This motorcycle was produced from 1936 to 1937 in 2,652 copies. Thanks to the engineer Rudolf Schleicher, it is equipped with a tunnel box engine (without horizontal parting line), a gearbox operated by a foot lever (doubled by a hand selector) and a fork hydraulic adjustable. The "flat-twin" has a tumbled timing, two camshafts and two valves per cylinder. With a square section (bore equal to the stroke), i.e. 68 x 68mm, this 494 cm3 cube engine. Two AMAL carburetors are used to water the beast. The valve return springs are of the type "pin".
All this together gives it a power of 24 hp at 5500 rpm for a consumption of about 3 liters per hundred. The final transmission is provided by a cardan shaft. Weighing 165 kgs, it will be able to reach 140 km / h.
Having no rear suspensions, only the saddle will cushion the bumps in the road a little. It should be noted that, since 1929/30, the German firm has been equipping its two wheels with stamped sheet metal frames. This R5 will be equipped with a tubular frame and will mark the beginning of the end of stamped sheet frames (even if they will still be manufactured for a few years).
This motorcycle was sold in the 1500 Reichsmarks, the equivalent of 10,300 euros today. In 1936, a German worker earned around 21 Reichsmarks per week.
Esteban Hogger – Photos D.R
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500 R5 1936
Model marketed in
1936
1937
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Max speed:
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Consumption
medium: 3 l
140 km / h
The technical aspect
BMW 500 R5 1937
- Frame
- Tank: 15 liters
- Width: 800 mm
- Height: 950 mm
- Wheelbase: 1,400 mm
- Dry weight: 165 kg
- Train before
- Transmission
- gimbal
- Rear axle
- Engine
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494 cc
(68 x 68 mm) -
24
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at 5,500 rpm
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