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Northern Talent Cup: Moor Leads Championship Heading To Germany
One point in it: Oschersleben hosts Round 2
Moor leads Veneman by a solitary point heading to Germany, with Le Mans Race 2 winner Farkas right on their tail
Thursday, 19 May 2022
After a sensational opening two races of the 2022 Northern Talent Cup season at Le Mans last weekend, a short trip over to Germany sees some of Europe’s brightest stars return to their pre-season testing venue for Round 2: Oschersleben.
After winning Race 1 and claiming P3 in Race 2 at a sun-drenched Le Mans, Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) leads the Cup standings – but only by a point. That’s because Loris Veneman (TeamNL Open Line) racked up a pair of second place finishes in France to kick start his season in style, benefitting from Moor’s one-place penalty after the Hungarian exceeded track limits at the final corner of Sunday’s epic Race 2 encounter, too.
Coming into the weekend just behind Moor and Veneman in the standings is the winner of Race 2, Kevin Farkas (Agria Racing Team). P4 and a win were the Hungarian’s results in Le Mans and before the two races at Oschersleben, the leading trio are covered by just three points. But title leader Moor comes into the weekend knowing he was able to bag two P5 finishes last season, so will the Hungarian have the edge this time around? Time will tell.
Having said that, it wasn’t Moor on top of the timesheets in pre-season testing. That accolade went the way of Dustin Schneider (Goblin Racing), who heads to home soil after a solid opening weekend of the campaign. A Long Lap penalty hampered the German’s Race 1 from the front row, but Schneider bounced back with a P5 in Race 2. He sits behind the leading trio, Matteo Masili (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) – a debut podium finisher in Le Mans – and Noa Cuypers (Junior Black Knights) in the overall standings.
One rider to look out for in Germany will be Lenoxx Phommara (Team Phommara). The Swiss rider finished P3 in Race 1 last year when the NTC field visited Oschersleben, and the elder Phommara brother on the grid will be hungry to bounce back from his Race 2 crash in Le Mans.
Two more races await the NTC teams and riders this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Tune into Race 1 at 15:15 (GMT +2) and Race 2 at 14:05 to see who will emerge victorious from the classic Oschersleben layout!
BMW Introduces M 1000 RR 50 Years M Anniversary Edition (Updated)
The 2022 BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M
• Exclusive Anniversary edition of the first M motorcycle, the M 1000 RR
• Exclusive M color – Sao Paulo Yellow.
• 50 Years of M anniversary badging.
• MSRP of $36,995 plus $645 destination. ($32,495 + $4,500 50 Years ///M Package).
• Expected U.S. market arrival – late Q3 2022.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 19, 2022…To mark the 50th anniversary of BMW M GmbH,
founded in 1972 as BMW Motorsport GmbH, BMW Motorrad presents the M 1000 RR
50 Years M anniversary edition in Sao Paulo Yellow with historic 50 years BMW M
badging. This striking combination pays homage to the spirit from almost 100 years of
BMW Motorrad production and from 50 years of BMW M vehicles. To get the anniversary
edition, the M 1000 RR should be equipped with the optional 50 Years ///M Package. In
addition to the extensive use of M milled aluminum and M carbon parts, this package
features a lighter silver anodized aluminum swingarm, M GPS lap trigger unlock software
as well as the M endurance chain and passenger seat and seat cover.
The M 1000 RR can also be ordered in non-anniversary guise by selecting the Light
White / M Motorsport Competition Package.
M – The Most Powerful Letter in the World
At the end of 2018, BMW Motorrad unveiled M special equipment and M Performance
parts for selected existing motorcycle models. The M 1000 RR, the first BMW motorcycle
to bear the M brand name made its world debut in September of 2020.
The letter M is synonymous worldwide with racing success as well as with high
performance BMW vehicles aimed at customers with high demands for performance,
exclusivity and individuality. The BMW M 1000 RR delivers on all of these expectations
and continues the racing tradition of BMW M by being the base bike for the BMW
Motorrad World Superbike Team since 2021 as well as being used by many race teams
around the world.
BMW Motorsport GmbH and BMW M GmbH
BMW Motorsport GmbH was founded in 1972 with the idea of uniting all BMW
motorsport activities under one roof and consolidating the construction of high performance race cars and race engines. The BMW 3.0 CSL (CSL = Coupe Sport Light)
made its debut as the first race car from BMW Motorsport GmbH in 1973. On the
occasion of the foundation of BMW Motorsport GmbH, Robert A. Lutz, member of the
Board of Management of BMW AG for Sales in 1972, stated: “A company is like a human
being. If it does sports, it stays fit, enthusiastic, more effective and powerful.”
