New S1000RR and VVT BMW Boxer

A SPY shot of BMW’s next-generation S1000RR has emerged on the cover of Germany’s Motorrad magazine showing an almost completely new bike.

While the engine appears to be based on the existing four-cylinder – already making 199hp and likely to breach 200hp next year – the chassis and styling are new. Still using a beam frame, it’s even possible that the new bike will adopt the carbon-fibre technology of the HP4 Race, although perhaps only in a high-spec derivative initially. From Motorrad's cover it’s hard to tell the frame’s material, although it’s certainly a carbon shade of black with a bright aluminium section at the swingarm pivot.

Unusually, the bike also adopts a new swing-arm with its bracing underneath rather than above the main arm. It’s a popular layout in racing but rarely used on modern road bikes as the under-braced arm tends to get in the way of the large exhaust collector box. Such a box is visible on the prototype, but it’s shaped to make space for the new swing-arm.

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New S1000RR and VVT BMW Boxer

Motorrad magazine in Germany spills the beans