I thought seeing as i've just signed up for the premium membership here i'd write up my progress and story with my Hockenheim silver S1000RR.
It all started in December 2018 when I placed an order for a M-sport edition which I had seen at the NEC showed and loved it.
Roll on to August 2019, almost one year later and my bike finally showed up.. it was one of the first in the country at the time i believe. I was very close to cancelling the order given the time it was taking for the bikes to come through.
Here she is on collection day:
The BMW was joining my KTM 1290 Superduke and Aprilia RSV4 RF which was my current sports bike and track weapon.
Once run in, it was off to her first track day at Bedford
Unfortunately it rained most of the day, but i managed one dry session in the morning. It was enough to leave its mark on me.. the bike was fantastic. It felt unbelievably light and blisteringly fast, much more so than my current 2017 RSV4.
As it got towards the end of the year i was beginning to question if i really needed three bikes to sit in the garage over the winter not being used. I decided to sell one, it was between the RSV4 RF and S1000RR. I decided to sell the S1000RR as i would lose no money on it at the time and the RSV4 would be my dedicated sports bike going forward. My plan was to maybe swap the RSV4 in 2020 at some point (or just keep it longer)
However, things didn't work out too well from there. Late September 2019 the Aprilia decided to drop a valve... leading to catastrophic engine failure and a ?10k bill for a new engine. After several months of waiting and stripping the engine down, Aprilia decided they would pay most of the bill as a good will gesture (it was 2 months out of warranty and only had 3,500 miles on it), leaving me to pay 'only' ?2,000.
Once the Aprilia was fixed and run in, it was going to be sold. I knew exactly what i wanted to replace it with... another gen4 S1000RR. However, this time I decided it was going to spend a fair but of time on track and therefore I wanted a standard non M-sport bike. My friend had just cancelled their standard S1000RR order and gave me their build slot and my new Hockenheim silver S1000RR arrived on Christmas eve! It's completely standard apart from the paint and the 'riding pro' electronics pack.
It all started in December 2018 when I placed an order for a M-sport edition which I had seen at the NEC showed and loved it.
Roll on to August 2019, almost one year later and my bike finally showed up.. it was one of the first in the country at the time i believe. I was very close to cancelling the order given the time it was taking for the bikes to come through.
Here she is on collection day:
The BMW was joining my KTM 1290 Superduke and Aprilia RSV4 RF which was my current sports bike and track weapon.
Once run in, it was off to her first track day at Bedford
Unfortunately it rained most of the day, but i managed one dry session in the morning. It was enough to leave its mark on me.. the bike was fantastic. It felt unbelievably light and blisteringly fast, much more so than my current 2017 RSV4.
As it got towards the end of the year i was beginning to question if i really needed three bikes to sit in the garage over the winter not being used. I decided to sell one, it was between the RSV4 RF and S1000RR. I decided to sell the S1000RR as i would lose no money on it at the time and the RSV4 would be my dedicated sports bike going forward. My plan was to maybe swap the RSV4 in 2020 at some point (or just keep it longer)
However, things didn't work out too well from there. Late September 2019 the Aprilia decided to drop a valve... leading to catastrophic engine failure and a ?10k bill for a new engine. After several months of waiting and stripping the engine down, Aprilia decided they would pay most of the bill as a good will gesture (it was 2 months out of warranty and only had 3,500 miles on it), leaving me to pay 'only' ?2,000.
Once the Aprilia was fixed and run in, it was going to be sold. I knew exactly what i wanted to replace it with... another gen4 S1000RR. However, this time I decided it was going to spend a fair but of time on track and therefore I wanted a standard non M-sport bike. My friend had just cancelled their standard S1000RR order and gave me their build slot and my new Hockenheim silver S1000RR arrived on Christmas eve! It's completely standard apart from the paint and the 'riding pro' electronics pack.
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