Summary

• The BMW S 1000 RR is a high-performance sport bike constructed for racing with high speeds of 188 MPH and 205 horsepower.
• The bike is supplied with superior rider aids and know-how, together with specialised brakes, traction management, and absolutely adjustable suspension.
• Optional M mannequin parts and equipment can be found for the S 1000 RR, however they’ll considerably enhance the worth of the bike.

The pace freaks in our bike group, are spoiled rotten when it comes to next-level sport bikes. You solely need to stroll into any native bike vendor and, until it is a Harley, you will immediately be bombarded with modern fairings, rearsets, 4 cylinders, and MotoGP livery. Honda has the legendary Fireblade. Kawasaki, the notorious Ninja H2. Ducati, the unique Superleggera V4, and so forth and so forth.

And final, although not at all least of all, there’s BMW, which has been constructing the S 1000 RR right into a racing monster for over a decade now, to much acclaim and enthusiasm from fans and journalists alike. What had began as a unusually asymmetrical sports activities bike, has matured into an absolute beast of a observe weapon, albeit a well mannered one. And although the bike has largely been skipped with regards to important BMW overhauls for 2024, it does have a couple of new methods up its sleeve.

In order to provide the latest and correct data potential, the info used to compile this text was sourced straight from BMW Motorrad.

Performance And Speed

Top Speed: 188 MPH

Even although the S 1000 RR is greater than able to being your each day journey, you actually solely need it for one factor, and that is carving corners on a racetrack. Sure, it is well mannered in site visitors, however is that actually why you purchase this factor? Negative. You get it to really feel the frenzy. You get it to go sooner than 100 miles per hour on the observe. Furthermore, you get it to compete.

The good of us at BMW crammed enough tech into this bike, to make you assume you are the subsequent MotoGP star. Do that you must be an skilled rider on the observe to benefit from the S 1000 RR? It helps. But do that you must be one? Not by a protracted shot. It’s a sophisticated bike that has 205 horsepower, so should you’re too cavalier about it, it’s going to let you realize actual quick, a technique or one other.

But it’s outfitted with a few of the most state-of-the-art rider aids cash can purchase. The brakes are from the M model of the RR, paired with specialised BMW Motorrad Race ABS, and a further Pro model for varied journey modes. There’s traction management, brake slide help, and slide management. The body is feather-light aluminum. The suspension is absolutely adjustable, each back and front. And the 4-cylinder, in-line engine can whip you across the observe at a blistering high pace of 188 miles per hour.

Engine Specifications

Notable Features

Premium Tech and Gear

Not a lot is new for 2024 with regards to upgrades on the S 1000 RR. That honor went to BMW’s other chart-topper. But BMW did sneak in a couple of new issues, most notably the Intelligent Emergency Call feature that is been making the rounds in different BMW fashions. Through a wide range of strategies; sensory, audio, and visible, the bike can decide whether or not you’ve got had a nasty accident and may attain out to a name middle for help. And should you’re motionless after an accident, this function might find yourself saving your life.

The 2024 mannequin additionally retains the earlier 12 months’s options and now consists of some M 1000 RR model items, just like the Chassis Kit and GPS Lap Trigger, as normal tools. Other bits price noting are the aforementioned ABS Pro, Dynamic Traction Control, Hill Start Assist, Shift Assistant Pro, and a 6.5-inch TFT Display. And if you’re on the observe, you may tailor that large display screen to show custom-made bike knowledge to fit your racing wants. There are additionally 4 normal driving modes: Road, Rain, Race, and Dynamic.

Optional Equipment and Accessories

The M Badge

Optional tools can be just about the identical as final 12 months, nevertheless extra of the M mannequin parts have began to trickle right down to this mannequin. But first, listed below are a few of the extra notable choices obtainable for 2024.

If you are not glad with the 4 rider modes that come normal, you may choose into the Pro Ride Mode package deal, which provides three Race Pro choices, a Pit Lane Limiter, Launch Control, DTC shift, Wheelie Control, Slide Control, HSC Pro and Dynamic Brake Control. Most typical riders will not have a lot use for these, however should you’re a critical observe rat, the extra instruments that develop into obtainable to you, the nearer you will be to assembly your racing aim.

If you do occur to get lost the observe in some unspecified time in the future, you may add heated grips and cruiser management to maintain you snug alongside the best way. BMW’s stellar M 1000 RR bike shouldn’t be above sharing a few of its higher parts. As non-compulsory equipment and tools, you may select from M-based solid wheels, paint schemes, totally different peak seats, footrests, carbon components, and an information logger.

Pricing And Additional Costs

MSRP $18,295

An ordinary model of the S 1000 RR will set you again $18,295 earlier than all of the taxes, vacation spot charges, and dealing with charges begin piling on. Which shouldn’t be astronomically costly, however you higher be actually dedicated to that observe way of life, since you will not be utilizing the bike for a lot else. At least not in the way it is meant to be used. And if you wish to squeeze the absolute best efficiency out of this machine, you will undoubtedly need to begin tacking on all these M badge choices that we talked about above.

Just to play satan’s advocate, if you need the whole M Package included along with your base S 1000 RR mannequin, it’s going to add $4,995 to the ultimate worth. Fancy a Premium Package? To get that sports activities silencer, heated grips, an endurance chain, cruise management, and plenty of different choices, you will must fork over one other $2,690. The Carbon Package will set you again $2,295. And the M badge Titanium Exhaust is $1,700.

All-in-all, by including these goodies to your procuring cart, you will simply be breaching $30,000 very quickly. And now you will end up in correct M 1000 RR territory as a result of that mannequin begins at $33,345 and has most of those choices already included. Of course, you may all the time go for the bottom S 1000 RR mannequin, which prices underneath $20K, and comes with an ideal engine, fashionable know-how, and premium options straight out of the manufacturing facility. And if that is all that you must have an excellent time, there is not any actual cause to waste more cash than you need to. Spend it on observe days as a substitute.

PROS

• Modern, premium know-how and options as normal tools
• 205 hp and 188 MPH high pace
• Standard and non-compulsory M 1000 RR tools
• Intelligent Emergency Call normal

CONS

• Optional tools can tack on over $11K in further bills
• No main updates for 2024