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BMW Celebrates 50 Years of “M” With The M 1000 RR


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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of BMW’s “M” motorsport division, the German manufacturer is showing off its M 1000 RR 50 Years M anniversary edition motorcycle. BMW’s M badging is synonymous worldwide with racing success as well as with high-performance BMW vehicles. According to BMW, M vehicles are for customers with high demands for performance, exclusivity, and individuality. Awith its Sao Paulo Yellow paint and special parts and software, the anniversary machine stands out from BMW’s standard M 1000 RR.

BMW Motorrad says that the BMW M 1000 RR delivers on all of these expectations and continues the racing tradition of the BMW M. Since 2021, the M 1000 RR is BMW’s base bike for its World Superbike Team.  The machine is also being used by many race teams around the world

M badging relatively new to motorcycles

Although the M badging has been around for 50 years, it only recently has been applied to motorcycles. At the end of 2018, BMW Motorrad revealed M special equipment and M Performance parts for selected existing motorcycle models. The M 1000 RR was the first BMW motorcycle to bear the M brand name, making its world debut in September of 2020.

The anniversary edition M 1000 RR comes in the optional 50 Years ///M Package. In addition to the extensive use of M milled aluminum and M carbon parts, the optional package features a lighter silver anodized aluminum swingarm, M GPS lap trigger unlock software, and the M endurance chain, passenger seat, and seat cover.

Specifics – 50 Years ///M Package

  • 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 rear sets, front brake lever guard.
  • Clear anodized swingarm
  • M GPS Lap Timer trigger software
  • M Endurance chain
  • Sao Paulo Yellow paint scheme
  • 50 Years M Anniversary badges
  • Rear seat cover and passenger kit

According to BMW, the “…striking combination pays homage to the spirit from almost 100 years of BMW Motorrad production and 50 years of BMW M vehicles. ” Robert A. (Bob) Lutz, former CEO of General Motors and a 1972 member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, said that sports competition helps keep a company fit, saying:

“A company is like a human being. If it does sports, it stays fit, enthusiastic, more effective, and powerful.”

The M 1000 RR breaks from BMW’s three traditional blue, violet, and red colors on a snow-white background (now Blue, Dark Blue, and Red). The traditional color combinations appeared in the second half of the 1970s as well as on successful race cars. Specifically, cars such as the 1978 M1 and the Brabham BMW, which Nelson Piquet won the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship.

And now, while celebrating 50 years of M tradition, the M 1000 RR 50 Years Anniversary Edition offers a new yellow paint scheme that stands apart from other motorcycles and BMW M cars.

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The BMW M 1000 RR M anniversary edition celebrates BMW’s M competition models. Photo: BMW Motorrad

Motorcycle competition success

And although BMW has named its premium superbike using a car naming convention, BMW has met with significant racing success on two wheels, with riders like Ernst Jakob Henne, who set 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 addition, BMW riders like Helmut Dähn and Hans Otto Butenuth celebrated fifth place in the Isle of Man Production TT class. But they had actually set the fastest time on their BMW R 90 S. However, due to handicapping rules of the time, they were listed in fifth place behind two 250cc and two 500cc motorcycles. Nevertheless, since BMW recorded the fastest time, their fifth place finish was celebrated as a victory.

Continuing to compete in world-class racing, 74 years after “Schorsch” Meier’s success in the Senior TT, Michael Dunlop rode a BMW S 1000 RR to victory in the 2014 Isle of Man TT Superbike race. In the following years, the BMW “RR” would go on to win more TT victories.

BMW competition motorcycles also competed off-road. In the Paris-Dakar rallies of the early 1980s, BMW dominated the standings with riders like Hubert Auriol and Gaston Rahier.

BMW says that the aforementioned wins show that the BMW motorcycling brand holds a worthy space in the world of motorcycle racing.

Pricing and availability

If the BMW M 1000 RR 50th-anniversary edition motorcycle interests you, it has an MSRP of $36,995. There’s also an additional $645 destination charge. If the Sao Paulo Yellow paint is not to your liking, the M 1000 RR is also available in its non-anniversary form. You can go to the BMW Motorrad website and choose the Light White / M Motorsport Competition Package.

The bikes will appear in the US market late in the third quarter of 2022.

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