 |
2006
R1200GS HP in Indigo Blue Metallic is expected this
September and the production numbers will be VERY limited.
Bob's is now accepting deposits from the LUCKY few that want
to be in this very exclusive group. Click
here to download specs for this amazing ride.
We also will be receiving a very few 2006 R1150GS
Adventures in matt white finish with a black and blue seat.
After that this incredible machine ceases production
forever!
Available in very limited numbers as well so if this
is your cup 'o tea don't wait too long. Please
contact our sales department for details.
|
Click on image above to
enlarge.
The new 2006 R1200GS HP is believed
to be the spiritual successor to these recent efforts of BMW and HPN.
We have no specific details as to power output, tank size, front suspension
design, or tire specifications but have heard rumors that a 17”
Supermoto wheel package may be an available option. We expect a very
limited production run no more than 300 bikes with the first bikes
arriving in August. This more potent and rarified R1200GS is expected
to carry a more potent MSRP but again we have no specific information.
We are currently accepting deposits. Please contact our sales department
for details.
The best description of the upcoming R1200GS HP we have is that it
is similar to this bike. These photos depict the BMW R900GS-RR last
run in the 2000 Dubai Rally by America Jimmy Lewis.
At the end of 1998, the management of BMW's Motorcycle Division decided
to run "Boxers" in rallying in order to have a means of
comparing two alternative design concepts. A well-known specialist
company, HPN, which had built the winning BMW bikes back in the 1980s,
was asked to develop a competitive rallying version as a prototype.
The main features were to be, in addition to retention of the bike's
classic visual features, optimum weight distribution and enormous
endurance potential. HPN is Halbfeld - Pepperl – Neher, or Alfred
Halbfeld and Klaus Pepperl, two Bavarian experts who had worked on
the official BMW Paris-Dakar bikes during the eighties. Dubai Rally
team members John Deacon and Jimmy Lewis were particularly impressed
by the bike's surprisingly agile handling and the seemingly unlimited
power from its engine. Reducing the engine size to 900 cc in order
to comply with the rules for the Dubai rally seemed to have had no
adverse effects. Engine specialist Helmut Mader from Erding, near
Munich, had no difficulty in satisfying BMW's demand for a healthy
90 horsepower from this engine, an output that gives it wings when
the track opens out enough for high speeds to be reached.
The new 2006 R1200GS HP is believed to be the spiritual successor to these recent efforts of BMW and HPN. We have no specific details as to power output, tank size, front suspension design, or tire specifications but have heard rumors that a 17” Supermoto wheel package may be an available option. We expect a very limited production run no more than 300 bikes with the first bikes arriving in August. This more potent and rarified R1200GS is expected to carry a more potent MSRP but again we have no specific information. We are currently accepting deposits. Please contact our sales department for details.
|
