The 2003 MY BMW R 1150 R has been designed by the House of Munich specifically for those riders who want superior performance and a higher level of comfort, usually associated with the upright riding position of a naked machine. It has, at its heart, a four-stroke, air/oil-cooled, 1130cc, boxer twin cylinder engine paired to a six-speed manual transmission and can produce 95 horsepower and 98 Nm of torque.
Standard fittings for this machine include a dual seat, die-cast aluminium wheels, an analogue instrument cluster, dual front disc brakes coupled to a single disc in the rear, a large, chromed headlamp, a suspension package composed of a BMW Motorrad Telelever in the front and a BMW Motorrad Paralever in the rear and a high-mounted exhaust.