127 Hours With A BMW S1000XR

Is the BMW S1000XR the perfect blend of a superbike and tourer?

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📖 CHAPTERS
0:00 What Is The XR?
0:54 Did I Make The Right Choice?
1:22 Immediate Quriks
2:29 Compromises
3:53 Highway
5:11 Corners
6:26 Engine
7:12 Insta360
8:41 Engine Continued
9:17 Town Riding
9:47 Styling
10:58 Brakes
11:42 Tech
13:36 Passenger Amenities
14:17 Is The XR The Perfect Blend
15:46 Scoring

[rhudseljamesuy]

Still waiting for the part 3 of rebuilding the Honda CBR1000r🙏

[NutzerAZ]

9:05 That is exactly the core message of the video.
I had the XR for a day and the engine characteristics tempt you to push further and further.
In Germany on the Autobahn, it ran at 260kmh/160mph, and that was frighteningly good.
I was glad when I could get back on my GS...

[CesarMartinez-wvdm]

Traded my 22 CBR1000RR for the XR, absolutely love it. Started a longer commute and needed something more comfortable. Plenty of power and it feels more fun to ride than being hunched over. Great looks and rides well. Cruise control is a life saver

[greatkingrat]

This is my favourite up and coming channel. It’s just getting better and better all of the time.

[clayfarnet]

I test rode a ‘24 XR. Beautiful machine. Rode in dynamic pro the entire time. The most interesting thing I found was while in sixth gear at 40mph it felt like it was third gear. When I hit the gas, it took off. Nice torque cure throughout. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t trade my RT for it anytime soon.

[ravivSimplyRide]

As someone who rode both bikes the SDR and the 2022 XR, I will take the XR any day. In fact that is what I did.
The XR is simply an amazing machine. There is in the UK a Tuning shop called (BHPUK) they did my ECU curve. The 'hole' on the power band simply vanished.
The only thing about the XR is that once you own one, there is no other bike that can compete with it - so in a way you are locked into BMW.

Score wise, my calculation came to 57 - only as my riding partner finds the boxes to be a little bit too high which make it harder for her to climb up and down.

[HaydenAlerte]

I have a 1st Gen 2016 S1000XR, and I mostly agree with your positioning of the bike… However, if you take a look at what BrentTuning is doing with this bike (especially on new the M1000XR), you might soon move this bike to #1 or at least tie with the Super Duke.

As an experienced older rider with an aging back, the XR is bloody fast and many times I’ve left ‘faster’ inexperienced sport bike riders snorting my dust.

And THAT is what makes this bike so cool.

It’s fast, sits commandingly high, easy to ride, yet leaves many motorists perplexed as to ‘who, what, huh???’ Just flew by them. 😎

I’m never selling that bike. It’s a BEAST with a ton of potential. With the right exhaust, engine upgrades, tires, and tune, it can rip up many roads and tracks.

It’s a sleeper.

Honestly, I think you should try the M1000XR and if you can find one tuned and flashed by BrentTuning, I have a feeling you’ll really enjoy the ride.

Til then…

Ride Safe! And thanks for your review.

✌️😎

[Realworldhan]

I love my 23 XR..it is very smooth…no vibration and a decent amount of torque for a four pot..but can be a bit flat at the bottom I am 60 so it suits me..

[NobIe]

5:20 rather than changing the suspension setting then the riding mode. All you have to do is change the riding mode and it will put the suspension into dynamic

[macdaddy]

I’m on my second XR, 2016, and now my 21. You nailed it on the scoring. One thing tho having owned a 1290 super duke, when going from a V twins torque to a in line four on the XR? Simply ride it like a 500CC motorcrosser, you’ll never miss the 1290 again

[BaldurM]

15:25 The little burble after downshifting or closing the throttle quickly might actually not be preprogrammed but actually an integral emissions thing.
That is definitely the case for many Euro 3 (up untill 2017) bikes

It comes from air that is being injected into the exhaust to burn off excess fuel, so it cant get out into the envoronment in an unburned state.

[jasonleitao]

I would score it 60/60 and definitely have one in my collection.

[MINGxLIFE]

My xr is now stage 2 tuned, and now it’s rides how it must have been from factory … more low end power doesn’t get hot any more and it Mutch faster, 175hp and 130nm . If you can ride this bike good then many sport bikes will be impressed . Truly one of the best bikes I have ever ridden and own. But sometimes it does lak feeling, it’s because the bike is so perfect 🤣

[JulioVillavicencio-rusn]

Love my 2023 S1000XR in racing red. Had a 2011 S1000RR and loved it as well.

[bigdoddyloco]

I just bought a 2021 s1000xr. Its everything you described. And i think a very good score. It is refined and smooth.

[NinetyEightRon]

Great review. Couldn’t agree more, one of my favourite bikes of all time, and the perfect one-bike solution for the faster road rider

[AntaresSQ]

11:24 Other way around. The rears are Brembo callipers branded BMW, the fronts are the same Brembo M4.32 callipers found on the previous gen XR

[SuperSnallygaster]

It really is the best sports-tourer you can buy right now. I use mine as you described - 3 hours on the interstate to get to the mountain roads.It's also a decent daily rider and commuter.

[terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff]

Switch to the Dynamic rider mode and the damping will automatically change to dynamic.

[TheGeekZone]

I came very close to buying one of these myself. In the end I went with the BMW R1250RS. While they are both BMW sport tourers the R has more useable low down torque that can be ridden in any gear. IF you like to ride two up then the R1250RS is a better choice. Although there are things I definitely still love more about the XR.