We just spent the day ripping it up around the fabulous Portimao race circuit in Portugal on BMW’s new S1000RR supersport literbike, and it’s set to blow away perceptions of what a BMW motorcycle is.

With 193 crankshaft horsepower and a claimed dry weight of 404 pounds, BMW says the S1000RR has the best power-to-weight ratio of any production bike. And, by the way the S1000 lofts its front wheel onto Portimao’s front straight at 150 mph, we’re becoming believers!

Time and money are two precious resources that most of us don’t have an abundance of but if you happen to be lucky enough to have more than your share of both and love to travel on a motorcycle, this could be right up your alley.

According to Edelweiss Bike Travel, its the longest motorcycle expedition ever offered on Earth, in terms of distance and duration.

More details after the jump.

2010 BMW S1000RR onboard Portimao with Troy Corser. Our first action video from the Portimao world launch of BMW’s new superbike. Tor Sagen has some fun on the bike first before we interview Troy…

The Brammo Enertia electric bike has been picking up some great media coverage this year, from the Best Buy partnership, their PR road trip from Ann Arbor, MI to Washington, DC and the huge price cut that was announced recently.  With battery technology advancing, you have to figure its just a matter of time before electric bikes will become common on our roads, we shall see if the Enertia will be around when it happens…

Here is a stop-time short video showing a Suzuki GSX-R assembling all by itself.  According to the YouTube page was shot over 30 hours and the bike started up on the first try, well done!  Now how do we get IKEA to take up this concept?

This promotional video was commissioned by NYC Motorcycle Federation to help promote the trendy, 6th Ave., all-in-one motorcycle cafe, bar, club, shop.  A place where you can purchase a glass of wine or a shot of (illy) espresso to go along with your croissant while shopping for overpriced, hand-picked vintage motorcycle clothing or gear, oh please…

After suffering through a summer of mostly mediocre weather, attendees of the Friday the 13th Bike gathering in Port Dover, Ontario this past weekend were treated to unseasonably pleasant temperatures. The event proved to be a huge hit as organizers estimate about 15,000 people flooded the streets for this surprisingly warm November rally.

Huge photo gallery link after the jump.

By now, hundreds if not thousands of you riders out there have shot some motorcycle videos and posted them on to the interwebs. On-board lipstick cameras to cell phone footage, if the action is hot, people wanna see it. And if you’ve got a camera and some creativity, the folks at RockMoto want to pay you for it too, sort of. You’ll have to win their contest of course, but here’s your chance to make it big as a filmmaker, rider or both.

Big Bear Choppers (BBC), the manufacturer on the Mountain is going back to its roots “A Chicken in every pot, A Chopper in every driveway” by answering the call for a high quality no nonsense motorcycle with the same top quality components you expect from Big Bear Choppers at an amazing $19,500 price tag with the addition of the new Bear Bones to its 2010 lineup. Now available worldwide the Bear Bones was first introduced at European Bike week in FAAK A SEE Austria in September.

Yamaha Motor Co. announced Monday that it is cutting the ringers from its company rugby team.

The Yamaha Jubilo rugby club competes in the Top League, the highest level Japanese Rugby Football Union pro league.  The team currently sits fifth out of 14 teams with a 3-2-2 record with a roster of 17 professional players including nine non-Japanese imports.

That will change next season however as Yamaha Motors announced on its corporate site the team will only be made up of full-time Yamaha employees as of April 2010. Yamaha made the decision to cut costs after “a careful review of its team management amid the harsh business environment that has developed since 2009.”