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"We've known BMW can build excellent tourers and trailies since the dawn of time - the Megamoto is an exercise in proving the firm can really let their hair down." - Bike magazine.

BMW's ubiquitous flat-twin motor had been around in pushrod form (racers excepted) for decades before the Bavarian firm finally got around to updating it with twin overhead camshafts in the early years of the 21st Century. Introduced in 2007 to showcase this new engine was the exclusive - and expensive - HP2 range, designed to represent the pinnacle of BMW's motorcycling technology. Three models were offered: the HP2 off-roader, HP2 Sport superbike, and HP2 Megamoto, the latter BMW's first offering in this emerging class. For the HP2s, BMW abandoned its own-brand Telelever/Duolever front ends in favour of conventional USD telescopic forks (45mm Marzocchis on the Megamoto) while retaining the single-sided Paralever monoshock (an Öhlins) at the rear. An Akrapovic exhaust and plenty of carbon-fibre 'bodywork' came as standard.

Pitted against a Ducati Hypermotard 1100S and KTM 950 Supermoto by Bike magazine, the 101bhp HP2 was found to be easily the most powerful of these 'übermotos' and was the quickest in a straight line too, with a top speed of 137.4mph; power was delivered with a most un-BMW-like rush towards the top end, more reminiscent of a two-stroke. Surprisingly, despite their differences in size, weight, power and required riding style, the trio lapped the Three Sisters circuit within a fifth of a second of one another. Priced at a whisker under £13,000 (£4,000 more than the contemporary Yamaha YZF-R1), the HP2 Megamoto was by far the most expensive machine in its class; only 30 were scheduled for sale in the UK in 2007. Motor Cycle News summed up the Megamoto as "far more agile, powerful and fun than you'd ever imagine".

Currently displaying a total of circa 8,500 kilometres from new on the odometer, this Megamoto was sold new by Motorrad Mitsuoka in Osaka, Japan, who later repurchased it from the elderly original owner. Our vendor purchased the machine from Motorrad Mitsuoka as a BMW certified pre-owned vehicle. Maintenance has been entrusted to BMW dealership Motorrad Haneda in Tokyo and Garage-FLAT, another Tokyo-based marque specialist. The machine is only being sold by its enthusiast owner due to a lack of time to use it. Offered with Japanese paperwork.
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