Ducati Monster Forum

Double Eagle and I have been looking at the new beemer, the S 1000 RR.  Apparently BMW is going all out to get competitive and is even going to put a reasonable, by BMW standards, price on the bike. Take a look if you are interested in Ducati's coming competition.

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/04february09_bmws1000rr.htm (http://www.motorcycledaily.com/04february09_bmws1000rr.htm)

And go to the URL below and scroll down to the S 1000 RR clip and take a look at the bike on a track.

http://bmw-web.tv/en/channel/motorcycles (http://bmw-web.tv/en/channel/motorcycles)

I see one of these in Double Eagle's stable in the future, a solid black one.

I've a personal history with BMW - cars and bikes.  Pretty serious folks.  I look forward to seeing what they do with this bike.  With the price point I've been hearing about maybe I could get interested.  At's a lot a horse power.

Who am I kid'n.  If I had the $$$, it would go on a Kitted 1198S. [thumbsup]
LA 

At that price, and if the ABS and traction control were well-sorted (and adjustable), I'd have to consider it.

Love the idea of this bike...but stirs no passion in me.  I am sure I would consider it.  I am sure it would be a better purchase than a Duc (lower maintenance costs) and I am sure at the end of the day I would buy an ...1198. [moto]


 Then spend my time kicking myself at every valve adjustment. [bang]

I own a BMW motorcycle that I love and use to cover long distance....I Duc's are just special.

"Still, I won't believe it's really here until I read Ben Roethlisberger crashed one."

 [laugh]

here's more pics for your enjoyment. me likes  [thumbsup]



(http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/_common/pdf/bike/IMG_1408-2.jpg)

(http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/_common/pdf/bike/IMG_1249-2.jpg)

(http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/_common/pdf/bike/IMG_1189-2.jpg)

^  Very typical German add campaign.    [thumbsup]

I bet that bike goes like stink, but it's looks just don't light my fire.  Too many irregular angles on it for me.  Sure would like to take one for a quick (i.e. spirited) spin though.

here's another one  :)

(http://68.178.194.211/gallery/data/656/6image_gallery.jpg)

If the bike comes out in street attire w, 180 hp , that will make it difficult to ignore ! My " R " is rated in the low 170s hp with the Termi race Exhaust and ECU. I have my #2 S4Rs w, ( 7 ) miles on a stock bike and the '07 BMW K1200S w, about 2500 miles and a Remus Pipe that I will move and replace for either a Streetfighter and this new S1000RR or just one of them . The Streetfighter is coming in May and the S1000RR later in the year.      Dolph      :)

i saw this black carbon race bodied version of this bike at the chicago MC show today.  it was nice :D

There seems to be an official announcement now.  I'm not sure abt the head lights, but the rest looks.. ummm.. Japanese?  LOL.  Well, i guess BMW decided to just straight compete with the big-4.  I can see ABS and some BMW-ish controls, but IMO unless the price is very very competitive, probably not going to hold any significant market share.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/10/officially-official-bmw-unleashes-all-the-details-on-s-1000-rr/ (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/10/officially-official-bmw-unleashes-all-the-details-on-s-1000-rr/)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_21_opt.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_02.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_07.jpg)

Oh, heck, I'll just paste more pics here, why not...

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_13.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_23.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_03.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_04.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_05.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_08.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_09.jpg)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/bmw_s_1000_rr_10.jpg)

hehe, the bike looks like two-face  :D

Here ya go Dolph! 192 rwhp out of your 1098R for a mere $6K. Get some!!  ;D [evil]

http://tinyurl.com/okwqbv (http://tinyurl.com/okwqbv)

The hooker boots and fake leather gloves have got to go.

...straight to my room.  [evil]

i'm there if they can retain the BMW engineering / build quality at the
target price.

Think I saw one riding Laurel Canyon today.  Had to do a double-take when I saw what looked like the BMW emblem. Looked good tho...

anyone getting in early?
want one for next season, but Im attached to the DARK - bike is fire and all for 14k  [bang] [bang] [bang]

Already got another BMW on its way this year...

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/3725825342_cdf199b3d2.jpg)

But the RR is  [moto] [thumbsup] [bow_down] [bacon] [evil] ;D [moto] [thumbsup] [bow_down] [bacon] [evil] ;D [moto] [thumbsup] [bow_down] [bacon] [evil] ;D !!!

very nice good luck with her  [thumbsup]

oops my bad wrong forum

I thought we were buying Nate a Beemer. :-[

whos nate?

Duc Painter

Check your title.

Looked it up.  Nice stats.  Looks like any jap bike to me with better power to weight ratio though.  Dont care for the headlight setup.  Round on one side and triangular on the other. 

The black looks really nice.

wat

love the headlights they will look sick at night

That was just from a regular 1098 not a 1098 R.

I figured the " R " will put out closer to 230 hp !

Dolph     :)

love it

why were the threads merged? 2 totally diff threads since bmwis taking deposits

Even better!!  ;D

Post pics and a dyno sheet when you're done!  [thumbsup] [cheeky]

I'm going by the advertised 40% increase in hp.

It's actually more like 37% increase.

So the " R " is somewhere between 170 hp and 175 RWHP.

Let's say 170 X 1.37 = 232.9

That's just too much hp for the street an for an amateur road racer like me.

Dolph     :)

That's one sweet gixxer!

Yeah...best engineered Yamwasuki around...
With a face only a mother can like and spare part prices MV Augusta can dream of.
I would take a 1198S any time over that one.
If you want a German bike, get a RC8r...
Come on Austria IS southern Germany  [laugh]

I'm not a big fan of that tail...

 :-X   [puke]

Is this a Bangle design? If I wanted a Kawasaki..

which part? the piece that everybody is going to unbolt and put on the shelf the day the ride it home, or the rest of it?

Both...