The 2022 BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M is here, and it doesn’t run a penny more than the standard BMW M 1000 RR. However, you can’t buy the 50 Years M edition without the $4500 M Competition Package. As BMW gently puts it, “To get the anniversary edition, the M 1000 RR should be equipped with the optional 50 Years M Package.”
The 50 Years M Package includes the M Billet Package, Carbon Package, M GPS-Lap timer and data logger, M endurance chain, silver-anodized aluminum swingarm, rear seat cover, and passenger kit. The M Billet Package consists of M brake and clutch levers, adjustable M rider’s footpegs, engine spoiler cover, and brake lever guard. The Carbon Package gets you carbon fiber goodness on the upper side fairing, chain guard, sprocket cover, and wheel covers from the M Carbon collection.
BMW M GmbH got going in 1972 to consolidate BMW’s various motorsport racing participation. Robert A. Lutz, a board member on the Board of Management of BMW AG for Sales in 1972, said, “A company is like a human being. If it does sports, it stays fit, enthusiastic, more effecting, and powerful.”
BMW M successes in the motorcycling realm include success in racing endeavors ranging from the Isle of Man TT to the Paris-Dakar Rally.
To ensure everyone knows you’re on a 2022 BMW M 1000 R 50 Years M, it comes in a distinctive Sao Paulo Yellow with 50 Years M livery. Look for this motorcycle to arrive in the United States late in the third quarter of this year as a very-late 2022 model.
Garage photography by Hermann Koepf
2022 BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M Specs
MOTOR
- Type: Inline-4
- Displacement: 999cc
- Bore x stroke: 80 x 49.7mm
- Maximum power: 205 horsepower @ 13,000 rpm
- Maximum torque: 83 ft-lbs @ 11,000 rpm
- Maximum speed: 189 mph
- Compression ratio: 13.5:1
- Valvetrain: DOHC with dual timing; 4 titanium valves per cylinder
- Fueling: EMI w/ 48mm throttle bodies
- Transmission: 6-speed w/ straight-cut gears
- Clutch: Wet multiplate w/ slipper function
- Final drive: 525 chain
FRAME
- Type: Aluminum composite bridge
- Front suspension; travel: Fully adjustable 45mm inverted fork; 4.7 inches
- Rear suspension; travel: Linkage-assisted fully adjustable shock; 4.6 inches
- Wheels: M Carbon
- Front wheel: 17 x 3.50
- Rear wheel: 17 x 6.00
- Tires: Michelin Power Cup 2
- Front tire: 120/70 x 17
- Rear tire: 200/55 x 17
- Front brakes: 320mm floating discs w/ 4-piston M calipers
- Rear brake: 220mm disc w/ 2-piston caliper
- ABS: BMW Motorrad ABS Pro
DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES
- Wheelbase: 57.4 inches
- Rake: 23.6 degrees
- Trail: 3.9 inches
- Seat height: 32.8 inches
- Fuel capacity: 4.4 gallons
- Estimate fuel consumption: 36 mpg
- Curb weight: 423 pounds
- Color: Sao Paulo Yellow w/ 50 Years M badging
2022 BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M Price: $36,995 MSRP
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