2009 BMW HP2 MEGAMOTO

Year: 2009

Make: BMW

Model: HP2 MEGAMOTO

Engine Capacity: 1200cc

KMS: 23082

Appropriately named, the Megamoto is the monster truck of SuperMoto bikes. It’s what you get when BMW’s sometimes quirky engineers stuff a potent 1170cc air/oil-cooled HP2 Boxer engine in an oversized dirt bike chassis with 17-inch rims.

Tipping the scales at a claimed 439 pounds (199 kg) in full operating trim, the Megamoto also produces substantially more power than its HP2 Enduro cousin: BMW claims 113 hp at 7,500 rpm. A potent motor, to be sure, especially when mated to fully adjustable Ohlins rear suspension strapped onto a robust-looking cast aluminum paralever single-side swingarm. A fetching blue multi-spoke rear rim completes the look.
At the sharp end, adjustable inverted Marzocchi forks straddle the front wheel, which is slowed by four-piston calipers gripping 320mm discs. Serious kit for any BMW, especially one that weighs much less than most of its BMW relatives. 

This weight is distributed across a 63.6-inch (1615-mm) wheelbase and though the bike looks very narrow, particularly the tail section, it sports a width of 36.2 inches (919mm), but this factors in the flat-lying cylinders jutting out each side of the bike.

There’s an industrial sound as the starter spins the opposing Twin to life and, as the internal components begin to rotate, torque twists the bike. A counterpoint to all this thrashing is the sweet sound emitted by Akrapovic exhaust. The system produces an intoxicating bass tone from the lower rpms and I found myself consistently blipping the throttle just to get a few more notes.  At higher revs the bike has a snarl that certainly turns heads, and on deceleration the system “pops,” making the package seem just that much more performance oriented. It certainly adds to the Megamoto experience and makes me wish every BMW accomplished this sound despite the incorporation of a closed loop three-way catalytic converter, which all too often stifles mechanical noise and character.

Come into the garage today for a test ride of this insane machine.

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