EXCWSIVE 200 AMAZING MILES ON HONDA'SV~s + VFR1200F ...

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Words Simon Hargreaves Photography Paul Bryant
'Sayhello to the most
powerful praduction
bike in the world'
Bike lays its hands on the first BMW S1000RR
in the country and puts it through its first ever
dyno run. Initially there's disbelief, then it dawns
- here'S the moment that everything changed
As the redlined screams of a 1000cc inline four fade into a damp,
mid-winter night, the number on a grubby computer monitor in
a small, dimly-lit dyno room in the middle of nowhere bears
testament to the birth of a new era in sportsbikes.
The computer display shows 183.7bhp at 13,200rpm.I'1i say that again:
183.7 brake horsepower. Mein Gott.
Fingers poke at the screen, collective jaws hit the floor. Grown men who
should be above this sort of thing grin like naughty schoolboys.
This is a huge number. It towers over Aprilia's RSV4 Factory and Ducati's
1198S by more than 30bhp. It's 18php up on the ZX-10R, Japan's most powerful
litre sportsbike. And it's 3.7bhp better than Suzuki's Hayabusa, previously the
most potent stock engine Bike has ever tested. And all this from an engine with
only 400 miles on its bores, so a few more bhp may emerge as it loosens up.
As welcomes go, it doesn't get much better than this. Sportsbike UK, say hello
to the most powerful production bike in the world, the BMW S1000RR.
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160 . BMW 51000RR
FULL POWER
183.7bhp @13,200rpm
140 ..,. .. BMW S1000RR
RAIN MODE
139.3bhP @ 12,900rpm
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BMWS1000RR
dynograph
The SlOOORR has four
engine maps: Rain,
Sport, Race and Slick
At full throttle, the last
three modes make
identical peak power,
so the line is exactly the
same for all three. Rain
mode matches the
other three up to
7000rpm but power is
then held back to peak
at 'only' 139.3bhp See
how the BMW matches
up to its rivals on the
next page.
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