The BMW 3.0 CSL made its debut in the European Touring Car Championship in 1973
sporting the three defining BMW Motorsport colors of blue, violet and red on a snowwhite background. Today’s updated Motorsport colors of are Blue – Dark Blue and Red.
This legendary color combination could be found on BMW M street vehicles which
appeared in the second half of the 1970s as well as on successful race cars. Iconic cars
such as the 1978 BMW M1 and the Brabham BMW with which Nelson Piquet won the
1983 Formula 1 World Championship.
From Isle of Man to Dakar – BMW Motorrad and motorsports
Racing success was not the exclusive realm of four-wheeled BMW vehicles however.
Innovation stems from motorsport and this was especially true in the early decades. Legendary names from those early years include Ernst Jakob Henne who set no less than 76 world land speed records between 1929 and 1937 on supercharged BMW motorcycles and Georg “Schorsch” Meier who won the 1939 Senior Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man on his 500cc supercharged BMW.
In 1976, exactly 37 years later, Helmut Dähn and Hans Otto Butenuth celebrated fifth
place in the Isle of Man Production TT class. They had actually set the fastest time on
their BMW R 90 S but due to handicap rules, they were listed in fifth place behind two
250cc and two 500cc motorcycles. Nevertheless, given the fastest time, this fifth place
was celebrated like a victory.
74 years after “Schorsch” Meier’s success in the Senior TT, Michael Dunlop rode his BMW
S 1000 RR to victory in the 2014 Isle of Man TT Superbike race. In the following years,
the RR would go on to leave its unmistakable mark on the TT with more victories. BMW M colors would also be represented in off-road conditions such as the Paris-Dakar rallies of the early 1980s which were dominated by BMW GS factory riders Hubert Auriol and Gaston Rahier.
Like no other BMW motorcycles, the M 1000 RR 50 Years M model carries all of this
historic motorsport DNA within it.
Equipment
Standard Equipment
• Windshield high
• BMW Motorrad Race ABS and ABS Pro
• 7 riding modes (Rain, Road, Dynamic, Race, Race Pro 1-3)
• Pit-Lane-Limiter
• Launch Control
• Dynamic Traction Control (DTC) +/- Shift
• Wheelie Control
• Slide Control
• Hill Start Control (HSC) Pro
• Dynamic Brake Control (DBC)
• Shift Assist Pro
• 6.5″ TFT-Display
• LED-Headlight, Taillight and Turn Signals
• Heated Grips
• Cruise Control
• M Lightweight Battery,
• M Chassis Kit with rear height adjustment and swingarm pivot
50 Years ///M Package (optional)
• Sao Paulo Yellow
• 50 Years M Anniversary badges
• M GPS Lap Timer trigger software
• Rear seat cover and passenger kit
• M Carbon Package – Carbon front and rear fenders, Upper fairing side panels, Left and right carbon tank covers, Carbon chain guard and sprocket cover.
• M Billet Pack – Billet aluminum engine protectors, folding brake and clutch levers, M
rider’s rearsets, front brake lever guard.
• Clear anodized swingarm
• M Endurance chain
Specifications
BMW M 1000 RR
Engine type Water-cooled, inline 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, four titanium valves per cylinder, BMW ShiftCam
Power 205 hp @ 13,000 rpm
Torque 83 lbs.-ft. @ 11,000 rpm
Compression Ratio 13.5:1
Intake / Exhaust 33.5mm / 27.2mm
Throttle Body 48.0mm
Engine Control BMS-0
Emission Control Closed-loop, 3-way catalytic converters, EU-5
Fuel Type Premium unleaded
Alternator 450 watts
M Lightweight battery 12 volt / 5 Amp, Lithium-ion
Gearbox Wet sump, 6-speed, constant-mesh, straight-cut gears
Primary Gear Ratio 1.652:1
I 2.647:1
II 2.091:1
III 1.727:1
IV 1.500:1
V 1.360:1
VI 1.261:1
Final Drive Chain 17/46
Secondary Ratio 2.706:1
Clutch Multiplate, anti-hopping oil bath clutch
Frame Cast aluminum bridge-type frame, load bearing engine
Front Suspension 45 mm upside down telescopic forks, adjustable compression, rebound and preload
Rear Suspension Aluminum swing arm, damping adjustable for compression and rebound, adjustable preload
Suspension travel front/rear 4.7 / 4.6 inches
Wheelbase 57.4 inches
Caster 3.9 inches
Steering Head Angle 66.4 degrees
Length x Width x Height 81.6 x 33.4 x 47.1 inches
Seat Height 32.8 inches
Inner Leg Curve 72.6 inches
Fuel Capacity 4.4 gallons
Dry Weight 375 lbs.
