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BMW S1000R SPORT

Anything that shares an engine with the BWW S1000RR is going to get a thumbs up from us here at . Okay, so the R only pushes out 165bhp (rather than the 199bhp of the RR), but that hardly makes it a slouch. At £12,965 the Beemer is the cheapest of the four European bikes, even in its ‘Sport’ version which comes with sexy extras like LED indicators, heated grips, cruise control, a quickshifter and blipper – interestingly though the sexy Akrapovic titanium end can comes as standard on the £11,190

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