try the pirelli angel st. if you do more street riding than anything rosso III's are a waste of money. ive done track days with my angel st and they work great. its a bit harder compound but still does great in the rain and on track. plus they last twice as long as Rosso III's.
madboy48 a mate has the Tuono and it’s a great bike. Quite a lot smaller than what you have. If you think yours is expensive to service what till you have a V4!
hi mate - no sold it a few years back, maybe a year before covid. It had done ~90,000 kms by that stage, so thought i'd upgrade to a new 2019 S1000r. i loved that one too, but then covid... so sold that one also. This one - did 90,000 of awesome kms. it was reliable, but yeah, after some hard riding, was starting to show it's age. i still reckon it is the best value bike out there. but - a little soulless.
Bars are rizoma. Nothing to the headlights... Depending on your mood, They look weird, cranky, mean or.... More recently like the bike is wearing a monacle....
@@madboy48 oh i love the look of it, i just hated the actual lighting at night. I think its the poorest part of the bike, i bought some LED H7's off amazon, didn't go crazy with price bc i didn't know if i'd like it, and it made a HUGE difference. I only changed my low beam, and i wired a LED between the #2 terminals of the headlight relays, the diode prevents the circuit from completing when the Low beam dimmer switch comes in, and you have both when brights are on! I got a link if you are interested, pretty cheap way to get both lights on, and i'd about bet you have an old remote or CD played or something with an LED in it. Its the diode that really makes the magic happen.
We regularly get 40+ deg C in some parts of Australia during our summer and this bike handles it without an issue. The frame spars do get quite warm because the engine bolts directly to them.
Jake, agree with what Simon days with two minor points in what might be exceptional circumstances. On 30c + days it can get very hot sitting in traffic, as the fans kick in to keep the engine below 103c ad with heat soak through the frame - the what has to go somewhere. Secondly, I did a track day on a 47c day, and the 6 sessions I did the bike had no complaint but ran a little hotter (103) than it normally does on track days, but the ride home through Sydney traffic at that temp was terrible and saw 108c engine temps when crawling through stop start traffic. Once above 70kph they run pretty cool even on hot days. They just run hot in traffic, which when you think about the level of performance and intended use is understandable.
that, my friend, is a custom seat with an inch extra cushioning. it was by far the best mod on the bike. go to any auto-timmer and ask them to add an extra inch of cushion to the front of the seat and 1/2 an inch at the butt... huge diff.
I like the look of your windscreen which matches the bike. How do you find its protection? If you like it, do you mind sharing which make and model is it please?
it's OK, though depends on how tall you are. my head sits in the wind, buffetting around the jaw and neck, chest fairly clean. If you dont already have one and not planning on doing massive touring, I'd recommend no windscreen - cleaner air, can lean against the wind. I rode my mate's s1000r with no windscreen and i thought it was quieter, though i didnt have a decibel meter or anything... This one is the wunderlich longdistance... www.wunderlich.de/shop/en/bmw-s-serie/s-1000-r/ergonomics-comfort/screens-complements/wunderlich-windscreen-longdistance-m35751-102.html enjoy!
@@madboy48 Thanks for the advice pal! I haven't got any windscreen on mine yet and I do notice like you experienced it's a lot quieter than my ex street triple whose OEM flyscreen used to directing the wind towards my helmet.
@@desorch Hey just curious have you put on any windscreen since? I am thinking about getting the one OP used. The only good looking windscreen for s1kr imho
# Nice video, is a good bike for commuting honestly? daily use and weekend touring, of perhaps recreation purpose? you know about maintenance/ repair? expensive? actually buy a new bike with less specs wise than a user bike? for example: Triumph Street triple R or RS new, or a user BMW
Hey, I got 2 questions. The first one is: Is it a very expensive bike to maintain because of the high mileage, or is it because, as you say, it's a premium bike. I'm thinking of getting one but it has 35k kilometers and since I'm most likely going to do around 100kms per day I could have; the second one is in on average how far do you usually go with one tank of gas? they claim that 6.3l/100kms but I was wondering how much it actually is.
both. if you can afford it, definitely worth it. don't skimp on the maintenance and the bike will take care of you. if you are one to skip services, then go jap. they are far more forgiving if this. euro bikes demand attention.
Hi do you still have the bike? I'm looking at one with high km, wondering what your experience has been now that you would be well up over the 70k mark now
Hello, and thanks for the honest & fair video. do you still have the bike? Would you get the s1000r again? PS: great to see the bike looking clean, props to you in keeping it clean which is dedication care and effort. PSS interesting to hear that ProCycles St.Peters took care of you.
heya - yep, still have it. i call her the Baroness (with monacle and all). :-) i am struggling to find any bike that competes with her on price and features. it does everything so well and without complaints, that the negatives (a little clinical) are far outweighed. only thing that comes close is the Tuono, but once you take into account the service network and finickiness, s1000r all the way...
