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Do two halves make one soul? We ride BMW?s world-beating S1000RR! By:Kartik Ware |Published :June 07, 2011

My vision is a blurry vortex. The world around me is being sucked into the intake duct. The exhaust turns it into a spine-tingling noise. My senses are overwhelmed by unrelenting, maddening, pure, raw speed. And it’s only second gear. Survival instincts execute a hostile takeover of adrenal glands, begging two fingers to squeeze the brake lever. My backside leaves all contact with the seat like a cat on a hot tin roof – this is even more nuts. I see now why the Jap bikes have a collective exclamation mark over their heads. Say hello to the BMW S1000RR.  

I love litre bikes. Everyone does. Soundly impractical and built for apocalyptic speed, they are the pinnacle of motorcycling evolution. Almost forever, it was the Japanese Big Four that traded supremacy over ultimate high-performance motorcycling, while European manufacturers were regarded as a quaint bunch with their own set of quirks that lend their machines an undeniable charm. And God knows the quirkiest of them all emerged from BMW Motorrad. He also knows they never worried the Japs when it came to flat-out performance.

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