Loving my new S1000R Sport

[andy tims]

So after a bit of a delay the BMW S1000R Sport was available for collection late July – My riding was interrupted by a 2 week holiday, so it’s not quite run in yet, but I'm can use up to 9k RPM and it's bloody quick.

I've fitted a tail tidy (new plate fitted after these pictures were taken) and a rad / oil cooler guard plus some front & rear spindle protectors all from Evotech but other than that the bike is as it came with the Akro end can, HP levers and larger screen fitted by BMW.









This bike is an absolute hoot.

I can’t wait until the 1st service is out of the way and I can access all the revs + Dynamic Pro mode.

[andy tims]

trickywoo said:

Walter Sobchak said:

what the hell is dynamic pro mode?.

A setting on the semi-active suspension (HP4 style).

Well nearly. It's one of riding modes that alter throttle response, traction control and extent of ABS intervention, anti-wheelie etc. From new you get Rain, Road and Dynamic. Dynamic Pro gives the lowest level of intervention and is enabled by the dealer at 1st service.

TC and ABS can also be switched off independently if you wish.

The suspension damping is also electronically adjustable - you get soft, normal and hard for 1 or 2 up at the press of a button, in addition to being able to adjust preload manually to suit ride weight.

Clever stuff - fingers crossed it's reliable over time.

[andy tims]

Renn Sport said:

Nice bike... I just cant get on with the headlights at all.

It does have a face only a mother could love.

At least I don't have to look at them when riding

[andy tims]

mike-r said:

I like that it has 'Sport' in its name. Is there a Comfort version?

There is a lower spec base version with less kit e.g it doesn't have the electronic damper control or the quick shifter.

[andy tims]

btdk5 said:

Does anyone do a belly pan to cover up the exhaust box??

Yes, but the decent ones I have seen are quite expensive. Should be more choice over the coming months.

[andy tims]

ZesPak said:

btdk5 said:

Come on then, enough of the digs.....what happened?

There's an entire thread dedicated to it. He'll probably link to it later. Let's not kill the OP's joy.

Seen that thread before & it doesn't read well, but then there are horror stories about pretty well every product in the world where someone has suffered product failure compounded by poor dealer / retailer service. If we believed that it was going to happen to us, we'd never buy a new car, bike, washine machine ever again, but sometimes you just have to go for it and take a chance.

BMW have certainly had a few more QC issues in recent times and buying a new model is always more risky than waiting until they've been out a while, but after test riding one of these, I just had to have it.

As for the comparison with Japanese quality - this is the first non-Japanese bike I've had (I still have a GSXR-750) and it's nice to work on a bike where torx fixings are used most of the time, rather than hex head bolts or push fit plastic poppers.

[andy tims]

Walter Sobchak said:

Is the electronically adjustable suspension available on the newer RRs too?, interesting stuff.

It was on the HP4. Not sure if it's been / being extended into the "regular" models.

[andy tims]

btdk5 said:

Does anyone do a belly pan to cover up the exhaust box??

Other than that, lovely bike.

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