BMW R 80

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The BMW R 80 was a motorcycle model from the manufacturer BMW . The naked naked bike is the successor model of the BMW R 80/7 and was the technical basis for the BMW R 80 RT models from 1985 to 1995. It was the first boxer BMW designed to run on unleaded petrol from the start .

Its boxer engine with a displacement of 797 cc and 37 kW (50 hp) output at 6500 rpm came from the BMW R 80/7. The exhaust and intake tract has been optimized in favor of a better torque curve. With this engine, the machine reached a top speed of approximately 180 km / h; the consumption at a constant 90 km / h was given as 4.6 l for 100 km.

The fork, front wheel and brakes came from the BMW K 100 .

The model was built from 1985 to 1992 in 13,815 copies, the number including 314 government models. Its successors were the BMW R 80 R and BMW R 100 R with Paralever .

literature

• Hans J. Schneider and Axel Koenigsbeck: The fascination of BMW boxers. Milestones in motorcycle technology . Weilerswist 1994, ISBN 978-3-927710-06-1 .

Web links

• bmw-grouparchiv.de, BMW R 80 (Monolever), accessed on March 13, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} pressbmwgroup.com, All motorcycles - series models since 1923 (until 2004) (PDF, 1.8 MB) pages 29 and 30, accessed on March 12, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} bmw-grouparchiv.de, BMW R 80 (Monolever), accessed on March 13, 2019 .
3. ↑ pressbmwgroup.com, All motorcycles - series models since 1923 (until 2004) (PDF, 1.8 MB) page 69, accessed on March 12, 2019.
4. ↑ bimmerarchiv.de, R 65 from 1985 to 1993, accessed on March 12, 2019 .