2009 BMW HP2 Sport – $26,000
BMW HP2 Sport for sale
SELLER SAYS: Delivered new by Autoclassic Motorad, this highly sought-after endurance racer, the BMW HP2 Sport, is a bike that makes BMW boxer fans, and fans of beautiful bikes in general it has to be said, go all weak at the knees. Launched in 2008 after the firm ran a ‘special’ R1200S in the 2007 World Endurance series, the HP2 Sport is the third member of the HP2 (High Performance two-cylinder) family, following on from the Megamoto and Enduro. And you have to say, BMW saved the best for last. A simply stunning bike with an attention to detail that means you can spend ages just soaking it all in, the HP2 Sport was the first boxer model ever to run double overhead cams and for a long period of time was also the most powerful incarnation of the motor BMW produced. Although not technically limited in its production, not that many HP2 Sports were made due to their high price tag and they have recently shot up in value because of this exclusivity. If you like an air-cooled boxer engine and want to turn heads, the HP2 Sport is a sublime machine in so many ways. Contact Chris on 0407 474 011 (Myaree – Perth, Western Australia)
EDITOR TERLICK SAYS: This might come as a shock to old-timer BMW fans, but what we have here is a boxer-engined sports bike. Not a kinda-sporty road bike or a pimped-up tourer, but the sort of bike you’d happily take to a track day to chase GSX-Rs. Or be chased by them, for that matter. In terms of BMW model evolution, it sits alongside the R90S as one of the German marque’s stand-out step-forward moments. Pre-R90S, anything with a boxer engine was considered staid. Well-made, reliable, wonderful highway bikes – but staid nonetheless. The R90S de-staided BMW. With its bikini fairing and impressive engine, the R90S could hold its own against its contemporary open-class machinery from Japan. It was a sports tourer of the highest order, and one of the best of its time. Fast-forward 35 years, and the HP2 Sport went the extra step. Not sports-tourer, but pure sports. Yes, with a boxer engine. It was (and I think still is) the most powerful boxer engine BMW has ever made, boasting more than 125hp, and tips the scales at a supermodel weight of less than 180kg. Produced in limited numbers with a suitably divorce-inducing price tag, it was a collectible motorcycle from the moment it was unveiled. This bike of Chris’s looks like a beauty, and will appeal to anyone who wants a European sports bike that stands out from the crowd and leaves most of the crowd in its dust. Great stuff.
