New Bmw S 1000 Xr 2020
Photography by kit palmer.
New bmw s 1000 xr 2020. The bike s mandible looking beak is now more prominent and topped with a pair of smaller meaner looking led headlights. It s large and the seat s not low and the battleship gray and sharp prow reminded me of touring the uss iowa it fired up with a raspy bark when i climbed into the stiffish saddle. With the luggage rails that the existing xr requires for boxes in place the total saving will be of most interest to those who tour on this bike which outsold the s1000 rr in. There s instant thrust.
Float like a butterfly sting like a bmw. The new s 1000 xr boasts of more power now boosted to 165 bhp from the same in line four cylinder engine based on the bmw s 1000 rr with better punch in the mid range which is said to offer better rideability. The look bmw significantly updated the s 1000 xr s design for 2020. There s a deep spread of torque right across the rev range bmw say adventure sports riders use the range from 3000 to 10 000rpm and so have tuned the xr to suit.
2020 bmw s 1000 xr preview when bmw launched the s 1000 xr in 2016 the bavarian manufacturer invented a new category of motorcycling coined adventure sport. The xr was designed to fill a. The bmw s 1000 xr is all new for 2020 and pushes the term sport touring to the very edge of just sport. The s 1000 xr s updated 999 cc liquid cooled in line four cylinder engine puts out 165 bhp at 11 000 rpm and 114 nm of peak torque at 9 250 rpm.
The 2020 bmw s 1000 xr is virtually all new this year and borrows heavily. Pinning the throttle on a four cylinder bmw is one of life s great joys. The new xr is a stupendous motorcycle. List of all the changes to the 2020 bmw s 1000 xr engine and chassis 5 kg lighter newly developed 4 cylinder in line engine based on the s 1000 rr with further optimised mid range power and ridability as well as new transmission gradation for the 4th 6th gear.
I set off to take on these well beaten paths aboard the new 2020 bmw s 1000 xr sport adventure tourer which has a job description up to the day s task. Highway 58 is one of the most diverse stretches of road central california has to offer and a perfect testing ground for the s 1000 xr.