If you’ve been following the unrolling saga of BMW’s new S 1000 RR wünder-bike, you’ve seen it go from rumor to concept to unveiling to the announcement of the new street model. But maybe you were as incredulous as I was when presented with the news that the bike would be priced competitively – within $1,000 – of the Japanese Supersports, which range from the $11,799 Kawasaki ZX-10R to the $12,999 Honda CBR1000RR ($13,999 with ABS).
“No way!” declared the Internet peanut gallery, in between criticizing the bike’s asymmetrical headlamps and lambasting the styling for looking too much like a Japanese design, “it’ll be $20,000 and won’t perform like a Japanese 1000.”
Fellas, I hate to break it to you, but a local dealer is now taking deposits for January delivery, locking in pricing at the MSRP of …Â Details