Precision Perfection
IT’S FINALLY HERE. TEN YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL SHOOK UP THE SUPERBIKE scene and sent other manufacturers back to the drawing board, the 2019 BMW S 1000 RR is finally here. Four years in the making and all new from the ground up, the idea behind this motorcycle was to make it lighter, faster, and easier to ride than the outgoing bike. Did BMW Motorrad succeed in this quest to build a better motorcycle? We head to the Buddh International Circuit a day after the new S 1000 RR’s Indian launch to find out.
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first; that distinctive asymmetrical face is sadly now a thing of the past. It has been replaced by a sharp new visage with a pair of small matching LED headlights placed on either side of the central air intake. BMW officials claimed that the idea was to convey that this is a completely new machine, with no parts carried over from the outgoing bike — we also believe that saving weight played a major part in this decision. The old projector headlamps are a lot heavier than these tiny LED units, and their discontinuation would have made a sizeable contribution to the extensive weight loss that is a highlight of this new model.
Since we’re on the topic of weight loss, think about this:
