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BMW Superbike – S 1000 RR

BMW Superbike - S 1000 RR
Director of BMW’s motorcycle or “Motorrad” division, Hendrik von Kuenheim, debuted the company’s newest bike in a whole new class of motorcycle for the German company.

The 2009 S 1000 RR will be BMW’s first Supersport bike and helps to mark the company’s entry into the Superbike World Championship. Essentially a racing bike for the road, the S 1000 RR is powered by a 1.0-liter inline-four of as yet unspecified output. The company tells us that the powerplant will meet the power, performance, weight, and package requirements for a superbike in “typical BMW style,” which we take to mean that it’s quite fast.

BMW Superbike - S 1000 RR

BMW plans on building 1,000 examples of the bike in the first production run, which will be available for purchase by next year. Enjoy a browse through our S 1000 RR gallery below, or click through the jump to read von Kuenheim’s speech officially announcing the new sports bike.