VOL. 51 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 P79
BEST MADE
BETTER?
creasingly purchased for track day
use rather than ridden on the public
highway, the resurgence in 200bhp
street-legal superbike sales has
been given an added kick with the
debut at Intermot in October of the
heavily updated BMW S1000RR
that is effectively the limited-edition
HP4 version of the original model
transformed into volume production
guise—and then some [see Techni-
A
fter stagnating for some
time in terms of new
models—the Ducati
Panigale three years ago was
the last all-new such platform to
debut in the marketplace—the two-
wheeled hypersports sector is cur-
rently experiencing something of a
revival, spearheaded by the long-
awaited debut of the new Yamaha
R1. Even if such bikes are ever in-
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALBERTO MARTINEZ, JORG KUNSTLE AND ARNOLD DEBUS
The S1000RR is
ready to race,
even without
removing any
of its street
equipment.
BMW STEPS IT UP WITH THE NEW S1000RR
