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HP2 Sport hits the USA

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[vermicious]

Good grief... $26k? No thanks.

 

[longride]

Not bad. I can buy a Hayabusa and a ZX-14 plus have enough gas money to run both for 3 years for the cost of one 'high-performance' BMW. Nice.

 

[sarnali2]

Maybe a little on the spendy side........

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

Not bad. I can buy a Hayabusa and a ZX-14 plus have enough gas money to run both for 3 years for the cost of one 'high-performance' BMW. Nice.

Cycle World referred to the BMW effort at Daytona this year as "bringing a triplane to a Top-Gun competition." And you Beemerphiles reaching for the keyboard to say "they placed 5th and 6th," skip it. LR could place in that range on his Knucklehead if it didn't break and he didn't crash. I think the whole Daytona effort was a way to sell these HP2 ridiculously overpriced technology throwbacks.

 

[12er]

Uh, yeah, good luck with that BMW... Does it come with bags for that price?

 

[longride]

Plus, the Knuck would look bytchin' while it was circling Daytona!

 

[longride]

They have a discount on the bags option. Only 3 grand for the 'high performance' ones. That doesn't include the mounts though, which will run you another $1500, and of course, they need to be installed at an Official Authorized BMW dealer for the discounted price of $2000 bucks. So for a mere $6500, you have a set of BMW bags. Nice.

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

Plus, the Knuck would look bytchin' while it was circling Daytona!

It might even win, as all the other bikes crashed out on the oil slicks it left in it's wake!

 

[longride]

The parts falling off may get em too!

 

[Buzglyd]

Plus, the Knuck would look bytchin' while it was circling Daytona!

The front end is too long to make the turn on the tri-oval.

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

The parts falling off may get em too!

Not to mention the toxic fumes pouring out the back end. Yours, not the bikes.

 

[longride]

Dude, the bike is perfect as is. All it needs is the grips changed out. The last ones were crushed into dust.

 

[seruzawa]

Lessee.. my choices are a BMW HP2 or a Carbon Fiber Duck... hmmmm. I thought we were talking about performance bikes. What the heck kind of choice is that? Aside from a few extra wealthy Beemerphiles who the heck is going to opt for the worse performing $25K bike? For that matter I can get a Mille for far less and still take BMW to school.

 

[Buzglyd]

Dude, the bike is perfect as is. All it needs is the grips changed out. The last ones were crushed into dust.

Do the handlebars still have finger indentations in them?

 

[longride]

You squeezed them into ovals now, but I like the look. I didn't need to use a 10,000 lb press to get that look. All it took is one visit from you.