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Racer Valerie Thompson Rides BMW S 1000 RR to 208.81 mph Bonneville Record

Racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats requires more than a little good luck. Weather plays such an important role in the speed of the salt and whether the event is even held at all. This year, Valerie Thompson experienced the full spectrum of Bonneville racing.

2023 BMW M 1000 R Review - First Ride

Excessive excellence Credit: Photos by BMW Motorrad/Markus Jahn and Jörg Künstle Nothing succeeds like excess – and by concocting the 2023 M 1000 R (or “MR” as they’d like us to call it), BMW is doing its best to confirm the truth of that axiom in a two-wheeled context. How else to characterize a Naked-as-Nature straight-Four hotrod with upright handlebar and no screen, which has a 14,600 rpm redline and produces a claimed 206.5 hp at 13,750rpm, with claimed peak torque of 83.3 lb-ft at 11,000rpm, that has a homologated/proven top speed of 174 mph and weighs just 438.7 lbs with all liquids, including a full 4.4-gallon tank of fuel? Consider that just a decade ago the factory S1000RR Superbike racer which BMW’s works riders Troy Corser and Leon Haslam raced in the 2011 WSBK series produced 216 bhp at 14,900 rpm, and it’s clear that the new MR super-roadster is a statement of intent that can’t be ignored.

BMW Motorrad USA Encourages Riders to Seize the Day and Hit the Road

Someday could be any day, so why not make it today. Life’s short and you never know what could happen, or when, so BMW is encouraging all riders to seize the moment and hit the open road with friends, family and loved ones to live a little. The video below is pretty inspiring as it depicts an impromptu motorcycle adventure shared by a brother and sister where they drop what they’re doing, turn their cell phones off and live in the moment – something we all should do a little more often… Begin Release: WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ – February 23, 2018 – Young and old, aspiring and experienced, female and male: everyone has an adventure that they dream of taking someday.