About Sandbar

Born out of the frustrations of dealing with the lack of availability and low quality of carbon fibre parts for BMW motorcycles, notwithstanding the outrageous costs of the original OE BMW parts Nigel Wood accepted an offer from Julius Ilmberger in the early part of 2004 to be the UK Agent and Distributor for Ilmberger carbon parts. As a result Sandbar Composites Ltd was formed in March 2004, with the aim of supplying a comprehensive range of top quality carbon fibre components for Aprilia, BMW, Buell, Ducati, Harley Davidson V-Rod and latterly the 2005 Suzuki GSX-R range. It was also decided that they would try to stand out from the rest of the carbon fibre suppliers by carrying a reasonable amount of stock thereby ensuring quick delivery (overnight if possible) to main dealers and private customers alike.

Just before the 2004 INTERMOT show in Munich, the decision was made to include SICOM ceramic brakes and HPE exhausts to the catalogue of parts available.

These products broadened the range of modern forward thinking, high technology and high performance products that set themselves at the top end of the products that are available at the moment.

1 The beautifully finished, lightweight and extremely strong carbon fibre motorcycle accessories, which have become a byword throughout the world for their quality and fit. They are supplied by Ilmberger in Germany and are made by MS Productions in Eastern Europe, in a factory that produces both these and other parts as OE equipment for such manufacturers as BMW, Ducati, Aprilia, MV Augusta, Suzuki, Porsche, Smart and Lamborghini amongst others.

2 SICOM ceramic carbon composite brakes that really are the every-day all-weather alternative to carbon brakes. Currently undergoing testing by F1, Moto-GP and the Aerospace Industry.

3 HPE (High Performance Exhausts) are made in Italy and include at the top of their range exhaust systems that are made using an alloy called Inconel. This material (an alloy of nickel and chrome) has strength and heat properties that enable exhausts to be lighter than titanium without the associated loss of strength.