HP2 Sport Test Ride

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:56 pm

What can I say, fantastic bike

Pops and bangs like a MotoGP bike, handles brilliantly, stops brilliantly and the quick shifter system is awesome. Not bad for a clanky old flat twin

Couple of pics for you

Man-of-Mystery · Post by **Man-of-Mystery** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:11 am

Pity you have to wait until December.

M-o-M

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:32 am

Indeed - just in time for those lovely roads...

Will need to try and blag a few more test rides between now and then

Man-of-Mystery · Post by **Man-of-Mystery** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:34 pm

Go for it!

M-o-M

Yonkyo · Post by **Yonkyo** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:00 pm

Nice one Motostratos

I'm glad you enjoyed the bike. It truly is a work of art, ain’t it?

MCN called the HP2S a Marmite bike in there test last week. Well, I hate Marmite, but I think my HP2S is absolutely delicious (apart from the fragile belly pan

).

December is a long time to wait. But at least you’ve had a taste of what’s to come

.

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:59 pm

Yonkyo - all your reflections/musings on the HP2S are all absolutely spot on, in the other thread, so no need to pass similar judgment here

I was fortunate to have the bike for a whole day, on a variety of different roads and it will definitely make a fantastic real world sports bike.

Glad to hear that your are enjoying yours so much, but very sorry to hear about your belly pan issues.

ianbcr · Post by **ianbcr** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:25 pm

next time you take it out, both meet up and swap the belly pans over

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:57 am

Hmmmm....

Trouble is, I would lose the £1100 excess charged by the dealer

However, that would still be a £300 saving on what Yonkyo has been quoted for a new one !!

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:17 am

Chris (Boxerscott) and I met a lad taking one out for a test ride from Pidcocks on Saturday (Pidcocks have one on loan from BMW apparently) - he seemed well-impressed with the short time he had with the bike.

Pidcocks have a super-clean Mk 2 BoxerCup Replika in just now - Think it has about 9,000 miles on it. Priced at £6,500

They haven't got it listed on their website yet, though.

Al