Unladen Weight, road-ready 423 lbs.
Payload 467 lbs.
Permitted Total weight 897 lbs.
Wheels M Carbon
Wheel Size, front / rear inches 3.50 x 17 / 6.0 x 17
Tire Size, front / rear 120/70 ZR17 / 200/55 ZR17
Brakes, front Twin 320mm (12.6”) disk, M 4-piston brake calipers
Brakes, rear Single 220mm (8.7”) disk, 2-piston fixed caliper
ABS Pro ABS Pro settings for RAIN, ROAD, Dynamic, no ABS
Pro in RACE and RACE 1-3 settings
Acceleration, 0 – 60 mph Under 3.1 sec
Top speed 189 mph
BMW Group in America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. RollsRoyce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and RollsRoyce Motor Cars; Designworks, a strategic design consultancy based in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley, and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is the BMW Group global center of competence for BMW X models and manufactures the X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 350 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 146 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car dealers, and 38 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
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Harley-Davidson Suspends Production Due To Parts Supplier Issue
STATEMENT FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON
MILWAUKEE, May 19, 2022 — Yesterday, Harley-Davidson, Inc. (“Harley-Davidson”) (NYSE:HOG) took the decision to suspend all vehicle assembly and shipments (excluding LiveWire) for a two-week period. This decision, taken out of an abundance of caution, is based on information provided by a third-party supplier to Harley-Davidson late on Tuesday (5/17) concerning a regulatory compliance matter relating to the supplier’s component part.
MotoAmerica: Josh Hayes Racing In Supersport At VIR
Support Classes Ready To Tackle VIR With Tight Fights At The Top
Josh Herrin, Corey Alexander, Jody Barry And Max Van Lead The Way To Virginia
IRVINE, CA (May 19, 2022) – Eight years ago, Josh Hayes drove out of VIRginia International Raceway with two MotoAmerica Superbike wins in his pocket, the 51st and 52nd AMA Superbike wins in a career in which he amassed 61 victories in the class. It was also MotoAmerica’s debut weekend at VIR in 2015 and Hayes was a fitting winner. This weekend, Hayes rolls back into VIR hopeful of turning back the clock and taking victory again, this time in the MotoAmerica Supersport class.
Although we can’t call this a comeback because Hayes has yet to actually retire (his last race was in the Daytona 200 in March of this year where he finished fourth), it’s a comeback of sorts in that Hayes’ win record at VIR across all classes is 13, with four of those coming in the class he will compete in this coming weekend – Supersport.
And to put a nice little bow on the Hayes/VIR story, the 3.27-mile racetrack located on the Virginia/North Carolina border is also the site of Hayes’ last career Superbike win – May 12, 2017.
Ironically, the man who stands tallest in Hayes’ quest for win number 14 at VIR is his former Yamaha Superbike teammate Josh Herrin, the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider who won the first two rounds of the Supersport Championship at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.
Supersport – All Herrin
With two rounds of the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship in the books (the Daytona 200 was a non-points-paying race), Herrin is perfect with two wins on his Ducati Panigale V2 and a 10-point lead in the championship over Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sam Lochoff.
Lochoff finished second both times out at Road Atlanta, an impressive start considering he was on an all-new bike – a Suzuki GSX-R750 – without much testing time. The team has, however, been on the bike since Road Atlanta and that could end up paying dividends at VIR. After all, Lochoff was within striking distance for the majority of the two races, finishing 3.2 and 4.9 seconds behind in the two races, respectively.
Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers comes to VIR third in the championship with fourth- and third-place finishes at Road Atlanta. Landers is 11 points behind Lochoff, and six points clear of N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto’s Kevin Olmedo and Max Angles Racing’s Max Angles with those two tied for fifth in the title chase.
So, Herrin is perfect thus far in 2022, but he has plenty of hungry youngsters nipping at his heels. Oh, and you may want to keep at least one eye on Hayes and his Squid Hunter Yamaha YZF-R6.
Yuasa Stock 1000 – Alexander. Barely
Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander won the lone Yuasa Stock 1000 race at Road Atlanta, by .001 of a second over Cycle World/Octane/Chuckwalla Racing’s Michael Gilbert. Alexander’s teammate Travis Wyman was third with Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim and Motorsport Exotica Orange Cat BST Racing’s Ezra Beaubier fourth and fifth, respectively.
With the Yuasa Stock 1000 class only racing once at Road Atlanta, the championship point standings are the same as the finishing positions. At VIR, however, the 44 entrants will grid up twice over the course of the weekend.
