£47,000 BMW S1000 R SV Revealed with Unlikely Source of Inspiration
The bike comes GP Products and it features a long list of special parts
European parts and accessory supplier, GP Products, has helped to create quite possibly the wildest BMW S1000 R in existence, after chucking more than €30,000 (£25,000) at the bike.
Nicknamed the S1000 R SV, the bike has been built by the Dutch brand to help it showcase the length and breadth of the products it has on offer. The story starts with sourcing a stock machine from a BMW dealer, which is whisked away to the workshop where the transformation begins.
With a veritable Alladin’s cave of toys to choose from, GP Products went to town on the BMW, completely stripping the bike. And while on the face of it, the BMW looks like it’s merely had a visual refresh, there has actually been a lot more put into this bike than just that.
A number of key chassis components were also updated, including Buxur cartridges at the front, and a re-valve kit at the rear. From there the bike gained new rearsets, a refreshed subframe, a carbon fibre battery tray, a new headlight, repainted bodywork and lashings of lovely carbon fibre.
More details and jewellery were also added to the bike, including carbon fibre brake cooling ducts, a carbon tail tidy, and Rotobox carbon wheels and front brake shrouds. The final major trinket arrives in the form of an Akrapovic end can.
The bike was inspired by another vehicle, although not a two-wheeler. Instead, this bike is aping the Range Rover Sport SV, a high-performance SUV. The Range Rover is powered by 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 (borrowed from BMW, as it happens), which churns out a heady 626bhp and 553lb ft of torque and costs more than £170,000. On that last point at least, it makes the €56,000 (£47,000) BMW seem like decent value!
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Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
