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So? Which one are you riding? How can we choose who is riding which?

Should we toss a coin?

The one who loses takes the BMW

hey everyone and welcome to test maxi naked test: BMW and Yamaha

BMW S1000R, this one comes from the 2017 RR, it takes everything from that bike, it has a 4-in line cylinder engine, with a great power, more powerful compared to the Yamaha

It's extremely sporty, the riding position isn't too tiring, even when going fast, it's suitable for an everyday use

It has many accessories like heated grips, cruise control and electronic suspensions that make this motorcycle suitable both for touring and for a track use

It has semi-active Sachs suspensions but, compared to Yamaha, on this one you just have standard set ups. It's very good on road, not so good on trrack, since you cannot customize the set up

This engine goes very fast on track, it's crazy. On top of that, the quickshift is much better compared to the older model. It's very smooth

The riding position is suitable for a road use, while on track the pegs are a bit too forward, just like all the motorcycles that aren't specifically meant for track

Let's talk about the Yamaha. Its riding position is halfway between a naked and a motard, with a high handlebar, relaxed pegs, low seat but very hard

we can't say it's not comfortable, since the riding position is good, it's very fun on twisty roads and, despite its 158HP, it's pretty easy to ride compared to the BMW

the engine: It comes from the YZFR1 with the CrossPlane Big Bang engine which is very rich at mid range RPM, even though the R1 has a power of almost 200HP. It's an amazing engine with Traction Control and Anti wheelie control, it's something amazing

Today we have here the SP version with Ohlins semi-active suspensions. Compared to the BMW you can set up the different parameters of every riding modes

The S1000R has: Traction Control, which can be set up. There's the Cornering ABS,There's the quickshift with upshift and downshift and there are semi-active suspensions. It's very complete

It's verysimilar to Yamaha, which has the same TC which can be set up on different levels, electronic suspensions, Cornering ABS, while the quickshift work on upshifting only

The SP is comfortable and the only bad thing about it is the space for the passenger, with an extremely small and hard seat, while the pegs are uncomfortable

The S1000R has almost no space for the passenger, but it's better for the passenger

The Yamaha has a motard riding set up. It's agile and very stable at high speed, it tends to do wheelies, while the braking is extremely good, more road oriented rather than track oriented, but it always has a good response even on track. It's very scalable

overall this is a very fast motorcycle,with a long 1st gear and the other ones short. It's very good for when riding sporty, a bit less fun on twisty roads

The S1000R is suitable for a wide range of conditions, it's good for when going for a relaxed ride,but when you go on track it's amazing. The front end tends to get a bit too lite coming out from turns, but when cornering it has a great grip

The shift is very fast, with a very nice popping sound when downshifting, it's very fun

when going very fast, the braking system has very good Brembo Calipers, but the brake master cylinder that has a long travel when riding on track

On track it's amazing, since it comes from a superbike. The engine screams loud, it's very fast, cornering is really good, unfortunately the pegs don't have a great clearance from the ground

what we have noticed is that when pushing very hard, the front end tends to feel a bit too light

As I have already said, the braking system tends to get stressed on track

Talking about the Yamaha, the riding position is more backwards, the front fork has a longer travel, making it a bit more unstable when getting inside a turn, but then it's very precise, especially when coming out from a turn

It gives a lot of confidence, the pegs are a bit too low and they tend to drag on the tarmac, especially if you have track tires. The BMW is more precise when approaching a turn

the Yamaha feels a bit less precise but when we have checked the lap time, they're extremely similar, which is weird for such different motorcycles, even though the Yahama seemed to be a bit faster, despite being less powerful

We had almos forgotten to say thatwe had to remove the passenger's pegs from the Yamaha since they hit our boots getting them stuck

These two bikes are very high level, the finishes are very well done with good plastics and components, there are some undertone details like the plastics here that look a bit too cheap aand some details that could have been hidden better

Even BMW has some great details like the assemblies and paintings, realy nice switches which have a great feedback and every switch has its own function

unfortunately, then I don't really like these black plastic details, the Akrapovic muffler is great, but it's an optional, while the cockpit here is a bit older compared to the TFT display of the Yamaha, but it's easy to read

What about the price? The Yamaha costs 16,190 euro, which is more expensive than the standard model since this is an SP version

The BMW has a price of 13,950, but with all the accessories it has here with the Akrapovic muffler, forged rims, Comfort pack and heated grips, the price goes up to 17,750 euro

we can't really say which one has won since they're different one from another. They're both fun and fast, but the best one is the best according to your needs and to your riding style

can we switch bikes now?

well, let's toss a coin again!