The all-rounder[5] motorcycle was presented on 4 November 2014 at the EICMA, Milan, Italy.

The partially faired motorcycle is technically based on the S1000R naked bike and is marketed by the manufacturer as an "Adventure Sport Bike".

[6] After the fully enclosed sport bikes S1000RR and HP4 as well as the roadster S1000R, the XR is the fourth variant with the inline four-cylinder engine[7] and assembled at the BMW plant in Berlin.

The production started on 1 April 2015 and went on sale on 13 June.

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