You can tell that you take proper care of your bike and it will serve you well, but isn’t everything getting so expensive today? To have a car with this performance you would spend six figures and 15k in maintenance. Cheers!
No bad choices there. I'd say the Suzuki would be cheapest in the long run. You get moto2 with ohlins with the 765 and a superbike with good ergonomics in the s1000r. Winning with any choice. Good luck.
madboy48 Thanks man. Got a better deal with 765 RS. They’ll receive a car of mine. First bike, i think it’s fast and good enough! 😅👹 Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷👍🏻
You should see my face right now😵, after you said that you have done 200,000 km in the past year and a half on top of the 50,000 km that the previous owner did. Wait up Churchhill, are you saying that this bike has over 150,000 american miles on it; because 200,000 km is around 124,000 miles and 50,000km is around 31,000 miles(north american miles) which is now alltogether equal to 180,000 miles(north american miles) !!! Now, that is a great selling point if there ever was !
@@madboy48 Well, even with 91,000 kms that would still be well over 50,000 U.S miles and that tells me right there that the bmw s1000R is a very reliable bike...
Up to 82 k kms now. Major services at dealerships are about 1200. Yikes. Recommend to make friends with a mechanic and buy him a few beers to take care of you. At around 75k, front wheel bearing went while on road. Could still ride the bike home, but was annoying to get the part.
I know this is old. However you said bmw did your chain,guides and CCT. However you then started the bike and it rattled. Something isn't right. As the bmw fix should've eliminated this.
@@madboy48 thanks oh wow bmw not call. Because if bike wasn't in warranty they would've charged you a kidney and then it still would've have fixed the problem
@@512460 lol - yes def happy got this done under warranty yes. ut, every bike has it's own idiosyncrasies. Just have to work with it's character. bmw make awesome bikes... this is definitely one of them. the rattile is what it is... not harmful... just .. noisy :-)
@@madboy48 yea good point. Now you mention it I've never heard any story of the bmw chain or chain guides snapping or the timing chain skipping a tooth and going out of timing or detonation of the engine due to this. So i guess it's more just a noise issue however i also believe that bmws are known to be noisy especially when one is use to hearing Japanese bikes. Which makes the bmw sound like a tin of nails in comparison But on the flip side although i see lots of examples of noisy engines i also see a lot of people say its a smooth engine as ironic as that sounds lol. So its clattery but smooth loool Bmw be trolling us.
in the uk there is a £50 mod bmw do to sort that cam chain 1st second noise on start up. it's a shim they fit. had mine done at 18k service
Br - mine 2015 as well and cam chain kit repaced with 40k KM ONLY...extremely early. Definitly widespread issue with this model
That seat looks amazing. Looks nice and plush
Great bike mate, currently have a Honda cb500f in Sydney, always loved the BMW , enjoy!!
Beautiful clean looking bike!!
try the pirelli angel st. if you do more street riding than anything rosso III's are a waste of money. ive done track days with my angel st and they work great. its a bit harder compound but still does great in the rain and on track. plus they last twice as long as Rosso III's.
I just came across your video and I was the original owner of your bike.
No way! You spared no expense here!!! Lol
madboy48 yeah I spent quite a bit on it to make it how wanted it. Do you still have it? I’m about to buy another one to go with my R1250GS.
@@simonjones5964 yeah man... thinking of selling it for a tuono, though..
madboy48 a mate has the Tuono and it’s a great bike. Quite a lot smaller than what you have. If you think yours is expensive to service what till you have a V4!
@@simonjones5964 yeah, both good points. That sound, though...
Is that the Tinted Touring Wunderlich windscreen?
Front tire looks like it is backwards (rolling in the wrong direction).
It’s not
Do you still own this s1000R, how many miles, and how's it doing?
Cheers from Daytona Beach, Florida USA!
hi mate - no sold it a few years back, maybe a year before covid. It had done ~90,000 kms by that stage, so thought i'd upgrade to a new 2019 S1000r. i loved that one too, but then covid... so sold that one also.
This one - did 90,000 of awesome kms. it was reliable, but yeah, after some hard riding, was starting to show it's age.
i still reckon it is the best value bike out there. but - a little soulless.
@@madboy48 thanks and cheers mate !
Which mirrors and windscreen did you install on this? Love them, want to pick up some too. Thanks!
Rizoma mirrors, wunderlich screen
Change my R6 to thiis 3 weeks ago... Love the riding position.
U said expensive maintainence, what is that means?
Have you the link for the comfort seat mate ? Cheers
Good video! Very informative. Ride safe brother :)
Thanks mate
Hi. What kind of bar end mirrors do you have. And did you have to replace the stock bars. I hate the standard mirrors. How’s the visibility ? Thanks!
