Description
This is Lot 250 in the Bonhams Spring Stafford Sale on April 20 & 21, please see the Bonhams website for full details.
Former British Superbike Championship contender
Raced by Buildbase-sponsored Barry Burrell throughout 2012
Best result 4th (at Brands Hatch)
Introduced in 2009, the S1000RR was BMW's first venture into cutting-edge superbike territory, enabling the German firm to compete head-on with its Japanese and Italian rivals. And compete it did, delivering a class-leading 190bhp at the rear wheel courtesy of an 80mm-bore engine that was the most over-square in its class. The advanced electronics offered the rider a choice of four power modes, while the S1000RR Sport version came with a quick-shifter, race ABS, and DTC traction control as standard. "The BMW feels like it could do 10-second quarter-miles without breaking a sweat and pass the 'gentlemen's agreement' 186mph limit in record time," declared Motor Cycle News. "Handling in standard trim will make the other manufacturers wince with embarrassment."
And while the BMW S1000RR (and its M1000RR derivative) has yet to win either the World Superbike or British Superbike Championships, it has proved the absolute master of the Isle of Man TT course, winning 19 races since its first victory in 2014, courtesy of Michael Dunlop, to demonstrate an unrivalled capability on real roads. Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW M1000RR) currently holds the TT lap record with an average speed of 136. 358mph.
Privateer Barry Burrell campaigned this Buildbase-sponsored BMW S1000RR in the 2012 British Superbike Championship, finishing 14th overall in the Championship at the season's end with a best result of 4th place at Brands Hatch in October (Race 2). Barry is still competing, and in 2024 will be entered by Halliwell Jones Motorrad in the BMW F900 R Cup Series, a support series of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. The machine comes with an Oxford Products rear paddock stand.
