ZWARTKOPS, Pretoria BMW Motorrad SA has launched the 2015 S1000RR at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway, some months after its debut at Intermot in late 2014.
While retaining all of its predecessors’ sporty character, BMW said it had paid particular attention to designing the bike to be even more rider-friendly.
Before allowing the media to test the bikes on the track BMW’s brand ambassador and Super-GP rider Lance Isaacs explained some of the technical aspects of the brand-new design. Included is the fact that the new RR has been given four kW more power (to 146 at 13 000rpm) and a more linear torque curve with a broad plateau from 9500-12 000rpm and a maximum of 113Nm.