Best Superbike: BMW HP4
It’s both a tire-torching track bike that will help you set the lap time of your life and one of the most street-useful racetrack refugees ever offered to us mortals. Dynamic Damping Control tunes itself to suit your riding mood, changing from plush to precise in an instant. It’s got a dyno-melting 179 horses at the wheel, yet idles along in top gear with nary a hiccup, plus it’s got the best quick-shifter ever. All for a base MSRP of $20,525. Is there a German version of Godzilla? There is now.
On-the-track test action shot #1 - 2013 BMW HP4
On-the-track test action shot #2 - 2013 BMW HP4
On-the-track test action shot #3 - 2013 BMW HP4
On-the-track test action shot #4 - 2013 BMW HP4
2013 BMW HP4 - cockpit view
2013 BMW HP4 - engine
2013 BMW HP4 - exhaust
2013 BMW HP4 - front wheel
2013 BMW HP4 - nose section
2013 BMW HP4 - rear section
2013 BMW HP4 - seat
2013 BMW HP4 - static left-side view
2013 BMW HP4 - static right-side view
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