Some companies have substance-free marketing and some win races. After doubleheader wins at Portimao, Monza and Salt Lake City, Aprilia is leading the SBK manufacturer's championship while BMW is second to last. Both the RSV4 and S1000RR are in their…
A couple of years ago, the thought of a BMW establishing itself on top of the superbike pile was laughable. But the BMW S1000RR is doing just that, making the pipe-and-slippers brand the performance bike to have for 2010, eclipsing…
There exists in New York a small cadre of underground riders who do incredibly dangerous things on sportsbikes. Despite creating an incredibly negative perception of all motorcyclists among the general public and the police, these specific riders are nevertheless highly…
This one comes at us from Paul Lozba at Romania's Motoflash who noticed that while all the Japanese and European competition use heavily stylized Rs in their logos, the BMW S1000RR makes do with a fairly plain, italicized font. That…
Long known for their self-deprecating, totally not cheesy in the least sense of humor, ze Germans at Continental Tires have applied that to this BMW S1000RR. The rest of the modifications are just catalog bolt-ons, so let's focus instead on…
Ruben Xaus had a terrible opening weekend at Phillip Island last week, crashing three times during practice leaving him with no spare bikes for race day. Then, during Sunday's warm up, he lost his front end while braking and wiped…
Know the old tablecloth trick? The one where you whip the tablecloth out from underneath a fully set table without knocking anything over. It's pretty cool when you do it on a small table, but what if you could whip…