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Celebrating Big Boxer Culture
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Enjoy in Style
The choice is yours
Choose the right paintwork and emphasise your own personal style.
Blackstorm metallic
The base version of the R 18 presents itself with a puristic, striking, and modern design.
Blackstorm metallic: Blacked Out
A vision in black: eye-catching styling that lets your confidence shine.
Two-tone Brooklyngrey metallic: Blacked Out
Black, grey, and dark chrome: This style emphasises the coolness of the R 18.
Mineral grey metallic matt: Blacked Out
With this exclusive styling option, your R 18 can become a timeless beauty.
Option 719 Olivine
Celebrate individuality: This styling with the Velvet Green/Meteoric Dust paintwork emphasises the iconic look of the R 18.
Colour: Black. Presence: Bold.
Colour: Black. Presence: Bold.
No other surface is as closely linked to the custom cruiser scene as chrome is. The new Premium Style “Blacked Out” offers you an attractive, dark chrome finish for your bike, thereby giving it a more dynamic characteristic look. The black highlights will meet even the highest standards for individuality and modernity. The style includes many different components in dark chrome – from the exhaust system through to push rods and even trim panel components in this classy finish.
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A puristic cruiser with a wealth of highlights
The R 18 is our puristic cruiser with soul. The fact that this bike is timeless and modern can be seen in the design elements, ergonomics, and equipment. The ergonomic single seat bench allows you to cruise in comfort. With the large, 18” rear wheel, this bike brings both style and dynamism to the streets. Its premium qualities are further enhanced with the Blacked Out surface finish.
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Aesthetic: The seat
Iconic: The headlight
Sound & design: The exhaust system
Iconic: Boxer with push rod
Impressive: The 18” rear wheel
Head-turner: Open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame
The “Rough Look”
Exclusive: The R 18 Batch
Plenty of room
Plenty of room
Make cruising into an experience: The special form of this single seat bench in a “Dragster Design” with elongated pelvic support at the rear combines a modern aesthetic with a high level of comfort.
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Experience quality
Pure emotion on the road
Pure emotion on the road
BMW is committed to the iconic boxer – out of conviction. With a displacement of 1,802 cc, the two-cylinder boxer engine of the R 18 is the biggest boxer we have ever built. It delivers its maximum torque of 163 Nm at 3,000 rpm. At 4,750 rpm, the “Big Boxer” delivers 67 kW (91 hp).
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1,802
cc displacement
163
Nm torque at 3,000 rpm
720
mm seat height
91
hp (67 kW)
Air/oil-cooled twin-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine
5 years' peace of mind
Ride on, and on, and on. We give you an extra year.
As of right now, you receive an extra year's worth of peace of mind in addition to the statutory warranty period when you purchase a motorcycle.
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Find your look
In our new online BMW Motorrad clothing shop, you can find the right clothes for your next trip. Be it a sporty or a modern look, all of the clothes have a few things in common: safety, innovation and quality. Find your favourite pieces and order them online, or visit your local authorised BMW Motorrad Retailer to see them for yourself.
