Maybe you’ve noticed, but there’s an arms race going on within the superbike spectrum. Bike companies have lost their damn marbles as each strives to deliver more power, better electronic aids, wilder aerodynamics, and whatever else they can think up to make these motorcycles faster around a race track. BMW Motorrad’s latest proposition? Active aerodynamics affixed to your M or S 1000 RR.
BMW’s patent proposes taking the traditional static aerodynamic winglets that’ve come to be affixed to superbikes lately and turning them active. The idea is that static winglets are great in helping stabilize motorcycles while pointing straight and reducing wheelies, which in turn gives the rider more grip. But static aero doesn’t help in corners where airflow gets weird, causing all sorts of issues for the rider and those behind them.
