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BMW S 1000 RR and M3 Comparison - Technology Cross Over

BMW's S 1000 RR meets its automotive M3 cousinBack in the '80s, motorcycles had the technological advantage over automobiles. Not too many production automobiles had four valves per cylinder, or revved beyond 7000 rpm; meanwhile, a good majority of motorcycles (and nearly all sportbikes) had four valves per cylinder-some even had five-and bikes such as the Japanese domestic-market Honda CBR250RR revved to 17,000 rpm. The after-effect of the oil panics of the '70s was still stunting advances in the automotive performance sector, but with the Japanese bubble economy during the '80s making the domestic motorcycle manufacturers flush with cash, the pace of development in the two-wheeled sector was bouncing off the rev-limiter.


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