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[Richard230]

Here are a couple of photos of the 2025 BMW M1000RR, which according to the bike's Russian commercial pilot owner, cost something north of $30K. No doubt due to all of the carbon fiber on the bike. Even the wheels are carbon fiber. 

[Specter]

Fully unlocked, chipped and tweaked in the US it will run about 35 to 40k or so to make it fully race ready that also unlocks the speed on it too, that bike can go north of 200 mph.  The bike when bought new has i think it's a 12 hour break in on it, you have to keep the revs in a certain limit, as the engine needs some parts wear fitted and it needs a break in before they fully open it up.  Im not sure if nate is running the 25, i know he has the 24 fully tricked by bmw for racing and i know they give him early previews of the new stuff coming etc, he probably has a 25 too. he goes all over showing off their stuff at the bmw shops world wide.  I fuck with him saying if he ever wants a real bike ill allow him to ride my ego,  it's worth a good laugh.  I tell you what, that is a sweet ass bike and it's about the same profile as an EGO just a little lighter.  Riding it was a lot of fun.

Ill give him a call tonight and see if he's busy or can chat a bit and i can ask him about the brake cover.  I need to discuss some things with him anyways.  any other?s you'd like me to ask?  He's a pro racer and the official brand ambassador for bmw so his answers would be pretty spot on.

Aaron

[Richard230]

Ask him if all of those carbon fiber parts really help the bike to go faster. 

[Specter]

They insist it does, every ounce counts, then complain the bike is too light and won't stay down on the track 
TBH i find that with my Ribelle, have to set the preload and rebound a bit differently for hwy .vs. track, but even then, the bouncy bouncy she wants to get real light sometimes.
it'd be an interesting experiment, not sure how you'd mount it but id love to put a strain gauge on the front fork, measure the weight on it at idle and at speeds and braking, see exactly what kind of forces are happening up there.  When it feels light, how light is it really?

aaron

[MVetter]

Motorcycles have inherently bad aerodynamics. Largely because of the rider being in the airstream. But it's like the manufacturers usually don't try to design the bike itself for aerodynamics. Over 90% of the designers seem to follow the trend they were taught in design school. To make emotional looks. Angry "faces", dark colors and aggressive transformer looks if you want to appeal to young or middle age males that make up majority of motorcycle buyers. Nice colors, practicality like storage if you want to appeal to females. Managers and designers like to keep their jobs, so the product has to sell. Failed product looks bad on the CV, no matter what the reason was. Different usually doesn't sell. Fuel economy and aerodynamics doesn't sell, horsepower does. The most daring design differences between bikes today tend to be features in system parts, dash connecting to the phone etc. Those are still not settled into a form so there is a design freedom there.

Gee maybe cover the rider up oh wait the racing legislation mandates the rider must be visibly fully exposed. The rules are written to slow the bikes down. Racing fairings are actively designed to slow the bikes down. This was a conscious decision made almost 70 years ago by the FIM.

Remove. The. Restrictions.