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    FILLING THE SPORTSBIKE VOID?

    Apr 01, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS: Matt Hull
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    BMW

    Back in 2015, only a company as large as BMW could have been brave enough to bring out the S1000XR. Get the 160bhp engine from your sportsbike you built for World Superbikes, retune it for more usable power, then stick it in a comfortable and practical road chassis that sits high and commanding, but without any pseudo off-road pretentions to compromise it and keep the weight down. Would it fill the void the dying sportsbike market had left?

    Sit high up without a cramped position, have the ability to carry pillion and luggage, enjoy enough suspension travel to cope with real-roads riding, without looking like you’re heading to Dakar. For some it still is the perfect basis for a fast roadbike. Yet it wasn’t a new idea. Yamaha have consistently wheeled

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