South African company Blackstone Tek (BST) has now added the new swappable carbon fibre rear wheel to its Black Mamba series. It can be swapped simply by replacing the brake adapter and sprocket ...

The carbon fibre wheelset is 1.7 kg lighter than the standard aluminium rims. The M Performance carbon fibre wheels for the BMW S 1000 RR are an ideal area of application for the material, which ...

BMW is planning a rollout of the carbon-fibre technologies developed during the BMW i3 and i8 project, and the centerpiece is a set of ultra-light, fully carbon fibre rims. It is the brainchild of ...

South African carbon fibre manufacturing company Blackstone TEK has added a beautiful five-split-spoke wheel to its line-up that can be swapped between bikes. The Rapid TEK features an interchangeable ...

BMW's M division is preparing a discreet but significant change: it will stop using carbon-fibre in favour of a composite based on natural fibres, primarily flax.

BMW recently announced that it will be investing €200 million in its CFRP manufacturing capabilities in Moses Lake and that they will be using this material in every model to come.

While the £68,000, track-only BMW wasn’t exactly a machine for the masses, it demonstrated that they were serious about transferring their knowledge of carbon fibre to motorcycles.

Wheel cost components at the heart of Fibratech technology. Fibratech was founded in 2017 by two engineers previously from Airbus Group, Michael Sobolewski and Claus Georg Bayreuther. They defined a ...

Speaking at the 94th Annual General Meeting of BMW AG in Munich, Germany, today, brand boss Norbert Reithofer, confirmed the use of carbon fibre on the upcoming G11-codenamed 7-Series sedan that ...