Lifted from BARF.
#44
Keith Code
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: So Cal the World
Motorcycles: 27 BMW S1000RRs --OMG
Name: S1000RR Training Bikes
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I'm not to be trusted since BMW is our new bike sponsor and we'll have a truck load of the new S1Ks for our coaches and students. Keep that in mind. I've only ridden the bike at The Streets of Willow which may be the shortest track in the country with the most turns, 1.7 mi X 14 bends.
To say the bike is deceptively quick is an understatement. The main reason being the utter smoothness of the power delivery. I read one of the posts from Portomao about riding it in 6th only...confirmed, it feels that torqey. Same with the comments about it feeling similar to an R6 between your legs. I had a little bit of comparative data on 1000s at Streets. When Motorcyclist had the new ones there, the 1198, R1 and GSXR recently I got to ride them. My impression of the bike's behavior was a similar feeling to what I think is the best handling 600, the new CBR.
My pre-production S1K didn't have any of the electronics, it was the raw bike and still it didn't intimidate me. There was a slightly too aggressive coming on the throttle surge which, apparently, doesn't exist on the DTC version in the other 3 settings.
I'm not sure it was mentioned already, didn't read every word of all that has been posted but: the bike started out with 213 hp and has been tuned down twice to it's current 193. I'm not sure if that means parts or electronics but I'd like to find out. If it was only the chip, that would be the cheapest horsepower in the history of sport bikes. Ultra cool for track day guys to have a bike with 600 feel and dial-your-choice power characteristics you can set on the fly. I guess I'm pumped to have them.
Keith
#44
Keith Code
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: So Cal the World
Motorcycles: 27 BMW S1000RRs --OMG
Name: S1000RR Training Bikes
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I'm not to be trusted since BMW is our new bike sponsor and we'll have a truck load of the new S1Ks for our coaches and students. Keep that in mind. I've only ridden the bike at The Streets of Willow which may be the shortest track in the country with the most turns, 1.7 mi X 14 bends.
To say the bike is deceptively quick is an understatement. The main reason being the utter smoothness of the power delivery. I read one of the posts from Portomao about riding it in 6th only...confirmed, it feels that torqey. Same with the comments about it feeling similar to an R6 between your legs. I had a little bit of comparative data on 1000s at Streets. When Motorcyclist had the new ones there, the 1198, R1 and GSXR recently I got to ride them. My impression of the bike's behavior was a similar feeling to what I think is the best handling 600, the new CBR.
My pre-production S1K didn't have any of the electronics, it was the raw bike and still it didn't intimidate me. There was a slightly too aggressive coming on the throttle surge which, apparently, doesn't exist on the DTC version in the other 3 settings.
I'm not sure it was mentioned already, didn't read every word of all that has been posted but: the bike started out with 213 hp and has been tuned down twice to it's current 193. I'm not sure if that means parts or electronics but I'd like to find out. If it was only the chip, that would be the cheapest horsepower in the history of sport bikes. Ultra cool for track day guys to have a bike with 600 feel and dial-your-choice power characteristics you can set on the fly. I guess I'm pumped to have them.
Keith