This photo was taken at the UK R-RS meet in August 2003.
Any questions about the site or Forum, email rrs@krakar.co.uk.
The Forum has now migrated to www.bikersoracle.com, the full link is below. The old content is available via static HTML only (so no searching until Google gets round to indexing it), URL is also below.
This site is about the BMW R1150RS and R1100RS. Launched in 1993, the Sports Touring R1100RS was the first of the new generation of 8 valve boxer twins, a range which now also includes the RT Tourer, R Roadster, S Sport, and GS Monster Trail bike.
The RS is overlooked these days, because it's seen by many people as rather outdated, and too much of a compromise, when one of the other models may be better at doing a more focussed job.
To RS owners however, this is the big attraction: You can tour, commute or scratch in reasonable comfort, and with decent performance.
On these pages you'll find some useful links about RS bikes and oilhead BMWs in general, FAQs, some information about my own bike, and an ever-growing Forum section for open discussion.
Last update: 2 Aug 2005 Diary.
Many of these links contain information about other R series bikes that is also relevant to the R-RS, in particular a lot of the information about checking oil level, running in, surging...
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