Twins Cup – Barry Leads ‘Em In
After three rounds of the MotoAmerica Twins Cup Series the top two in the championship are separated by just three points. Those two are Veloce Racing’s Jody Barry and Robem Engineering’s Teagg Hobbs. The difference between the duo comes down to the fact that Barry has won a race and Hobbs has not. And that race was the lone Twins Cup race at Road Atlanta with Barry beating Hobbs by a miniscule .073 of a second.
Hobbs’ teammate Ben Gloddy finished third at Road Atlanta with Aprilia’s RS 660 sweeping the podium.
In the championship chase, Daytona race one winner Blake Davis is third going into the VIR round, 17 points behind Hobbs and 20 behind Barry. Davis and his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha YZF-R7 finished fifth at Road Atlanta.
Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto and North East Cycle Outlet Racing/Trackday Winner’s Jackson Blackmon round out the top five in the championship as the series heads to VIR for a pair of Twins Cup races.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup – Van On Top
The SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class will also race twice at VIR and race one will begin with Max Van leading the title chase over Cody Wyman by nine points with those two winning the pair of races at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.
Van and his SportbikeTrackGear.com Kawasaki Ninja 400 were the most consistent in Georgia. The youngster from Michigan was second in race one on Saturday and came back on Sunday to win his first-ever MotoAmerica race. Wyman, meanwhile, and his Alpha Omega Ninja won Saturday’s race but slipped to fifth on Sunday.
Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov is third in the championship, 16 points behind Van, after her fourth- and third-place finishes at Road Atlanta. Yaakov was stripped of her first career MotoAmerica win on Sunday at Road Atlanta and demoted to third after passing under a caution flag on the final lap.
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race – And Away We Go
Fifteen women will vie for the top spots as VIR plays host to the opening weekend of the six-round Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. exhibition series featuring Royal Enfield Continental GT 650s designed and built by the racers themselves.
Last year, CJ Lukas won all three of the BTR races in the debut of the series, but Lukas isn’t returning and that makes this year a wide-open affair.
Minnesota’s Trisha Dahl, however, is returning for 2022 and she was the runner-up in last year’s points chase. Dahl was ultra-consistent with three third-place finishes on the year.
Last year’s third-highest point scorer, Becky Goebel is also a non-returner, but both Kayla Theisler and Alyssa Bridges are coming back for more. Those two finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the title chase.
The Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. series will consist of one race at VIR on Sunday at 12:45 p.m.
Support Class VIR Notes…
Jake Lewis and Corey Alexander split wins in the two Stock 1000 races at VIR a year ago. Lewis won race one with Alexander second and Alexander took victory in race two with Lewis second.
Sean Dylan Kelly and Richie Escalate also did a little win splitting last year in the Supersport class. Kelly won race one and finished second in race two while Escalante finished fourth in race one and won race two.
In Twins Cup action it was Teagg Hobbs winning race one with Jody Barry taking victory in race two. Jackson Blackmon was third in both races.
Benjamin Gloddy and Cody Wyman were the big winners in the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup. Tyler Scott, who would go on to win the championship, had an off day and was third and fourth in the two races.
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is the North American road racing series created in 2014 that is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati North America:
Herrin Ready For Another Supersport Win
Josh Herrin Heads To VIRginia International Raceway As The Man To Beat in MotoAmerica Supersport
Sunnyvale, Calif., May 19, 2022 — Following a perfect opening race weekend for the MotoAmerica Supersport class a month ago at Road Atlanta, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Josh Herrin will keep the focus full throttle as he looks to extend his points lead at VIRginia International Raceway this weekend.
Piloting his Ducati Panigale V2, the 2013 AMA Superbike Champion took race one at Road Atlanta by 3.2 seconds ahead of Suzuki’s Samuel Lochoff, and finished race two 4.9 seconds ahead of Lochoff.
Herrin, who also secured the Daytona 200 pole on the V2 before finishing the endurance race in 10th, has a perfect 50 points. He’s now 10 points ahead of Lochoff as the Supersport series heads to round two at VIR, the 3.27-mile circuit in Alton, Va., that opened in 1957 and claims the title as America’s first permanent road-racing circuit.
The California-based racer is ready to pounce the Supersport grid on his V2, and will certainly have a huge crowd of American Ducatisti cheering him on.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #2)
”I’m excited to head to VIR with the team. It’s one of my favorite tracks and I’ve been racing there since 2004. Obviously, we have not yet tested the Panigale V2 there, but the bike should be perfect for the circuit. I’m looking forward to spinning some laps at VIR and seeing how the V2 performs. We are carrying the momentum from the Road Atlanta victories into VIR, and looking forward to more wins!”
Round three of the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship will be held at VIRginia International Raceway on May 20-22, 2022.
