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Tag: BMW S1000XR

  • Trip to Lake Päijänne

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    This was the only overnight motorcycle trip I made with my wife this summer!
    We were riding from our hometown in south-west Finland to Sysmä. It’s a small city on the eastside of lake Päijänne.
    On friday we ride to Sysmä like this:

    To Sysmä 250km

    In the beginning I was riding on the big road all the way to Hyvinkää. But from there I chose the smaller roads. We made first stop at Saloinen village.

    Old shop in Saloinen
    Saloinen center
    Lake Saloistenjärvi
    My bike

    We continued riding but soon it was time to stop for awhile and admire the sunset at Pulkkilanharju.

    At this point I was regretting that I didn’t take the drone with me! The sunset was so incredibly nice!!
    We slept in a small cabin in Sysmä Camping area and we ate breakfast in the hotel that was only few hundred meters away.
    It was still very early when we were already walking in Päijänne National Park and checking the viewing tower of Päijätsalo.

    After we left the National Park area the weather started to be much brighter! It was nice idea to stop at Vääksy Canal.

    Vääksy Canal has only 1 block and the surface height difference is 1,2 meters between Vesijärvi & Päijänne.
    The block is located under the (old) mainroad of the village!

    Bridge coming down

    This was my first time in Vääksy Canal -what a lovely place to spend even longer time!!
    We still made short stop at Hämeenkoski…

    And in Ylimmäistentie (to put on rainsuits because it was about to start raining!)

    Here you can see how the rainclouds are coming from the right (from the west)
    Saturday ride back home was about 290km’s

  • OneworldOneXR pictures moved

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    I have moved the Instagram pictures of this OneworldOneXR account here!

  • 2022 Colors of S1000XR

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    BMW released the new colors for 2022 models. We will have 3 new color themes and the first one is
    Triple Black met or Black storm metallic -maybe the most anticipated!

    Triple Black
    Black Storm Metallic

    The second Theme is the new Racing Red

    Racing Red
    Racing Red

    And the third Theme is Lightwhite or M Motorsport

    Lightwhite
    M Motorsport

  • BMW S1000XR sport

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    BMW was very early! BMW Group Press release came out today and it says:
    “BMW Motorrad model revision measures for the model year 2021”
    S1000XR is now available in “Style Sport” colour which is with Lightwhite non-metallic/ Racingblue metallic/ Racingred non-metallic. It looks like this:

    There will be also some new and additional things:
    – Titanium sports silencer, M Endurance chain, Windshield Sport, additional Core Screen with Laptimer.
    – Tank cover and card pocket in motorcycle colour.
    – Tour package with expanded content. USB charging port, new luggage rack with integrated holder for 30 l and 49 l topcase.
    – New optional equipment: M milled parts package*. M folding brake lever, M folding clutch lever, M engine protector left, M rider footrests right/left and M pillion passenger footrests right/left.

    This new colour with extended accessories should be ready to order from 1st of August! Check your nearest dealer!

  • S1000XR 2020 review

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    Today I took the testride with the S1000XR (New 2020 model). My wife was there with me so she could give some opinions about the rear seat and how the bike feels from her POV.

    IceGrey BMW S1000XR

    When you sit on the bike you can notice right away that the seat feels quite different. It’s more narrow and the edges are too sharp. Luckily I’m quite tall and my knees are coming quite high so I don’t feel this sharp edge almost at all. In my 150km testride I didn’t feel uncomfortable and I could ride longer trips easily!

    #OneWorldOneXR

    Then I notice the narrow handlebar. But it doesn’t bother me at all! Maybe I should’ve gone to some heavy traffic where you need to use the maximum steering… But in this kind of normal street riding it didn’t bother me (Even I like the wide bar of the old XR!)

    Boxroad in Sipoo Finland

    The bike feels maybe little bit lighter, it feels like it wants to take the corners tighter and faster -it reminded me about S1000R that I was riding back in 2014. All the buzz or vibration is gone from the handlebars but there was few times when I felt a little bit of buzz in the bike itself -somewhere around 4000rpm.

    Spjutsund pier

    Since I have owned already 3 XR’s it makes me think “Is this bike really so much better than my old XR?” The price of the new bike is about 4000 euros higher. Is it worth it?
    I think there is 2 correct answers to this question!
    1) No it is not worth it! Keep the old one and you will be very happy with it!
    2) Yes definitely! They made it little bit better, little bit more unique and little more nice in every way (except maybe the seat!)

    Bike by the sea

    My wife didn’t like the backseat of the bike. She thought it was too short and the handlers for her were too short also. They should go further behind the seat.
    One thing I found very interesting! There was 1 page in this new TFT screen where you can see the leaning angle of the bike… I think I would be staring this page only… all the time! Or at least when I’m riding in the curvy road.

    It will be mine, someday!

    Thank you Biketeam Vantaa for making this testride possible.

  • Seasonstart (for streetbike)

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    Finally it’s nice weather and warm enough! So I didn’t need to put all my clothes to feel warm… S1000XR is out from garage!

    The bike is very dusty…
    Church of Loppi
    Small beach in Saavajoki -river, Karkkila

    The route we did was 250km’s -you can check the route from here:
    https://www.myrouteapp.com/route/open/2952577

  • New BMW S1000XR

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    BMW Motorrad made a quite big miracle when no-one shared any pictures about new model. So it was first time for all of us on November 5th 10 am when they released the new models: BMW S1000XR, BMW F900XR and BMW F900R. Here is the video of BMW Motorrad Press Conference at EICMA 2019.

    First time for everyone to see the new models

    There was few surprises in technical specs of the new XR. It has the same engine than the new RR has but does not have the Shift Cam technology. I asked about this from BMW Motorrad and they answered like this:
    “Hi Gozamite. There will be no ShiftCam technology. Above all, since this technology offers great possibilities for achieving maximum engine performance, the use of a ShiftCam has no advantages due to the specific demands on the full midrange power curve in the XR engine. In addition, additional weight could be saved in this way, which benefits the agility of the entire vehicle.“

    BMW S1000XR (Red color with Carbon details)

    Second surprise was that even the bike has new engine it doesn’t have more power than previous model! The consumption is also about the same. So for all those who were waiting much more powerful bike this is a big disappoinment!

    S1000XR (Ice Grey color with carbon details)

    But the new model looks very nice. I don’t like the color options too much. So I’m thinking I will not change to this yet…. But you never know, maybe I can’t say no when I will see the bike in february in Helsinki.

  • 10 days to EICMA 2019

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    And still no spyshots of the new S1000XR??!!
    Maybe it’s not even coming yet? Maybe it will come later in 2020… We will see! Here’s a new photo from BMW Motorrad:

    New XR?

    But no, it’s not the new XR. It looks excatly the same than concept bike about 1 year ago: BMW 9Cento.

    9Cento

    So this ne model will be presented in EICMA in 10 days. And we already know another new model: R18

    1800ccm boxer!

    And there will be 4 new models coming… Those two more will be F850R (small naked bike) and possibly this new S1000XR -but nobody knows?

  • OneworldOneXR week 42

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  • OneworldOneXR week 41

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    New BMW Motorrad trade fair experience at EICMA 2019
    New models (& Updates) from BMW motorrad will be presented on 5th of November in Eicma. One they already revealed: BMW R NineT HP!

    Quite modern looking Retro Bike!