News – Live presentation of the new Custom BMW R18 motorcycle – Used BMW

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Live presentation of the new Custom BMW R18 motorcycle

News - Live presentation of the new Custom BMW R18 motorcycle - Used BMW

The "bikers" have an appointment this Friday April 3, 2020 on the BMW Motorrad YouTube channel to discover theirs? – R18. The first motorcycle of the German manufacturer equipped with the new flat-twin of 1.8 liters of displacement will be revealed at 8 p.m. precisely…

If the deadly Covid-19 unfortunately deprives test journalists of new motorcycle launches – we will make up for it! -, it allows all bikers to virtually attend press conferences. Next: BMW will unveil the R18 this Friday April 3 at 8 p.m..

For those who have lived confined to their homes without internet for two years and would therefore have missed the colossal campaign of "teasing" of the German manufacturer: the R18 will inaugurate "the biggest boxer engine of all time".

  • MNC of December 9, 2019 :
  • MNC of December 19, 2018 :

The work of the BMW Motorrad marketers and communicators is up to the expectations of the top executives of the Bavarian firm and the pressure glued to the sales representatives: gigantic, undoubtedly proportional to the cubic capacity of the "sehr gross flat-twin" … 1, 8 liter, as much as the American V-Twins it seeks to compete with !

The engine has already been unveiled – completely dismantled – by the propeller brand. On MNC, the specifications of the "Big Boxer" have been analyzed and compared to those of the Milwaukee Eight (107 and 114 ci or 1746 and 1868 cc) and of the Thunder Stroke (111 ci or 1811 cc).

News - Live presentation of the new Custom BMW R18 motorcycle - Used BMW

But the rest of the motorcycle – motorcycles, in fact – remains to be discovered! In its series of videos "", BMW Motorrad was satisfied to deliver five secrets, more or less "top". The first ? The final transmission will effectively be without a housing.

  • MNC of November 7, 2019 :

Like the two concepts presented last year (see photos), the future German custom will leave its rear shaft and gimbal exposed to view … as well as to the elements, dirt and shocks? Yes, too … A bit like chain motorcycles therefore, the R18 will require more attention and maintenance than traditional BMWs … or belt motorcycles ?!

News - Live presentation of the new Custom BMW R18 motorcycle - Used BMW

The following three secrets are not really secrets. One could indeed suspect that a solo saddle mounted on spring would be available as an option, just like colors less "corporate" than those proposed by default by the manufacturer. Rims of different sizes can also be fitted depending on the model … Bobber, Cruiser, Bagger, Cafe Racer, Scrambler, etc. ?!

Finally, the Germans confirm that the future R18s will be adorned with a real badge screwed onto the tank and not a sticker stupidly stuck. The logo will resume its original design with the golden lettering and its serifs (the famous "serif" of the fonts). A detail to put into perspective with the very recent modernization of the now partially transparent BMW logo…

Live presentation of the BMW R18

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