Topic: KWS dyno charts of the new BMW 1000RR...wow

[MRieck]

http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=251163

[Inigo Montoya]

You must be talking about their new sport bike. Read a couple articles on it and the rags seem pretty impressed by it.

[bucky katt]

wow, nearly 200 hp at the wheel! i need one.......................badly. i love the beemer twins but their fours are something else, reliable and fast as hell.

[hoodellyhoo]

What amazes me is that this is their first go at building a 1000cc japanese-style sport bike and they just blew everything else out of the water. And the price isn't too much higher either.

[754]

Its their 2nd go at it.. In )7 they were at Bonneville running for records with the first one.

 Methinks strong Beemer presence at BuB this year, hope they have the demo rides this year, I want to go on them.. missed them in 07, was wearing shorts on the 836 that day.. they wouldnt let me ride..

 Their Demo rides were cool, 50 miles or more.. and a long backroad desert course for the offroad models..  still wear my >>>XPLOR hat they gave me

[mlinder]

What amazes me is that this is their first go at building a 1000cc japanese-style sport bike and they just blew everything else out of the water. And the price isn't too much higher either.

They did the same thing back in 76 with the r90s. First AMA superbike championship.

1. Steve McLaughlin, BMW

2. Reg Pridmore, BMW

3. Cook Neilson, Ducati

4. Wes Cooley, Kawasaki

5. Mike Baldwin, Moto-Guzzi

6. Kurt Lenz, Kawasaki

7. Terry Thompson, Kawasaki

8. Kurt Liebman, Ducati

9. Art Kowitz, Kawasaki

10. Fred Waiti, Kawasaki

* *************************
Date: August 01 1976

1. Reg Pridmore, BMW

2. Keith Code, Kawasaki

3. Mike Parriott, Kawasaki

4. Dick Fuller, Yamaha

5. James Haverlin, Triumph 750

6. Will Hardin, Kawasaki

7. Tip McPartland, Kawasaki 750

8. Dick Kilgroe, Kawasaki

* ***************************
Date: October 03 1976

1. Reg Pridmore, BMW

2. Cook Neilson, Ducati

3. Steve McLaughlin, BMW

4. Gary Fischer, BMW

5. Wes Cooley, Kawasaki

6. Mike Parriott, Kawasaki

7. Lang Hindle, Kawasaki

8. Steve Maloney, Triumph

9. Keith Code, Kawasaki

10. Dick Kilgrove, Kawasaki


(I used to know Gary)

Basically, if BMW commits to some sort of racing thing, they do it to win, and they usually do.

[Trav-i]

When I was at the AMA races last Saturday at Road Atlanta I got to see one up close.  They are pretty awesome machines.  Right now there is only one person racing it in the Superbike class (he was doing vrey well until he crashed in turn 12, right in front of me),  the only draw back I thought I heard his team mention is the lack of support from BMW.  They seem to be on their own so to speak, which is why no one else is ruinning them right now.

I'm sure as BMW see's how competive their bike is more support both technical and monitarily will become available.

[mlinder]

My guess is BMW will put together a real racing team with it.

[Trav-i]

My guess is BMW will put together a real racing team with it.

As they should, that is one awesome machine.  I think once they figure it out the other big 4 are going to have a tough time catching it.

[simon#42]

they have been racing it in world superbike for over a year now ,now in its second season it is starting to show some promise ,in superbike trim its as quick as the hondas and Yamaha's but a little slower than the suzuki and alot slower than the aprilias , they seem to have some problems with tyre management , start well then around half race distance they fade
  there are a few running in the british championships , steve brogan rides one in the superbike evo class [ standard engine  in superbike chassis ]  he is indirectly supported by the factory ,there are some problems with the bmw meeting the rules at the moment . all evo bikes have to use a control ecu and it doesn't work with the bm, however and depending upon who you listen to its either down to motec [ the ecu supplier ] or bmw , who wont give them the access codes . in superstock there are a couple of people running them , tris palmer being the best , surprisingly at thruxton last weekend [ one of our fastest tracks ] the bms where down on speed to the Kawasaki's and fireblades , this is probably more down to the standard ECU's traction control rather than the bikes outright power . the best dyno figures i have seen have it in the high 180s so not too much more than the opposition . there will be a bmw factory team in british superbike next year ......cant wait !

[techy5025]

A guy showed up with one of these at our bike ride Thursday night. Evidently, it has five "riding" modes and he has been using the tamest  mode which I believe is the "rain" mode. He said even that was impressive. I like the idea that braking control and engine power are adjusted based on measured lean angle...plus other things.  I hope the bike is reliable as BMW has had issues with that lately.

Jim

[simon#42]

its great for the road but even the track setting is a bit to crude for racing [ works great but cuts to much power ]  good to see bmw had there best results in world superbike at assen last weekend , corser had two hard earned fifths 

[bucky katt]

completely different from anything BMW has ever done................i like it