This is as special
a production
superbike as you
can possibly buy
in 2025. They
won't get much
faster than this
in the future, you
can bet on that.
VOLUME 62 ISSUE 29 JULY 22, 2025 P119
tings. After all, we had the main course, Toprak's
factory bike, ready and waiting for us in the pits.
Read that test here.
BMW claims a mere 427 pounds ready to ride
with the 2025 M, which is a teeny-weeny bit heavi-
er than it was in 2024 (think about 2.1 pounds).
That
being said, the 2025 M is remarkably light
on its tires/feet and will change its line at the
first hint of rider input. Running a little wide?
slowing from Cremona's three-quarter-mile back
straight, and when negotiating the left-right-left
switchbacks that lead you onto the front straight.
The front is graced with a 45mm KYB fork and
KYB monoshock, both of which are set up rather
taught as a base setting. This should come as
no surprise given the M's track-biased ethos, and
given we only had a quick 15-minute session on
it at Cremona, we didn't mess with the stock set
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