MotoAmerica: Hayes Heads Supersport FP1 At VIR
MotoAmerica: Hobbs Leads Twins Cup FP1 At VIR
MotoAmerica: Cody Wyman Tops Junior Cup FP1 At VIR
British Talent Cup: American Correa Quickest In FP1 At Donington Park
World Supersport: Baldassarri Best In FP1 At Estoril
Northern Talent Cup: Moor Leads Championship Heading To Germany
One point in it: Oschersleben hosts Round 2
Moor leads Veneman by a solitary point heading to Germany, with Le Mans Race 2 winner Farkas right on their tail
Thursday, 19 May 2022
After a sensational opening two races of the 2022 Northern Talent Cup season at Le Mans last weekend, a short trip over to Germany sees some of Europe’s brightest stars return to their pre-season testing venue for Round 2: Oschersleben.
After winning Race 1 and claiming P3 in Race 2 at a sun-drenched Le Mans, Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) leads the Cup standings – but only by a point. That’s because Loris Veneman (TeamNL Open Line) racked up a pair of second place finishes in France to kick start his season in style, benefitting from Moor’s one-place penalty after the Hungarian exceeded track limits at the final corner of Sunday’s epic Race 2 encounter, too.
Coming into the weekend just behind Moor and Veneman in the standings is the winner of Race 2, Kevin Farkas (Agria Racing Team). P4 and a win were the Hungarian’s results in Le Mans and before the two races at Oschersleben, the leading trio are covered by just three points. But title leader Moor comes into the weekend knowing he was able to bag two P5 finishes last season, so will the Hungarian have the edge this time around? Time will tell.
Having said that, it wasn’t Moor on top of the timesheets in pre-season testing. That accolade went the way of Dustin Schneider (Goblin Racing), who heads to home soil after a solid opening weekend of the campaign. A Long Lap penalty hampered the German’s Race 1 from the front row, but Schneider bounced back with a P5 in Race 2. He sits behind the leading trio, Matteo Masili (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) – a debut podium finisher in Le Mans – and Noa Cuypers (Junior Black Knights) in the overall standings.
One rider to look out for in Germany will be Lenoxx Phommara (Team Phommara). The Swiss rider finished P3 in Race 1 last year when the NTC field visited Oschersleben, and the elder Phommara brother on the grid will be hungry to bounce back from his Race 2 crash in Le Mans.
Two more races await the NTC teams and riders this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Tune into Race 1 at 15:15 (GMT +2) and Race 2 at 14:05 to see who will emerge victorious from the classic Oschersleben layout!
BMW Introduces M 1000 RR 50 Years M Anniversary Edition (Updated)
The 2022 BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M
• Exclusive Anniversary edition of the first M motorcycle, the M 1000 RR
• Exclusive M color – Sao Paulo Yellow.
• 50 Years of M anniversary badging.
• MSRP of $36,995 plus $645 destination. ($32,495 + $4,500 50 Years ///M Package).
• Expected U.S. market arrival – late Q3 2022.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 19, 2022…To mark the 50th anniversary of BMW M GmbH,
founded in 1972 as BMW Motorsport GmbH, BMW Motorrad presents the M 1000 RR
50 Years M anniversary edition in Sao Paulo Yellow with historic 50 years BMW M
badging. This striking combination pays homage to the spirit from almost 100 years of
BMW Motorrad production and from 50 years of BMW M vehicles. To get the anniversary
edition, the M 1000 RR should be equipped with the optional 50 Years ///M Package. In
addition to the extensive use of M milled aluminum and M carbon parts, this package
features a lighter silver anodized aluminum swingarm, M GPS lap trigger unlock software
as well as the M endurance chain and passenger seat and seat cover.
The M 1000 RR can also be ordered in non-anniversary guise by selecting the Light
White / M Motorsport Competition Package.
M – The Most Powerful Letter in the World
At the end of 2018, BMW Motorrad unveiled M special equipment and M Performance
parts for selected existing motorcycle models. The M 1000 RR, the first BMW motorcycle
to bear the M brand name made its world debut in September of 2020.
The letter M is synonymous worldwide with racing success as well as with high
performance BMW vehicles aimed at customers with high demands for performance,
exclusivity and individuality. The BMW M 1000 RR delivers on all of these expectations
and continues the racing tradition of BMW M by being the base bike for the BMW
Motorrad World Superbike Team since 2021 as well as being used by many race teams
around the world.
BMW Motorsport GmbH and BMW M GmbH
BMW Motorsport GmbH was founded in 1972 with the idea of uniting all BMW
motorsport activities under one roof and consolidating the construction of high performance race cars and race engines. The BMW 3.0 CSL (CSL = Coupe Sport Light)
made its debut as the first race car from BMW Motorsport GmbH in 1973. On the
occasion of the foundation of BMW Motorsport GmbH, Robert A. Lutz, member of the
Board of Management of BMW AG for Sales in 1972, stated: “A company is like a human
being. If it does sports, it stays fit, enthusiastic, more effective and powerful.”
