Performance Bikes — March 2018

8 PERFORMANCEBIKES.CO.UK|MARCH 2018

MW’S SURPRISINGLY
entertaining Boxer Cup is
makingacomeback,
supporting the IDM
German national superbike series, with
30 Deutschlanders bashing cylinder
heads on identical R nineT Racers.
The original series ran from 2001 to
2004, elevating the R1100S from
wonky-faced weirdo for old men to
quirky, credible sportsbike. Sort of...
Boxer Cup 2.0 won’t be on quite the
same scale as the original series,
which supported MotoGP and was
competed by a Pro-Am mix of aged
professionals (like Randy Mamola)
and fearless ‘who are yous’, like a

RETURN OF THE

BMW BOXER CUP

German one-make class for race-prepped R nineT Racers.

BSB support series, please...

B

CYLINDER HEAD SLIDER SALES ROCKET

young Richard Cooper.

The bikes are built to a similar spec

• Wilbers fork internals and shocks,
  cylinder head sliders and bellypan, an
  Akrapovic exhaust system, race brake
  pads, steering damper and upgraded
  software for the ABS. Yes, they’ll still
  run it... Other than that, it’s a bit of
  paint and stickers from your
  supporting dealer: the rest is down to
  how skilful/fearless/reckless you’re
  feeling on the day...
  There’s no plans (at least not public
  ones) to roll it out on a wider basis. But
  we hope they do – or make a similar
  spec bike available on the road, as they
  did with the previous Boxer Cup rep.

THE STORIES THAT MATTER FROM THE LAST FOUR WEEKS

Aces like Cadalora and Mamola contested the series

One-make series gets

a modern (or rather,

retro) makeover