A copy/paste of my review from another site:
You've heard the hype surrounding the BMW s1000rr. All I can say (pretty much) is believe it - this bike is amazing &
shockingly fast = something like a 9.5 second 1/4 mile fast enough?
Given most of my experiences with post 2000 sportsbikes, I almost wanted to hate it, say it was uncomfortable, handled like a pig at slow speeds & was meant for the race track only.
Well, it certainly made me look the fool -totally wrong there & on all counts.
This bike is
more comfortable to ride & puts less weight on my wrists than my 1996 fireblade!. In fact, if the riding mode electronics were kept in rain mode then even a new rider would find this easy to ride; more so than any 600 supersports in my opinion. It's incredibly well balanced, and poised, at all speeds. It has a 1/2 decent turning circle, phenomenal brakes, slick gear box with quickshifter. Nice layout for the controls/switchgear etc.
I'm hard pressed to find any faults with this bike, it simply is that good. If pressed I would say the indicator switch is a little stubby, and, depending on your stance on bikes, it's almost too refined, too smooth, too..... German?. It's probably quite hard to have proper fun on this bike at sensible speeds too given that it makes going extremely fast rather effortless, even around the tightest of bends. It perhaps lacks a little 'character' compared to, say, an early ZX10r which is a snarling, raw beast of a bike. My opinion might be changed if I get to ride this bike without the electronics, AFAIK they can't be switched off 100% fully. The traction control is still on in slick mode, only the anti wheelie & rear ABS are deactivated.
Oh, & it's
butt fugly! 
Spec as tested:
BMW s1000rr, newest model on 61 plate
Standard kit fitted:
Quickshifter
Slipper clutch
ABS
Traction Control + anti-wheelie
4 mode engine map/power control. The different settings are called rain, sport, race, & lastly slick (which wasn't available to me unfortunately)
Additional kit:
Akrapovic End can - sounds lovely on overrun
Tested on a cool, dry & overcast day, and the approx temperature 14C
My previous sportsbikes: Fireblade 893 foxeye + 929 millennium edition, k2 GSXR1000, K4 GSXR600, Ducati 1098s
My 'stats' 
:
33 years old, 184cm tall (6 foot, 1/2 inch in old), 100Kg (approx 16.5 stone), 79cm inside leg (31 inches), medium sized hands, size 9 boot.
