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. Three speeds, in a gearbox LEGO called new and fully functional when it announced the set. Pair that with the inline-4 and its moving pistons behind 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. LEGO lists a new, fully functional three-speed gearbox, and on the finished bike it sits behind the side fairings, so work through the gears before the panels go on. LEGO packed more mechanical engineering into this motorbike than most car kits get.
The extras are worth mentioning separately. You get a paddock-style racing stand that lifts the rear wheel, a display plate with a plaque printed with the real bike’s figures (Alan has his on the plate), three dashboard tiles to choose between, and a printed windscreen. It’s a proper display kit.
The gold chain runs along the swingarm to the rear sprocket, 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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