2009 S1000RR

The one that changed the game forever. Obviously, the same can't be said about Bruce.

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You can't have a list of S1000RR highlights without the original S1000RR on it. It's easy to forget that this was BMW's very first attempt at building a sportsbike, providing the biggest reset in the sector since the original Fireblade back in 1992.

In absolutely every single measurable way, the first-generation S1000RR was not just better, but superior on a whole different level to anything else that existed at the time. There was not a single motorcycle in production that could hold a candle to the BMW in any department. The big game-changing elements of the first S1000RR were its engine and electronics. Of course, there were other things that made it stand apart. However, at 190bhp, the engine is by today's standards STILL a huge amount of power - way more than we'd ever seen at the time, and 15 years later still enough to make all but a couple of litre bikes look a bit wheezy.