BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M: a motorcycle linked to a strong sporting tradition [VIDEO]

La BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M is a two-wheeled sports car introduced on the occasion of 50 anniversary di BMW M GmbH, founded in 1972 like BMW Motorsport GmbH. A powerful specimen characterized by50 Years BMW M emblem and a color Sao Paulo Yellow. In the video proposed by BMW Motorrad, on YouTube, the different aspects of the model are highlighted.

The motorcycle

La BMW M 1000 RR 50 Years M it can be ordered between May 21 and November 30, 2022, according to reports.
It includes an M Competition package as standard and also includes: the passenger package and the passenger seat cover; the M Endurance chain, a varied offering of M milled parts and M Carbon package; the unlock code for GPS tachometer M; a lighter swingarm made of silver anodized aluminium.

An interesting sporting journey

The foundation of BMW Motorsport GmbH It dates back to 1972 with the concentration of BMW's motorsport activities and the development of high-performance examples and engines for competition. Activity that starts from the development of the historical one BMW 3.0 CSL (CSL = Coupe Sport Light Construction) introduced in 1973 and raced in the European Touring Car Championship in the same year. The connotative color scheme composed of blue, purple and red on a white background has become representative for Bmw motorsport. In the updated Blue, Dark Blue and Red version it is still visible today in the BMW M logo and on BMW M examples.
Along with successes in the automotive field, there have also been important milestones in that field motorcycling and already in the first decades of the company's activity. For example, well-known names such as Ernst Jakob Henne and Georg “Schorsch” Meier were protagonists with BMWs, specifically recalling the triumph of “Schorsch” Meier riding a supercharged BMW at the 1939 Senior Tourist Trophy on the Island of Man.
75 years after the victory of “Schorsch” Meier in the Senior TT, Michael Dunlop brought the Bavarian manufacturer's colors back to the top in 2014, riding the BMW S1000RR. Interesting results can also be remembered in off-roading when thinking back to the Official BMW GS driven by Hubert Auriol and Gaston Rahier in the Paris-Dakar Rally in the early 1980s.
In the recent past, at the end of 2018, BMW Motorrad introduced the strategy envisaged for BMW M automobiles also in the motorcycle sector and has since then offered M special equipment and M Performance Parts.
La BMW M1000RR, presented as a world premiere in September 2020, is the first M model from BMW Motorrad. The celebratory model is a new step in this interesting technological and sporting journey.

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