Alan nailed the BMW M 1000 RR
Alan sent these over recently and they’re brilliant. The BMW M 1000 RR (42130) is a 1,920-piece, 1:5 scale replica of BMW’s top-tier Superbike Championship machine, and it’s one of the most technically interesting motorbike kits in the library.
The standout feature is the working gearbox. Six speeds, each one selectable by lever while the model is in your hands. You can feel it click through the ratios. Pair that with the moving inline-4 pistons visible under the fairing panels, and this kit does a proper job of showing off what the real bike is packing.
Alan put in a solid 5-6 hours on this. From the photos you can see the white, blue, and red M livery sitting cleanly against the frame, and the front suspension geometry looking exactly right.
This is the feature that keeps catching people out. It’s a genuine 6-speed sequential gearbox built into the model. You shift it with a lever, it clicks through each ratio, and you can feel it engaging. LEGO packed more mechanical engineering into this motorbike than most car kits get.
The fairing panels are worth mentioning separately. They clip on and unclip cleanly, so once the build is done you’re not just looking at the outside. Pull the panels off and there’s a fully realised engine bay underneath, with the inline-4 layout, the gearbox mechanism, and the suspension all visible at once. It’s a proper display kit.
The linked brake system means pulling the front lever operates the rear too, just like the real bike. Small detail, but it’s exactly the kind of thing that makes this kit feel like a licensed replica rather than a generic motorbike build.
Alan has worked through enough of the library now that his photos are useful in a different way to product shots. They show the kit as a builder actually sees it: on a table, built in normal light, with the little mechanical details doing the talking.
If you have built BMW M 1000 RR and spotted something I have missed, send it over. The member posts are better when they feel like a record of what people are actually building, not just a list of sets we happen to stock.
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