Wunderlich has turned BMW’s R1300R into a very different sporting machine with the R1300S Sprint. The concept combines a half fairing, carbon-fibre wheels and Gulf colours, giving the boxer roadster a sharper direction influenced by endurance racing.

The design was created by Nicolas Petit, who has been shaping Wunderlich components for almost two decades. Its visual formula is deliberately restrained: the upper bodywork is minimal, the rear wheel is left exposed, the exhaust follows the line of the tail and the riding position leans further forward. Wunderlich points to endurance motorcycles from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the BMW HP2 Sport, R1200S and R1100S. Other named references include the Ducati 900SS Nuda, Suzuki GSX1100R and Honda Bol d’Or.

A component-led transformation

The build brings together Wunderlich components, carbon-fibre parts from Ilmberger and BST carbon wheels. Remus supplies the exhaust, Wilbers the suspension, while the Sprint also uses a specially upholstered seat and Continental tyres. This hardware changes more than the motorcycle’s appearance: the carbon wheels, carbon parts and exhaust are expected to reduce mass compared with the standard bike. Wunderlich has not announced power or final weight figures for the Sprint.

Peter Haindl completed the project in Gulf’s familiar pale blue and orange. The boxer engine, frame and suspension remain on display instead of disappearing beneath extra bodywork. That gives the Sprint a strongly mechanical identity, with the exposed structure of the R1300R set against a much more focused sporting silhouette.

The R1300R base and the HP2 Sport connection

The starting point is BMW’s R1300R, rated at 143 bhp, weighing 239 kg and priced at £13,200 when it was introduced in 2025. Its most important historical reference is the BMW HP2 Sport, built from 2008 to 2012 with 128 bhp, a 178 kg weight and a £14,500 price.

Wunderlich has taken a similar route before. In 2011, it built a working, road-legal flat-track motorcycle for Cologne dealer Procar, based on the HP2 Sport and BMW’s 2008 Custom Concept. The R1300S Sprint carries that same idea into the present: a boxer project that treats its mechanical components not as details to hide, but as a central part of the design.