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    Long-Distance Speedster

    Oct 13, 2020 4 minutes
    Story by David Booth

    I really don’t think BMW needed to focus-group hundreds of first-generation S1000XR owners to glean that the most significant improvement it could make to its original adventure sports bike was reducing the revvy, superbike-derived engine’s incessant vibration. Pretty much every motorcycle journalist told them that five years ago, when the XR was introduced, and I’m guessing the company’s dealers also heard it from customers.

    In superbike format, BMW’s 999 cc four was already vibey enough; spooning on an adventure bike’s wide, dirt bike-style handlebar just made it worse. We’re talking seriously annoying high-frequency vibration at highway speeds, exacerbated because BMW

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