BMW will be unveiling their 2009 World Superbike debut entrant to massive expectation at The Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show. The BMW S 1000 RR signifies the German marque’s desire to take on the Japanese and Italian factories in this white hot racing arena. World Superbike stars Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus will head up this exciting new project and development is expected to influence future machines, including a road going version of the S 1000 RR, planned to go on sale in early 2010. Heavily updated BMW bikes for the Show include a range of more powerful, bigger engined, K series machines which now feature a capacity of 1,293 cc. The BMW K 1300 S, K 1300 R and K 1300 GT have all received these significant changes with the 2009 K 1300 S, the most powerful street legal BMW, now offering 175 hp and an impressive torque figure of 103 ft-lb at 8250 rpm.
The releases include the new K 1300 S - a top-of-the-range hypersports bike and the fastest and most powerful BMW to date; the K 1300 R - a striking, muscular naked bike, with extremely high performance; the most technically advanced machine in its class, and the K 1300 GT - a fast, comfortable and supreme tourer, the GT is quite simply the best sports tourer BMW Motorrad has ever made.