The BMW R 1300 R was introduced to the world as a torquey boxer-engined roadster that’s good for the city and the twisties, but being ‘good’ doesn’t cut it in this world, does it? Enter Titan — a forged carbon, nitrous fed version of the roadster that you can’t buy or even be lucky enough to see. But you’ll yearn for it badly, lust after it… and maybe that’s the point.
The Titan isn’t a roadster anymore — it’s a sprint-racer that drips Pride from every surface. A small team of BMW Motorrad employees swapped the stock bike’s boat panels with a forged carbon monocoque. The big scoops at the front force airflow while the cutouts at the sides accommodate the chunky pod filters. Even the fuel tank has been moved back and the console positioned in the same monocoque. The handlebars are placed quite low and the footpegs positioned as far back as humanly possible. Why, though? Maybe because BMW, and only could pull off something like that from its factory.
Press the starter and meet Wrath — the polite 145-bhp boxer-twin now gets a nitrous system that pumps up to 40 bhp on demand with a switch that lets you toggle between two engine maps.
Now you know moderation isn’t really the Titan’s thing. And by now you know Gluttony runs in its veins — this dragster devours every exotic material and engineering trick in playbook. And Greed ? It doesn’t just reflect from the bike, but from the people behind it, too. From the M4 CSL’s DRLs to M 1000 RR-sourced forks, front wheel, foot controls, along with Magura brake and clutch master
cylinders, bespoke Akrapovic exhaust…. Not everything was requirement of the bike, but was there because Philipp Ludwig (project manager), Andreas Martin (designer), Theresa Stukenbrock (colour and graphic designer), Paul Summerer and Thomas Becker (prototype builders) just couldn’t help themselves.
Of course, a bike like this can’t be a Sloth. And just so no one dares raise a finger, Ludwig will be out racing the Titan often. With this bike, BMW Motorrad didn’t just create an eye candy, but an object of Envy not just in the custom bike scene but also in the world of drag racing. In a world that worships speed, sinning never felt so righteous. Amen.
