New BMW R18 cruiser

barbagris said:

Like grit! . But you are correct - many many years ago when I was an RAC/ACU riding instructor. We had a loss when a girl coming to the course had her scarf tangle in the rear wheel of her scooter - broke her neck.

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1K9 said:

Welllll their cruisers might be hoppers but... There are some GS Boxers and K blocks that can chew miles very well. I like the bike. Specially the low end torque that everyone seems to like. Ill go sit on one when they open the showroom. Im getting to a point where reliability is becoming a concern factor @ 60,000 miles. It's that BMW, a Valkyrie or a Thunderbird.

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scot in exile said:

I have never gone the BMW route because my legs are too short, the valk I have put about 400miles on my friend's new valk and boy that is a nice ride, the thunderbird never took off in America but that too is a fine handling comfortable bike.

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GPMAZ said:

I owned an R1200GS before my R3T. Best motorcycle I ever owned. Before that I had a K1200RS, also a great bike. Also enjoyed the older airheads, easiest maintenance of anything. Some complain about the reliability of BMWs, but of the 5 I owned, none ever let me down.

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RocketEd said:

It is kinda cool it comes with reverse.

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barbagris said:

Kinda lame that they think it needs one!.

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FE_rex said:

It’s to encourage you to add side car

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Ishrub said:

BMW storms into the cruiser scene with the “Big Boxer” R 18

The new engine dubbed by BMW as "Big Boxer" measures 1,802 cc (109.8 ci) from two cylinders that look enormous both externally and internally, loaded with two 107.1 mm bore and 100 mm stroke (4.2 x 3.9 in) pistons. As expected, the big boxer doesn’t rev very high, in fact the power output peak is 91 hp (67 kW) at just 4,750 rpm.

As is always the case with very big twins, the whole game is not about horsepower but rather about torque, and that’s where numbers really shine. With a maximum value of 158 Nm (116.5 lb-ft) at 3,000 rpm, the R 18 packs a mighty punch averaging constantly above 150 Nm (110.6 lb-ft) all the way from 2,000 to 4,000 rpm, according to BMW.

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