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BMW HP2 Enduro

motorcycle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ796508 ↗
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The HP2 Enduro is a motorcycle manufactured by BMW Motorrad from 2005 to 2008.

It is a "High Performance" (HP) dirt bike based on the engine and electronics from the R1200GS adventure-touring model.

The use of a trellis tube frame, a conventional fork rather than Telelever, and other modifications, make it 53 lb (24 kg) lighter than the corresponding R1200GS.

The HP2 Enduro was discontinued in 2008.

Approximately 2910 HP2 Enduro's were produced in total: 2517 Euro Spec bikes and 393 US spec bikes.

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The public source identifies “BMW HP2 Enduro” as motorcycle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Enduro and motorcycle.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Enduro and motorcycle providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “BMW HP2 Enduro” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.