Word on the web is, the BMW will price the all new S1000RR bike which is schedule to debut at the World Superbike race on May 29th at Miller Motorsports Park within price range of the big four Japs, with expectation of just 10% higher. It will not compete along with Ducati 1198 or KTM RC8.
"We intend to take the four Japanese head-on. We did not intend to build a motorcycle like Ducati does or KTM does. We wanted to build a mainstream motorcycle," says Pieter de Waal, Vice President of BMW Motorrad USA.
For the sake of the fun of it, let's imagine. AutoBavaria Malaysia enjoys the same advantage Kawasaki Malaysia have, having the rights and APs to bring the bike here. So if the pricing structure is as attractive as the web claims, you can guess that the S1000RR should be around somewhere of RM 94.6K on the road. If this is true, R1, CBR and the Gixxer would have a real problem. But still, this is just rumored.