The BMW 3.0 CSL made its debut in the European Touring Car Championship in 1973
sporting the three defining BMW Motorsport colors of blue, violet and red on a snowwhite background. Today’s updated Motorsport colors of are Blue – Dark Blue and Red.
This legendary color combination could be found on BMW M street vehicles which
appeared in the second half of the 1970s as well as on successful race cars. Iconic cars
such as the 1978 BMW M1 and the Brabham BMW with which Nelson Piquet won the
1983 Formula 1 World Championship.
From Isle of Man to Dakar – BMW Motorrad and motorsports
Racing success was not the exclusive realm of four-wheeled BMW vehicles however.
Innovation stems from motorsport and this was especially true in the early decades. Legendary names from those early years include Ernst Jakob Henne who set no less than 76 world land speed records between 1929 and 1937 on supercharged BMW motorcycles and Georg “Schorsch” Meier who won the 1939 Senior Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man on his 500cc supercharged BMW.
In 1976, exactly 37 years later, Helmut Dähn and Hans Otto Butenuth celebrated fifth
place in the Isle of Man Production TT class. They had actually set the fastest time on
their BMW R 90 S but due to handicap rules, they were listed in fifth place behind two
250cc and two 500cc motorcycles. Nevertheless, given the fastest time, this fifth place
was celebrated like a victory.
74 years after “Schorsch” Meier’s success in the Senior TT, Michael Dunlop rode his BMW
S 1000 RR to victory in the 2014 Isle of Man TT Superbike race. In the following years,
the RR would go on to leave its unmistakable mark on the TT with more victories. BMW M colors would also be represented in off-road conditions such as the Paris-Dakar rallies of the early 1980s which were dominated by BMW GS factory riders Hubert Auriol and Gaston Rahier.
Like no other BMW motorcycles, the M 1000 RR 50 Years M model carries all of this
historic motorsport DNA within it.
Equipment
Standard Equipment
• Windshield high
• BMW Motorrad Race ABS and ABS Pro
• 7 riding modes (Rain, Road, Dynamic, Race, Race Pro 1-3)
• Pit-Lane-Limiter
• Launch Control
• Dynamic Traction Control (DTC) +/- Shift
• Wheelie Control
• Slide Control
• Hill Start Control (HSC) Pro
• Dynamic Brake Control (DBC)
• Shift Assist Pro
• 6.5″ TFT-Display
• LED-Headlight, Taillight and Turn Signals
• Heated Grips
• Cruise Control
• M Lightweight Battery,
• M Chassis Kit with rear height adjustment and swingarm pivot
50 Years ///M Package (optional)
• Sao Paulo Yellow
• 50 Years M Anniversary badges
• M GPS Lap Timer trigger software
• Rear seat cover and passenger kit
• M Carbon Package – Carbon front and rear fenders, Upper fairing side panels, Left and right carbon tank covers, Carbon chain guard and sprocket cover.
• M Billet Pack – Billet aluminum engine protectors, folding brake and clutch levers, M
rider’s rearsets, front brake lever guard.
• Clear anodized swingarm
• M Endurance chain
Specifications
BMW M 1000 RR
Engine type Water-cooled, inline 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, four titanium valves per cylinder, BMW ShiftCam
Power 205 hp @ 13,000 rpm
Torque 83 lbs.-ft. @ 11,000 rpm
Compression Ratio 13.5:1
Intake / Exhaust 33.5mm / 27.2mm
Throttle Body 48.0mm
Engine Control BMS-0
Emission Control Closed-loop, 3-way catalytic converters, EU-5
Fuel Type Premium unleaded
Alternator 450 watts
M Lightweight battery 12 volt / 5 Amp, Lithium-ion
Gearbox Wet sump, 6-speed, constant-mesh, straight-cut gears
Primary Gear Ratio 1.652:1
I 2.647:1
II 2.091:1
III 1.727:1
IV 1.500:1
V 1.360:1
VI 1.261:1
Final Drive Chain 17/46
Secondary Ratio 2.706:1
Clutch Multiplate, anti-hopping oil bath clutch
Frame Cast aluminum bridge-type frame, load bearing engine
Front Suspension 45 mm upside down telescopic forks, adjustable compression, rebound and preload
Rear Suspension Aluminum swing arm, damping adjustable for compression and rebound, adjustable preload
Suspension travel front/rear 4.7 / 4.6 inches
Wheelbase 57.4 inches
Caster 3.9 inches
Steering Head Angle 66.4 degrees
Length x Width x Height 81.6 x 33.4 x 47.1 inches
Seat Height 32.8 inches
Inner Leg Curve 72.6 inches
Fuel Capacity 4.4 gallons
Dry Weight 375 lbs.
