reasons not to think about getting a BMW HP2....

[Paul the 6th]

Where have I been? How come I didn't know about these until yesterday? I had to ask the guy if he was testing it as a prototype or if he was a journalist... He looked at me like I'd just taken a crap in my hand and thrown it at the traffic warden!



It comes like this as standard apparently - ohlins shock, shaft driven single sided swing arm, brembo's:


Look at these!

Carbon Cylinder head covers, full fat on board computer which can download alsorts of data about your riding - "ooooh I love me gadgets!"



Had a look on wikipedia to find out a bit more but there's nothing. What's the crack with these? The guy said "if you get on with v-twins then these are incredible" and "my mate binned his ninja trying to keep up with me, it just takes off as you come out of corners whereas the ninja has to carry more corner speed to stay in the powerband"....

"bmw lose money on every single one they sell because the company they were going to use for the carbon fibre, had only ever made carbon fibre items for race bikes - BMW weren't happy with the finish for their road bikes so they had to find someone else to make it for them... on average costing around a 1/3 more for each item"...

"they're going to stop making them when the new s1000rr (or whatever that magic new bmw sports bike is?) comes out, so they'll only have been making them for 2 years"

"when they went on sale, every single hp2 destined for the UK already had a deposit laid down - you couldn't get hold of them. They're still rare as hell but because of that they hold their value exceptionally well, I sold my first one for £500 more than I paid for it..."

The guy was very friendly and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to him, but I also appreciate that bullsh*t is a big part of sportsbikes..

So fellow org'ers, please give me a reason* not to think about buying one of these in 4 years time




* = apart from the fact that I wouldn't be able to ride it at roughly more than 30% of its capabilities

'the ninja has to carry more corner speed to stay in the powerband', ie, his mate uses the wrong gear through the corners

Nice looking bike, aren't they about £15k new?

it looks cack, get the 675 se, mind you in 4years time who knows what will be out then.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by carty

'the ninja has to carry more corner speed to stay in the powerband', ie, his mate uses the wrong gear through the corners

Nice looking bike, aren't they about £15k new?

price: apparently so but he reckoned he managed to get his for £13.8k

as for his mate on the ninja, sounds like they'd have been better saving it for the track. Why did you crash? "I was trying to keep up with a bmw" whoopsy

Seen a few about, really like the look of them. They have a presence you don't get from other superbikes. And it's a Bimmer so you can be a **** on two wheels now as well!

well I would have one but I am being told I am too short for one of these so maybe that could be your excuse too

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by SVStorm

well I would have one but I am being told I am too short for one of these so maybe that could be your excuse too

I'm 6ft 2... how tall are you? lol

[yorkie_chris]

I quite like them, mainly because they're a little bit odd and I've only ever seen one up close.

I'm actually going off the d675 because every bugger seems to be getting one.

Reasons why not? The price, the price, oh and the price! And if you drop it, there won't be a single spare part around anywhere. But TBH I don't know enough about them to suggest more intelligent reasons.

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

price: apparently so but he reckoned he managed to get his for £13.8k

as for his mate on the ninja, sounds like they'd have been better saving it for the track. Why did you crash? "I was trying to keep up with a bmw" whoopsy

Most humiliating way to crash ever!

[rictus01]

Met a guy at the Ace with one, back in Feb, had a sit on it and general look about, big bike it's not a supermoto, lots of gucci bits bolted to an old boxer twin and well over priced.

Here's the one that was down there.



Cheers Mark.

[squirrel_hunter]

I really like the look of them and having sat on one it feels good.

I've been trying to get one for Operation: Test Ride Miles but have hit somewhat of a brick wall with this bike. Apparently they are built to order and the dealer I spoke to did not know of a demonstrator available in the UK. I've been meaning to email BMW direct to find out if there is one in the country I could ride. And as I found out with the RC8 if you don't test ride them you could end up with a bike that doesn't suit you.