BMW HP2-SPORT- first peak

[MD]

BMW President showed this new model HP2 Sport based on their Le Mans endurance race bike at this weekends Paris motor cycle exhibition.
I know there have been a few blurry spy pics floating around but I found a series of good shots on an Italian blog site. ( I will have to go back and find it again and attach the link for those interested)

Looks quite cool to me. Other sites have speculated it will have about 140+ hp and be very light.

The Big Boss said that they have four new models to the F800 range but will show those at the November Milan show..a lot of F800 owners have been hanging out for the GS model. I wonder if there will be a sportier R model?

[merv]

Cool, but in that middle photo that cylinder head is getting pretty close to the ground.

[MD]

Merv, they double as the side stand I think. Clever weight saving trick and technically, you can never low side crash a boxer, it's just parking itself.

Here's the link and 2 more pics

http://www.motoblog.it/post/9922/nuova-bmw-hp2-sport

[skelstar]

Fark that looks cool. So is a boxer then?

I'm assuming is based on the actual HP2 as you mentioned? Seems like a strange config.

[RantyDave]

Merv, they double as the side stand I think

If you look at that first picture, it looks like it's got knee sliders on. Seriously. Some big-ass pieces of plastic that are *supposed* to go on the bit that might get scraped. Seems like a good idea to me.

Dave

[MD]

Fark that looks cool. So is a boxer then?

I'm assuming is based on the actual HP2 as you mentioned? Seems like a strange config.

It won it's class event in the Le Mans 24 endurance race - whatever "it's class"means. Probably a class of one for 1200cc horizontally opposed cylinder bikes from all manufacturers - and BMW were the surprise winners.
A bunch of them cleaned up some hill billy backwater hill climb race in America recently aswell.
It does look rather cool though doesn't it. Pity it's not using a 1200 or 1000c version of the F800 parallel (bitch of a word to get right!) motor. That would grab my attention.

[Paulus]

They want to go WSBK racing in 2009 with it!!!!!

It doesn't look like it'll have enough cornering clearance plus an air cooled motor putting out 200+ hp needed for WSBK? Shaft drive too so changing the gearing will be a bitch.

Still it could be cool riding it and trying to get your head down rather than your knee (at least until it unweights the rear wheel)! Looks like it'll be pretty easy to do too.

[deanohit]

Some pics I've found for the F800R that should be on the way.

[skelstar]

Some pics I've found for the F800R that should be on the way.

Hmm...just a nekid F800S? Looks pretty good (first pic)...

[TLMAN]

I wonder what the price will be when it hits NZ.
Will definately be somewhere around the 2 gixxers mark??

[deanohit]

Hmm...just a nekid F800S? Looks pretty good (first pic)...

Heres the pic of a mock F800GS for ya then.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...1&d=1184634833

Or how about a Twinstar F800? Gotta be the best Beemer I've seen to date.

[Dazza]

That would have to be the best looking Beemer to date IMHO

[skelstar]

Or how about a Twinstar F800? Gotta be the best Beemer I've seen to date.

Gark! No, not really my cuppa

[NZsarge]

Merv, they double as the side stand I think. Clever weight saving trick and technically, you can never low side crash a boxer, it's just parking itself.

Here's the link and 2 more pics

http://www.motoblog.it/post/9922/nuova-bmw-hp2-sport

I see it has sliders on the top of the heads, that not a bad idea I suppose, BMW seem to be putting some interesting bikes out there these day eh

[NordieBoy]

A bunch of them cleaned up some hill billy backwater hill climb race in America recently aswell.

Probably a class for >1000cc twins from all manufacturers and only BMW entered