BMW 500 R5 1936

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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 distribution, 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 “pin” type..

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 equipped 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 metal frames (even if the latter will still be manufactured for a few years).

This motorcycle was sold in the 1,500 Reichsmarks, which is the equivalent of 10,300 euros today. In 1936 a German worker was earning around 21 Reichsmarks per week.

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1937

Performances

• Max speed:
  140 km / h
• Consumption
  medium: 3 l

The technical aspect

BMW 500 R5 1936

• Frame
• Frame: double steel buckle
• Tank: 15 liters
• Length: 2,130 mm
• Width: 800 mm
• Height: 950 mm
• Wheelbase: 1,400 mm
• Dry weight: 165 kg

• Train before
• Telescopic fork Ø nc
• 1 drum Ø 200 mm
• Front wheel:

  3.5 / 19
  – 19

• Transmission
• 4-speed gearbox
• gimbal

• Rear axle
• rigid
• 1 drum Ø 200 mm
• Rear wheel:

  3.5 / 19
  – 19

• Motor
• Twin cylinder
  flat
  , 4 stroke
• Cooling: by air
• 2 AMAL 22.2mm carburettors
• tumbled
• 2 valves per cylinder
• 494 cc
  (68 x 68 mm)
• 24
  ch
  at 5,500 rpm
• Weight ratio /
  power
  : 6.88
  kg / hp
• Compression: 6.7: 1
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