Rizoma. They are ok. They don't vibrate, but definitely smaller range of vision.
What are the specs of the black rizoma bar? How's the bike holding up now
simple and honest review. Looking to replace my zx6r with a 2019 1000r sport. Lets see !
What have you done with headlights? Have you changed them at this point? Worst thing on the bike imo
Also did you paint your bars? they aren't black stock are they? mine aren't anyways
Bars are rizoma.
Nothing to the headlights... Depending on your mood, They look weird, cranky, mean or.... More recently like the bike is wearing a monacle....
@@madboy48 oh i love the look of it, i just hated the actual lighting at night. I think its the poorest part of the bike, i bought some LED H7's off amazon, didn't go crazy with price bc i didn't know if i'd like it, and it made a HUGE difference. I only changed my low beam, and i wired a LED between the #2 terminals of the headlight relays, the diode prevents the circuit from completing when the Low beam dimmer switch comes in, and you have both when brights are on! I got a link if you are interested, pretty cheap way to get both lights on, and i'd about bet you have an old remote or CD played or something with an LED in it. Its the diode that really makes the magic happen.
Hi! I'm living in Singapore where weather is constantly 30 to 35 degree Celsius, wanna check with you if the heat on the bike is bearable?
We regularly get 40+ deg C in some parts of Australia during our summer and this bike handles it without an issue. The frame spars do get quite warm because the engine bolts directly to them.
Jake, agree with what Simon days with two minor points in what might be exceptional circumstances. On 30c + days it can get very hot sitting in traffic, as the fans kick in to keep the engine below 103c ad with heat soak through the frame - the what has to go somewhere. Secondly, I did a track day on a 47c day, and the 6 sessions I did the bike had no complaint but ran a little hotter (103) than it normally does on track days, but the ride home through Sydney traffic at that temp was terrible and saw 108c engine temps when crawling through stop start traffic. Once above 70kph they run pretty cool even on hot days. They just run hot in traffic, which when you think about the level of performance and intended use is understandable.
Sir. May I ask what seat that is? Stock seat is not comfortable after about 2-3 hrs for me.
that, my friend, is a custom seat with an inch extra cushioning. it was by far the best mod on the bike. go to any auto-timmer and ask them to add an extra inch of cushion to the front of the seat and 1/2 an inch at the butt... huge diff.
I like the look of your windscreen which matches the bike. How do you find its protection? If you like it, do you mind sharing which make and model is it please?
it's OK, though depends on how tall you are. my head sits in the wind, buffetting around the jaw and neck, chest fairly clean.
If you dont already have one and not planning on doing massive touring, I'd recommend no windscreen - cleaner air, can lean against the wind. I rode my mate's s1000r with no windscreen and i thought it was quieter, though i didnt have a decibel meter or anything...
This one is the wunderlich longdistance...
www.wunderlich.de/shop/en/bmw-s-serie/s-1000-r/ergonomics-comfort/screens-complements/wunderlich-windscreen-longdistance-m35751-102.html
enjoy!
@@madboy48 Thanks for the advice pal! I haven't got any windscreen on mine yet and I do notice like you experienced it's a lot quieter than my ex street triple whose OEM flyscreen used to directing the wind towards my helmet.
@@desorch Hey just curious have you put on any windscreen since? I am thinking about getting the one OP used. The only good looking windscreen for s1kr imho
not yet@@seanx.c7453
# Nice video, is a good bike for commuting honestly? daily use and weekend touring, of perhaps recreation purpose? you know about maintenance/ repair? expensive? actually buy a new bike with less specs wise than a user bike? for example: Triumph Street triple R or RS new, or a user BMW
Hey, I got 2 questions. The first one is: Is it a very expensive bike to maintain because of the high mileage, or is it because, as you say, it's a premium bike. I'm thinking of getting one but it has 35k kilometers and since I'm most likely going to do around 100kms per day I could have; the second one is in on average how far do you usually go with one tank of gas? they claim that 6.3l/100kms but I was wondering how much it actually is.
both. if you can afford it, definitely worth it. don't skimp on the maintenance and the bike will take care of you.
if you are one to skip services, then go jap. they are far more forgiving if this. euro bikes demand attention.
Hi do you still have the bike? I'm looking at one with high km, wondering what your experience has been now that you would be well up over the 70k mark now
Ended up selling it after 90k kms. It was still fine when I sold it
Did they fix the issue in 2016s?
Great bike, would you mind sharing where you bought your red wheel tape? It looks really Sharp!
Came from first owner like that. I think it is the bmw motorrad tape...
