BMW S1000RR Motorcycle is crowned Machine of the year
BMW S1000RR Motorcycle is crowned Machine of the year
BMW Motorrad’s first ever supersports machine, the class-leading S1000 RR has taken two highly prestigious MCN (Motorcycle News) Awards. Both awards ‘Machine of the year’, and ‘Sportsbike over 751cc’ stand side by side with BMW’s R 1200 RT, the best-selling touring motorcycle in the UK, winning the ‘Tourer of the year award’.
The UK’s biggest selling motorcycle publication, Motorcycle News both judged and presented the yearly MCN Awards, recognising technical innovations, sales success, amazing feats as well as the best and brightest people in the industry.
The S 1000 RR blew the judges away by securing the most competitive award category of all: MCN’s ‘Machine of the Year’. The S 1000 RR was universally praised by MCN and took the award. MCN said: “The BMW was head and shoulders above the rest. We are proud that the S 1000 RR will be joining the long list of iconic winners from MCN’s 55-year history.”
BMW’s first ever sportsbike also took the ‘Sports Bike over 751cc’ award. MCN said: “The most respected, the most feared and most capable superbike ever allowed into the hands of the public. The S 1000 RR is simply staggering in every single way.”
The judges also praised the bike’s racing successes. In its first year, the S 1000 RR has taken the British Superbike EVO crown, the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship, the FIM European Superstock title, the Finnish Superbike Championship, the Spanish Superbike Stock Extreme Championship, the French Superbike Championship and many other race victories in championships worldwide.
Marc Potter, MCN’s editor and head of the judging panel, said of the S 1000 RR: “That you can get such an incredible and race-winning package, including traction control and anti-wheelie, on a road bike that defies belief. The fact that it works as a complete package and that BMW has literally left every other sports bike gasping at its first attempt is phenomenal.”
The Boxer-twin powered R 1200 RT Tourer was crowned MCN’s Tourer of the Year as it is the UK’s best-selling touring motorcycle. MCN said: “Ask anyone in the MCN office which bike they’d chose if sent to the south of France and it would be the big BMW each and every time. It handles so well with or without a pillion and luggage.”
Adrian Roderick, BMW Motorrad General Manager, said: “The S 1000 RR has been a phenomenal success both on the track and in the showroom. It’s been praised by media and owners alike; it’s delivered two highly-competitive British racing championships in its first year on the track and won a number of national and international awards.
“MCN’s Awards are a very welcome recognition of the direction that BMW Motorrad is moving in. Our first ever attempt at a supersports bike has been a huge success, which shows that our decision to enter into new sectors of the market was the right one. But to also win the Tourer of the Year award reaffirms BMW’s traditional place at the head of the touring category.”
The UK’s biggest selling motorcycle publication, Motorcycle News both judged and presented the yearly MCN Awards, recognising technical innovations, sales success, amazing feats as well as the best and brightest people in the industry.
The S 1000 RR blew the judges away by securing the most competitive award category of all: MCN’s ‘Machine of the Year’. The S 1000 RR was universally praised by MCN and took the award. MCN said: “The BMW was head and shoulders above the rest. We are proud that the S 1000 RR will be joining the long list of iconic winners from MCN’s 55-year history.”
BMW’s first ever sportsbike also took the ‘Sports Bike over 751cc’ award. MCN said: “The most respected, the most feared and most capable superbike ever allowed into the hands of the public. The S 1000 RR is simply staggering in every single way.”
The judges also praised the bike’s racing successes. In its first year, the S 1000 RR has taken the British Superbike EVO crown, the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship, the FIM European Superstock title, the Finnish Superbike Championship, the Spanish Superbike Stock Extreme Championship, the French Superbike Championship and many other race victories in championships worldwide.
Marc Potter, MCN’s editor and head of the judging panel, said of the S 1000 RR: “That you can get such an incredible and race-winning package, including traction control and anti-wheelie, on a road bike that defies belief. The fact that it works as a complete package and that BMW has literally left every other sports bike gasping at its first attempt is phenomenal.”
The Boxer-twin powered R 1200 RT Tourer was crowned MCN’s Tourer of the Year as it is the UK’s best-selling touring motorcycle. MCN said: “Ask anyone in the MCN office which bike they’d chose if sent to the south of France and it would be the big BMW each and every time. It handles so well with or without a pillion and luggage.”
Adrian Roderick, BMW Motorrad General Manager, said: “The S 1000 RR has been a phenomenal success both on the track and in the showroom. It’s been praised by media and owners alike; it’s delivered two highly-competitive British racing championships in its first year on the track and won a number of national and international awards.
“MCN’s Awards are a very welcome recognition of the direction that BMW Motorrad is moving in. Our first ever attempt at a supersports bike has been a huge success, which shows that our decision to enter into new sectors of the market was the right one. But to also win the Tourer of the Year award reaffirms BMW’s traditional place at the head of the touring category.”
