drive.  The layout of a regular two or three gear in-line reduction box would get everything "balanced up" and would be shorter in length than a planetary.  Looks like a patent looking for a problem.  Maybe they should look at a Can-Am Ryker 3 wheeler to see how to do it.   

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Re: BMW Longitudinal mounted motor design
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2021, 11:14:12 PM »
You know BMW they always want to do something different
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Re: BMW Longitudinal mounted motor design
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2021, 08:07:18 AM »
You know BMW they always want to do something different

I agree. I don't think BMW is really serious regarding their electric motorcycle plans right now. They are just letting their engineers and designers dream up weird stuff to gain attention and keep government regulators and competitors off balance and scratching their heads, while they wait for the electric motorcycle market to increase substantially to a point where they might be able to actually make a profit selling them.  ::)
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Re: BMW Longitudinal mounted motor design
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2021, 10:01:01 AM »
Just wait and see....  When electric motorcycles actually start selling in volume....  BMW will be there with bells on....

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