When BMW debuted the Concept RR at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este a couple months back, my jaw may have dropped a bit.
Still, I stopped short of writing about it, as it leaned too far toward “concept” and away from “motorcycle you can actually buy and ride.”

However, the bike’s recent reappearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed has tilted momentum decidedly toward the latter.
Watching someone actually ride this thing makes it feel much more like a sneak preview of the next production M 1000 RR or S 1000 RR.
While seeing is believing, hearing is too, because wow does this beautiful beast howl.
Shaped for speed
So what exactly is the Concept RR?
Basically a showcase for all the futuristic design and development in the BMW Motorrad factory superbike M 1000 RR that Toprak Razgatlioğlu raced to the FIM World Superbike Championship last year.