Unladen Weight, road-ready 423 lbs.
Payload 467 lbs.
Permitted Total weight 897 lbs.
Wheels M Carbon
Wheel Size, front / rear inches 3.50 x 17 / 6.0 x 17
Tire Size, front / rear 120/70 ZR17 / 200/55 ZR17
Brakes, front Twin 320mm (12.6”) disk, M 4-piston brake calipers
Brakes, rear Single 220mm (8.7”) disk, 2-piston fixed caliper
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Pro in RACE and RACE 1-3 settings
Acceleration, 0 – 60 mph Under 3.1 sec
Top speed 189 mph
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Harley-Davidson Suspends Production Due To Parts Supplier Issue
STATEMENT FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON
MILWAUKEE, May 19, 2022 — Yesterday, Harley-Davidson, Inc. (“Harley-Davidson”) (NYSE:HOG) took the decision to suspend all vehicle assembly and shipments (excluding LiveWire) for a two-week period. This decision, taken out of an abundance of caution, is based on information provided by a third-party supplier to Harley-Davidson late on Tuesday (5/17) concerning a regulatory compliance matter relating to the supplier’s component part.
MotoAmerica: Josh Hayes Racing In Supersport At VIR
Support Classes Ready To Tackle VIR With Tight Fights At The Top
Josh Herrin, Corey Alexander, Jody Barry And Max Van Lead The Way To Virginia
IRVINE, CA (May 19, 2022) – Eight years ago, Josh Hayes drove out of VIRginia International Raceway with two MotoAmerica Superbike wins in his pocket, the 51st and 52nd AMA Superbike wins in a career in which he amassed 61 victories in the class. It was also MotoAmerica’s debut weekend at VIR in 2015 and Hayes was a fitting winner. This weekend, Hayes rolls back into VIR hopeful of turning back the clock and taking victory again, this time in the MotoAmerica Supersport class.
Although we can’t call this a comeback because Hayes has yet to actually retire (his last race was in the Daytona 200 in March of this year where he finished fourth), it’s a comeback of sorts in that Hayes’ win record at VIR across all classes is 13, with four of those coming in the class he will compete in this coming weekend – Supersport.
And to put a nice little bow on the Hayes/VIR story, the 3.27-mile racetrack located on the Virginia/North Carolina border is also the site of Hayes’ last career Superbike win – May 12, 2017.
Ironically, the man who stands tallest in Hayes’ quest for win number 14 at VIR is his former Yamaha Superbike teammate Josh Herrin, the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC rider who won the first two rounds of the Supersport Championship at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.
Supersport – All Herrin
With two rounds of the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship in the books (the Daytona 200 was a non-points-paying race), Herrin is perfect with two wins on his Ducati Panigale V2 and a 10-point lead in the championship over Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sam Lochoff.
Lochoff finished second both times out at Road Atlanta, an impressive start considering he was on an all-new bike – a Suzuki GSX-R750 – without much testing time. The team has, however, been on the bike since Road Atlanta and that could end up paying dividends at VIR. After all, Lochoff was within striking distance for the majority of the two races, finishing 3.2 and 4.9 seconds behind in the two races, respectively.
Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers comes to VIR third in the championship with fourth- and third-place finishes at Road Atlanta. Landers is 11 points behind Lochoff, and six points clear of N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto’s Kevin Olmedo and Max Angles Racing’s Max Angles with those two tied for fifth in the title chase.
So, Herrin is perfect thus far in 2022, but he has plenty of hungry youngsters nipping at his heels. Oh, and you may want to keep at least one eye on Hayes and his Squid Hunter Yamaha YZF-R6.
Yuasa Stock 1000 – Alexander. Barely
Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander won the lone Yuasa Stock 1000 race at Road Atlanta, by .001 of a second over Cycle World/Octane/Chuckwalla Racing’s Michael Gilbert. Alexander’s teammate Travis Wyman was third with Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim and Motorsport Exotica Orange Cat BST Racing’s Ezra Beaubier fourth and fifth, respectively.
With the Yuasa Stock 1000 class only racing once at Road Atlanta, the championship point standings are the same as the finishing positions. At VIR, however, the 44 entrants will grid up twice over the course of the weekend.