Hello, and thanks for the honest & fair video. do you still have the bike? Would you get the s1000r again? PS: great to see the bike looking clean, props to you in keeping it clean which is dedication care and effort. PSS interesting to hear that ProCycles St.Peters took care of you.
heya - yep, still have it. i call her the Baroness (with monacle and all). :-) i am struggling to find any bike that competes with her on price and features. it does everything so well and without complaints, that the negatives (a little clinical) are far outweighed. only thing that comes close is the Tuono, but once you take into account the service network and finickiness, s1000r all the way...
@@madboy48 It still looks so fresh. Thanks for the details.
Useful video, cheers!
Nice video. I currently ride a 2018 s1000r. Hate my mirror!
What bar end mirror are those?
rizoma bar ends. small but stable.
Get the Evotech Performance bar-end weights. It'll reduce the mirror vibration about 80-90 % and reduce the handlebars from buzzing also.
You can tell that you take proper care of your bike and it will serve you well, but isn’t everything getting so expensive today? To have a car with this performance you would spend six figures and 15k in maintenance. Cheers!
I have a theory, if you show it respect and love, it will return the favour.
Your bike is immaculate! 👌👌
Thanks mate
Do you still have it?
no
@@madboy48 is it reliable ? I checked one 2016 40k kilometer for 7600€, new trasmission and Tires and 1.7 year warranty by bmw
What is the shield on?
Australia must be biker heaven in terms of weather
The heat is hard, but apart from that, it's brilliant 9 months of the year. :)
Not too bad for the total of kms you have on it
How’s the bike now mate sold it yet?
Yeah, got a 2019 s1000r now. :)
madboy48 sweet I ended up with a rr wasn’t too happy with the top end on the R
@@madboy48 hey. is still the camshaft tensioner an issue in 2019 modèle. Thanks
Man i'm between this, the Suzuki GSX S1000A and the Triumph 765 RS... but i like the S1000R so bad.
No bad choices there. I'd say the Suzuki would be cheapest in the long run. You get moto2 with ohlins with the 765 and a superbike with good ergonomics in the s1000r.
Winning with any choice.
Good luck.
madboy48 Thanks man. Got a better deal with 765 RS. They’ll receive a car of mine. First bike, i think it’s fast and good enough! 😅👹
Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷👍🏻
Please tell me you didn’t opt for the street 765? The wind blast ouch!
Hoffnungslos Got a Ninja 400. First bike haha. But i love the 765RS haha
You should see my face right now😵, after you said that you have done 200,000 km in the past year and a half on top of the 50,000 km that the previous owner did. Wait up Churchhill, are you saying that this bike has over 150,000 american miles on it; because 200,000 km is around 124,000 miles and 50,000km is around 31,000 miles(north american miles) which is now alltogether equal to 180,000 miles(north american miles) !!! Now, that is a great selling point if there ever was !
Did I? Was wrong if I did.
No, total kms = 91,000. Bought at 48,000, did another 43,000 before sold.
@@madboy48 Well, even with 91,000 kms that would still be well over 50,000 U.S miles and that tells me right there that the bmw s1000R is a very reliable bike...
You bought a bike with 50000kms? How's it going now?
Yep - still going OK (touch wood) - 80k kms.
@@madboy48 awesome. Going to get one soon. Hoping for catalono grey which I know a lot of people don't like lol
Hey mate how much did the 60k major service set you back?
Any dramas so far?
Cheers
Up to 82 k kms now. Major services at dealerships are about 1200. Yikes. Recommend to make friends with a mechanic and buy him a few beers to take care of you.
At around 75k, front wheel bearing went while on road. Could still ride the bike home, but was annoying to get the part.
Nice one mate still have the bike?
@@madboy48 Wow!!! 82k miles. This just gave me the greenlight to actually buy this bike. Thanks man.
@@iamjavademon kms, man... Not miles. :)
I know this is old. However you said bmw did your chain,guides and CCT. However you then started the bike and it rattled.
Something isn't right. As the bmw fix should've eliminated this.
Can confirm that it did not. It rode fine, just rattles.
@@madboy48 thanks oh wow bmw not call. Because if bike wasn't in warranty they would've charged you a kidney and then it still would've have fixed the problem
@@512460 lol - yes def happy got this done under warranty yes.
ut, every bike has it's own idiosyncrasies. Just have to work with it's character.
bmw make awesome bikes... this is definitely one of them. the rattile is what it is... not harmful... just .. noisy :-)
@@madboy48 yea good point. Now you mention it I've never heard any story of the bmw chain or chain guides snapping or the timing chain skipping a tooth and going out of timing or detonation of the engine due to this.
So i guess it's more just a noise issue however i also believe that bmws are known to be noisy especially when one is use to hearing Japanese bikes. Which makes the bmw sound like a tin of nails in comparison But on the flip side although i see lots of examples of noisy engines i also see a lot of people say its a smooth engine as ironic as that sounds lol.
So its clattery but smooth loool
Bmw be trolling us.
Awful seat .....