Peter Hickman’s 2019 Smith’s Racing BMW S1000RR is heading to auction, and yeah, this isn’t just another ex-race bike with some stickers and a story. This is the bike that basically went on a revenge tour across real-road racing that year.
We’re talking about a machine that didn’t just win. It stacked wins across the North West 200, Isle of Man TT, and Ulster Grand Prix like it was collecting achievements in a video game.
At the North West 200, Hickman rolled in and immediately reminded everyone why he’s one of the fastest road racers alive. He took the Superstock win for the second year in a row on this exact BMW, set the pace in qualifying, and basically treated the grid like it owed him money.
Then came the Isle of Man TT, where things got interesting. Hickman already dominated the Superstock race, winning by over 26 seconds, which is absurd considering how tight TT racing usually is. But the real twist came when his Superbike ran into issues. Instead of calling it a day, the team swapped key components like the suspension onto this very bike. And then he went out and won the Superbike TT on it.
Speaking of the bike itself, this isn’t your average showroom BMW S 1000 RR with a race number slapped on. Superstock rules keep things closer to production than full Superbike builds, but the good stuff is still there. Think full race-spec Öhlins suspension, properly dialed electronics, race ECU tuning, lightweight race bodywork, and a free-flowing exhaust system that lets that inline-four breathe the way it’s supposed to.
Output is typically in the ballpark of 215 to 220 horsepower at the crank, with torque hovering somewhere around 85 to 90 pound-feet. Top speeds on the road circuits it raced on easily push past 200 miles per hour depending on gearing and conditions, which lines up with the kind of speeds Hickman was hitting during those record laps.
That alone would’ve made this thing legendary, but Hickman wasn’t done. He took it to the Ulster Grand Prix and basically rewrote the script. Seven wins in a single week. Seven. That included multiple Superbike and Superstock victories, plus a lap record at Dundrod at 136.415 miles per hour.
For context, Hickman already holds the outright TT Mountain Course lap record at 136.385 miles per hour. So yeah, this guy wasn’t just winning. He was casually resetting the ceiling of what’s possible on public roads.
What makes this bike even cooler is that it wasn’t the fastest in a straight line. Hickman himself admitted they were down on top speed. But the setup, balance, and overall package were dialed. It was one of those rare cases where everything just clicks, and the rider can actually use all of it.
After the Ulster GP, the bike was sold to a private owner, which means it basically retired undefeated in spirit. Now it’s resurfacing with some proper memorabilia, including a Dunlop “1st” finisher’s cap and an Ulster GP winner’s medal, plus a folder full of race reports from that ridiculous 2019 season. It’s expected to fetch somewhere in the region of £35,000 to £38,000, which works out to roughly $47,000 to $50,000. Honestly, for something with this kind of resume, that almost seems reasonable.
Underneath it all, it’s still a BMW S 1000 RR. Inline-four, screaming revs, razor-sharp chassis. But this one carries something most bikes never will. Proven history at the absolute edge of what humans can handle.
And now someone’s about to own it. The only question remaining is whether that someone is you.
Source: Bonhams
