| | | | Road Test: BMW HP2 Enduro – Kraftwerk from Germany |  Written: 13/02/2006 : 15:12. Read 7650 times (10/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Little Frodo the Elf had just ridden the HP2 Enduro before I picked it up. The rear end looked like a sad beaten dog before I pumped it up to an Enduro man’s size with my cycle pump. I had been having nightmares about this mud pit filled with water followed by a very steep hill. There was no two ways about it, the HP2 had to go in, whether I wanted to or not.
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This high powered boxer is a macho Enduro machine stripped of all softie GS road gear. At a boxer-breaking slim weight of 175 kilograms with a tuned R1200 GS engine with a high power 105hp @ 7.000rpm output the HP2 should be a formidable off-road racer. With a bit of speed and commitment HP2 Enduro can access all off-road areas, but if you get stuck you’re in a mess.
HP2 Enduro features many BMW innovations. There are so many (Note from DiD: you can read this articlethat I can only mention the most important one’s such as the Continental air/spring damper and the long Paralever. Frame technology is based on the BMW R900R world beating Dakar racer rather than the GS. HP2 is as single minded as you can get and it looks proper Off-road retro with the double aluminium tubular frame holding the front fender and headlight. You don’t have to take the long way around with the HP2 Enduro. You just point it straight ahead and drive over the obstacles. If there are trees in the way those two massive Boxer cylinders will just brutally take care of them at one fell swoop. HP2 features massive wheel travel both front and back and a BMW first conventional front fork. We concentrated the riding on off-road and dirt, but also on hard tarmac.
“I’m a man; Muddy Waters sings” This is what my brain tried to tell me before I entered the muddy waters in my area. I knew that the rear Metzeler Karoo Enduro tyre developed specifically for the HP is worn slightly too much for my liking here. But still I put the big mean machine in first gear and entered the water. Prior to entering I had been wading back and forth to check the depth and how deep the mud was at the bottom. I deemed it safe for the HP2. This location is the playground for 4x4’s and the tracks were deep on each side where the boxer cylinders would scrape off the top layer of mud and dirt. For this reason I preferred to tackle it sitting rather than standing up. I went in to play, but got stuck when trying to turn around over the middle of the under water track. ...
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