Twins Cup – Barry Leads ‘Em In
After three rounds of the MotoAmerica Twins Cup Series the top two in the championship are separated by just three points. Those two are Veloce Racing’s Jody Barry and Robem Engineering’s Teagg Hobbs. The difference between the duo comes down to the fact that Barry has won a race and Hobbs has not. And that race was the lone Twins Cup race at Road Atlanta with Barry beating Hobbs by a miniscule .073 of a second.
Hobbs’ teammate Ben Gloddy finished third at Road Atlanta with Aprilia’s RS 660 sweeping the podium.
In the championship chase, Daytona race one winner Blake Davis is third going into the VIR round, 17 points behind Hobbs and 20 behind Barry. Davis and his N2 Racing/BobbleHeadMoto Yamaha YZF-R7 finished fifth at Road Atlanta.
Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto and North East Cycle Outlet Racing/Trackday Winner’s Jackson Blackmon round out the top five in the championship as the series heads to VIR for a pair of Twins Cup races.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup – Van On Top
The SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class will also race twice at VIR and race one will begin with Max Van leading the title chase over Cody Wyman by nine points with those two winning the pair of races at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.
Van and his SportbikeTrackGear.com Kawasaki Ninja 400 were the most consistent in Georgia. The youngster from Michigan was second in race one on Saturday and came back on Sunday to win his first-ever MotoAmerica race. Wyman, meanwhile, and his Alpha Omega Ninja won Saturday’s race but slipped to fifth on Sunday.
Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov is third in the championship, 16 points behind Van, after her fourth- and third-place finishes at Road Atlanta. Yaakov was stripped of her first career MotoAmerica win on Sunday at Road Atlanta and demoted to third after passing under a caution flag on the final lap.
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race – And Away We Go
Fifteen women will vie for the top spots as VIR plays host to the opening weekend of the six-round Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. exhibition series featuring Royal Enfield Continental GT 650s designed and built by the racers themselves.
Last year, CJ Lukas won all three of the BTR races in the debut of the series, but Lukas isn’t returning and that makes this year a wide-open affair.
Minnesota’s Trisha Dahl, however, is returning for 2022 and she was the runner-up in last year’s points chase. Dahl was ultra-consistent with three third-place finishes on the year.
Last year’s third-highest point scorer, Becky Goebel is also a non-returner, but both Kayla Theisler and Alyssa Bridges are coming back for more. Those two finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the title chase.
The Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. series will consist of one race at VIR on Sunday at 12:45 p.m.
Support Class VIR Notes…
Jake Lewis and Corey Alexander split wins in the two Stock 1000 races at VIR a year ago. Lewis won race one with Alexander second and Alexander took victory in race two with Lewis second.
Sean Dylan Kelly and Richie Escalate also did a little win splitting last year in the Supersport class. Kelly won race one and finished second in race two while Escalante finished fourth in race one and won race two.
In Twins Cup action it was Teagg Hobbs winning race one with Jody Barry taking victory in race two. Jackson Blackmon was third in both races.
Benjamin Gloddy and Cody Wyman were the big winners in the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup. Tyler Scott, who would go on to win the championship, had an off day and was third and fourth in the two races.
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is the North American road racing series created in 2014 that is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
More, from a press release issued by Ducati North America:
Herrin Ready For Another Supersport Win
Josh Herrin Heads To VIRginia International Raceway As The Man To Beat in MotoAmerica Supersport
Sunnyvale, Calif., May 19, 2022 — Following a perfect opening race weekend for the MotoAmerica Supersport class a month ago at Road Atlanta, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Josh Herrin will keep the focus full throttle as he looks to extend his points lead at VIRginia International Raceway this weekend.
Piloting his Ducati Panigale V2, the 2013 AMA Superbike Champion took race one at Road Atlanta by 3.2 seconds ahead of Suzuki’s Samuel Lochoff, and finished race two 4.9 seconds ahead of Lochoff.
Herrin, who also secured the Daytona 200 pole on the V2 before finishing the endurance race in 10th, has a perfect 50 points. He’s now 10 points ahead of Lochoff as the Supersport series heads to round two at VIR, the 3.27-mile circuit in Alton, Va., that opened in 1957 and claims the title as America’s first permanent road-racing circuit.
The California-based racer is ready to pounce the Supersport grid on his V2, and will certainly have a huge crowd of American Ducatisti cheering him on.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #2)
”I’m excited to head to VIR with the team. It’s one of my favorite tracks and I’ve been racing there since 2004. Obviously, we have not yet tested the Panigale V2 there, but the bike should be perfect for the circuit. I’m looking forward to spinning some laps at VIR and seeing how the V2 performs. We are carrying the momentum from the Road Atlanta victories into VIR, and looking forward to more wins!”
Round three of the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship will be held at VIRginia International Raceway on May 20-22, 2022.