If you don’t believe that BMW’s S1000RR can do zero to 100km/h (62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds, you can always try the age old tablecloth trick like the guys in the video to prove it, but if you do it with your wife’s good chinaware, you can be sure that you won’t be getting any for a couple of weeks.

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Check out this spectacular promo video of the Aprilia RSV4R. Doesn’t it just want to make you go to an Aprilia dealer to buy it and then head to the nearest track and just whack open the throttle and feel that powerful 180hp engine beneath you?

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Here’s a preview test video of the Aprilia RSV4 R from the guys at Motoblog.it, who have been lucky enough to get a ride. They say that the thing you can most appreciate about the Aprilia RSV4 R is the feel of being on a real sports racing bike - no fussy electronics, just quality engineering all over. You can see the RSV4 R in action on the Estoril track in the video above, and stay tuned for more videos to come.

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BMW has pulled out all stops to promote the S1000RR and after their official photos, cheetahs and supermodels, and videos explaining the superbike inside and out, they now even got a great product placement inside the Black Eyed Peas “Imma Be Rocking That Body” video.

Check out the delicious Fergie around the 1.36 mark who straddles the 193 hp superbike in its Motorsport livery and finds herself in a desert with some very mean robots. BMW hasn’t only their S1000RR in the video, there’s also their ActiveHybrid X6, one of the most powerful hybrid cars on the market.

Source | blog.places2ride

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See the BMW S1000RR valves in action in this video and while you might think that nearly three and a half minutes of this is boring, it’s actually very mesmerising. It’s not every day we get to see the engine function of a bike with 193 hp. The S1000RR lightweight engine of just 59.8 kg is due to the use of superlight titanium, and it can rev to a maximum of 14,200 rpm, with maximum torque output of 112 Nm at 9,750 rpm.

Source | Ultimate Motorcycling

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Here are some more, even sexier pictures of the Vyrus 987 C3 4V in a professional beach photo shoot for the bike. Dubbed as the most powerful production bike ever (although reader figjam points out that title could go to the Asphaltfighters Stormbringer), the Vyrus has 184 hp and a top speed of 310 km/hr. The supercharged version of the Ducati 1198 V-Twin engine produces a reported 211 hp which makes it very fast. There’s also a 170 hp version, but that’s starting to sound boring in comparison…

Vyrus 987 C3 4V

Source | Autoblog.com

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See the Ducati Superbike on track behind the scenes, and the Ducati Hypermotard in Milan’s urban landscape. The two videos are both very interesting, and different from each other, and they show how much work goes into producing the finished product promo videos we see. While there’s the excitement of the Superbike on the track, I love the variability of the Hypermotard video and the urban setting. See behind the scenes for the Superbike above and the Hypermotard after the jump.

Continue reading: Ducati Hypermotard and Superbike backstage video

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We’ve seen a Buell 1125R on ice and we had Vittoriano Guareschi doing Holiday on Ice numbers with a Ducati Desmosedici GP7 (video after the jump) now we’ve got the latest superbike the BMW S 1000 RR that instead of hitting the asphalt of a race track, hits this frozen over lake.

Continue reading: BMW S 1000 RR goes Ice Racing

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Here is a stunt ride video of the BMW S1000RR with Chris “Teach” McNeil, to check out the stunting capacity of the new BMW superbike. You’d want to be a confident rider to pull some of these moves, and know that you didn’t necessarily have to return the bike in one piece at the end of the day…

Source | StuntRideTV via Motoblog.it

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Crappy film, good bike, is about what we can say of this Ducati 916 road race from the film Fled (which can hardly be described as a motorcycle movie, but it fits our purpose for today). Talking of the film, it was made in 1996 starring Lawrence Fishburn and Stephen Baldwin. Which puts it at the heyday of the Ducati 916, and its first victory back in 1994 with Carl Fogarty onboard. Despite the apparent problems of trustworthiness, Ducati lost the World Superbike constructors title only once, in 1997. The video is clearly not any kind of riding we’d like to attempt on a road with traffic but hell, we can pay homage to another lovely Ducati.

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