VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P93
(Left) Aim the BMW at
a corner and hold on.
It carves lines with the
agility of a 600.
Perhaps it's because I can
remember the first time I rode an
S 1000 RR in 2010, the memory of
which will never leave. Such was
my astonishment at what BMW
had just created. The S 1000 R
a few years later was similarly
spectacular but didn't quite have
the razor-edge performance I was
hoping for. In the M 1000 R, jazzed
up to M Competition spec, I have
no such worries.
The $26,945 M 1000 R M
Competition—a $4995 premium
over the base M 1000 R—is packed
to the gills with every form of BMW
electronics wizardry they can mus
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ter, which goes a way to controlling
such an unruly beast. You get five
modes Rain, Road Dynamic, and
Race, plus Race Pro, which also
gets three levels of throttle re
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sponse and engine-braking param-
eters. It's incredibly easy to get lost
in the electronic maze that is the
M's dash, and I'll admit even in the
time I had it in my garage, I never
got close to mastering it.
(Right) Carbon
fiber wheels, yes
please! (Below)
205 horsepower
and 83 lb-ft
of torque lurk
within this motor.
Check out those
beautiful rearsets
and footpegs.
