New 2018 BMW S 1000 RR Spied In Testing
Rennie Scaysbrook | July 27, 2017
New swingarm, fairing, lights, seat… the BMW S 1000 RR looks like a new beast for 2018!
The BMW S 1000 RR looks like it’ll be wearing a new dress to the 2018 new year model ball if these spy pics from Europe are anything to go by.
The S 1000 RR has been a standout performer for BMW by almost any measure since it debuted back in 2010. It’s received a steady flow of updates in that time, but it has never seen anything like the ground-up redesign you see here.
The most obvious change for 2018 is the removal of what made the original S 1000 RR so unique. The headlights, a major talking point whenever it comes to the BMW superbike, are now the same left and right and look rather like the Energica Ego electric superbike. The fairing looks smaller and narrower, the seat unit is narrower and sharper at the rear and the exhaust is different, hinting at major changes within the motor.
The swingarm is also different as is the main chassis, and there’ll likely be a revision of the S 1000 RR electronics via the Bosch Inertial Measurement Unit.
Expect this new S 1000 RR to be released for the viewing public at EICMA this November.
Photos by BMH Images
