i'd rock this BMW...
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i got an 08 BMW brochure in the mail yesterday and found the HP2 sport interesting. the rest of the BMWs look like old fart's bikes. whaddya think?
(retails for $25,375) |
that front fairing looks allot like a 03 or so Gixxer... but it's still :drool: dead fuck'n sexy... sounds awesome too... someone posted a video of it on here a short while back
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they did?! wonder how i missed that.
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it's here
http://twowheelfix.com/showthread.ph...highlight=Swap Quote:
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thanks for postin' the vid. i really thought i was stayin' on top of things here. :) guess i missed that one.
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that thing is pure sex... we got a ton of pics of it at Bike week. :drool:
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I can think of several bikes that are better (to me anyway).
848, 1098, 1098s, RC8, RSV, and MV Agusta F4, maybe even a Bimota DB7 |
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I would think you'd scrape the engine head at one point.
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Abuse of powers I see.
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I love that bike. Gorgeous. I'd ride one in an instant. 25 large, though.
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The bike has the comfort of a good sport touring bike, handles like a ZX-6R, and has 167 hp. Plus you add in the electronic adjustable suspension that you can change while riding and heated grips and you have a fun ass bike :rockwoot: |
I'd be worried as fuck about scraping my engine though.
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They say that in most cases, the riders knee will scrape before the cyllinder head. However there are sliders just incase. BMW had 4 HP2's running in the Daytona 200. They kicked butt. The riders were taking corners even lower and faster then alot of the 600cc riders. |
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I actually just checked AMA's site to be sure and a BMW HP2 finished 5th and 6th in the race. So thats pretty impressive. I knew they were in the top 10, but I wasn't sure where. But 5th and 6th for a new bike is pretty damn good. |
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I've never been a big fan of BMW bikes but I do like that one. I wouldn't pay $25k for it though.
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However a used one in a few years might be a good buy :whistle: |
Hey I just looked up the specs on that bike, it's 1200 cc and only 130 hp... It down about 60 hp from the 1098R which has the same displacement. Even the smaller base 1098 has 30 more HP and is 10K cheaper.
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That's how I bought my Z06 back in 2002 and how I'll probably buy my next one.:dthumb: |
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That Bimmer is actually pretty nice looking the upper fairing reminds me of my bike.
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The HP2 Sport bikes and riders finished 6th and 7th in the AMA Formula Extreme at Daytona despite having two-bikes gone down in the first lap. Not bad for an antiquated aircool engine, huh?
BMW uber alles:rockout: BTW, does this look like an old man's bike? http://www.supermoto-racing.de/model...w_megamoto.jpg |
it's an exception. :whistle:
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Juniper Pass Lunch Ride - Streaming Video http://www.farson.com/k1200s/k1200slovelandnorth2.jpg |
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They aren't everyone's cup of tea, but there's a real-worldness to them. Munich recognizes the vast majority of sporting rides never see a track (99% of sportbikes don't according to Cycle World), thus one finds their bikes having ABS, shaft drives, heated grips, power ports, gear indicators, sweet suspension, thoughtful ergos, accessory options galore, and performance levels where it is the rider not the bike. But would note this... kinda fun to have a BMW on the track passing the race replicas. Something about going fast on a "slow" bike. |
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BTW, that HP2 we exchanged posts on has been delayed big time. Perhaps to late summer. Quality control issues with the carbon fiber supplier. BMW doesn't want, correctly so, to have any compromises with the HP2 series. |
i still like it, but this week im all hot and sweaty over the benelli tornado.
http://ore.to/~gekka/DSC07421.JPG BTW ebbs i looove being remembered as "somebody" lolz |
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Old Farts????
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