New Honda CBR1000RR 2020: has retractable ailerons

[Akrapovic]

Honda is going strong with its new hypercar. In case anyone had any doubts, the new Honda CBR1000RR 2020 is inspired by the RC213V of MotoGP (although it seems not in its engine) and the Japanese giant will use its knowledge in the highest category of the Motorcycle World Championship for the version that Álvaro should ride Baptist next season.

According to these patent sketches, the CBR adopts an aesthetic and aerodynamics very similar to the MotoGP of Márquez and Lorenzo, with an almost identical front, including the great Ram Air intake, although in the CBR it will house some small LED headlights (No. 59 in the drawing).
The chassis and the swingarm are also different from those of the CBR1000RR that we have known for years, as will the engine, which will undoubtedly exceed 200 horsepower and could have a variable distribution. By the way, at least this is a tetracylinder in line and not a V4, as it has long been announced from Japan.

But without a doubt, the most striking of these drawings is hidden inside the sides of its fairing: hidden in each panel, there are a pair of spoilers (in total four), a technology that we saw last year in MotoGP, but with the except that in the future CBR these are retractable, that is, they hide when they are not necessary.
The four ailerons are tilted forward, so that they generate an aerodynamic load that presses the motorcycle against the ground, as in the MotoGP.

Without looking at the drawings we will see that the system is simple: the four ailerons (No. 80 in the drawings) are articulated and have springs (No. 83) that make them open to the outside, their usual state.
Some cables (nº 96), operated by servomotors (nº 91), close them when necessary, managed by the IMU. This is likely to happen on the straight lines and thus does not limit the maximum speed, as long as they are usually kept open, providing more load and grip.
Can they ride on the SBK motorcycle that Bautista will ride?

The MotoGP regulation specifies that mobile aerodynamic elements CANNOT be mounted (hence the controversy with the Ducati GP19 swingarm spoiler: it is fixed on a piece that moves - the swingarm - but the spoiler itself is not mobile).

However, the SBK regulation only mentions that the ailerons or other aerodynamic elements must also appear on the standard motorcycle, which is why the Ducati Panigale V4 R assembles them in their registrable version.

Therefore, legally, the motorcycle that we will see the Superbike 2020 World Championship can use the aileron retractable system, if Honda deems it convenient.

It will not be the first or the only standard motorcycle that mounts ailerons: the Ducati Panigale V4 R already uses them (and it seems that the future Streetfighter V4 also), as well as the prototype of the beautiful Aprilia RS660 that we saw in the EICMA of the past year. In RSV4 they are offered as an accessory.