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BMW S 1000 RR wins Fast Bikes magazine’s Sportsbike of the Year Award

22/07/2010
The BMW S 1000 RR took the award in Future Publishing’s Fast Bikes annual Sportsbike of the Year competition.

BMW Motorrad’s new sportsbike triumphed over competition from Japan, Italy and the UK – including the Honda Fireblade, Ducati 1198 S Corse, Aprilia RSV4 R and Triumph Daytona 675.

Ten bikes were taken to the Circuit d'Alcarràs near Barcelona. With identical Bridgestone BT-003RS control tyres fitted to every machine, Fast Bikes’ team of experienced testers knuckled down for a mammoth 984 laps of hard riding and long nights of judging and elimination until one bike was declared the winner – the BMW S 1000 RR.

Alastair Fagan, lead tester on Sportsbike of the Year, said: “There aren’t enough superlatives to throw at the BMW. We need to invent some new words, but ‘utterly special’ will suffice for now.”

The testers praised the S 1000 RR for its advanced traction control, getting the lowest lap time of the entire competition and for making 179bhp on their dyno test. Fast Bikes Editor Richard Newland said ‘this really is a phenomenal achievement and a truly incredible bike.’

In addition to Fast Bikes’ Sportsbike of the Year 2010, the S 1000 RR also came out top in Spanish magazine Motociclismo’s prestigious Masterbike challenge, an international competition involving 20 motorcycles and 16 publications from the around the world including the UK, Europe, Australia, the USA and India.

Adrian Roderick, General Manager of BMW Motorrad UK, said: “The S 1000 RR is BMW’s first all-out supersport machine and we’re over the moon with the reception it’s been given. It’s been a massive sales success in the UK – it’s the overall best selling bike over 125cc in the first half of 2010. The feedback we get on the S 1000 RR from the press and owners makes the hard work and development worthwhile”.