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BMW R18 - HondaJon_imp - 09-10-2020
Has anyone seen one of these in the flesh?
https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models/heritage/r18.html
Looks interesting expect for those "fish" pipes....yuck!
RE: BMW R18 - peterbaron - 09-10-2020
It does not appeal to me at all.
Ugly: fish and fat pipes, rear fender...with Rear Start Control - really?, for a bike..and HD style, sorry
RE: BMW R18 - Lord Popgun - 09-11-2020
What is Rear Start Control?
RE: BMW R18 - peterbaron - 09-11-2020
(09-11-2020, 12:11 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: What is Rear Start Control?
Sorry, my bad, it should be hill, not rear
RE: BMW R18 - Razor - 09-11-2020
(09-11-2020, 12:11 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: What is Rear Start Control?
Have no idea, if I had to guess... must be when the passenger is asked to start the bike
RE: BMW R18 - peterbaron - 09-11-2020
(09-11-2020, 12:16 AM)Razor_imp Wrote:(09-11-2020, 12:11 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: What is Rear Start Control?
Have no idea, if I had to guess... must be when the passenger is asked to start the bike
Have no idea, if I had to guess... must be when the passenger is asked to start the bike
Not an option, single seat & no rear pegs??
RE: BMW R18 - Gone in 60 - 09-11-2020
I can already see the aftermarket exhaust companies salivating about their new potential customers.
Hill start? With a bike that heavy, I'd definitely want that. My Ford Fiesta has that, and I like it.
I wonder if it will have more appeal than the R1200C. Who knows, James Bond might ride one, like he did the R1200C...
RE: BMW R18 - alprider - 09-11-2020
its basical real BMW retro (for me) well clear frame geometry is not exact and the engine self well...smile...
but
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BMW-R51-2.jpg/1920px-BMW-R51-2.jpg
https://www.justbikes.com.au/motorcycles-for-sale/1938-bmw-r51/JBMD5043241%3FPageSpeed%3Dnoscript
[url=https://www.google.com/search?q=r51&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACXtyoEFjRaGEYRFdns-oEi98&client=firefox-b-d&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0CBsQuIIBahcKEwiAoK_H8uDrAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQIw&biw=1524&bih=1058#imgrc=ge4D-s_60fadGM]https://www.google.com/search?q=r51&tbm=...-s_60fadGM
and no HD-copy
RE: BMW R18 - max - 09-11-2020
The word that comes to mind is ; strange, individual parts are mostly nice but i'm missing the harmony bit where it fits in with each other.
Only when you see it next to a Harley the front and tail section starts to compare very closely, it looks as if the harley part of the team flew over with some parts and they mounted them to the frame, stood back and concluded: "that looks better now" the smoaks has a ride on it and predictably has a drooling description of the 90 hp hybrid;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8s-oPNgwI
Even the original bmw clips are done with young architect types, also strange and aimless.
This bike could have been done better, seems to ride ok but so do a lot of bikes
RE: BMW R18 - Gone in 60 - 09-11-2020
Regardless of it's style, I've always been attracted to the traditional BMW colors of black with the white stripes.. I have heard them called "coach stripes" by BMW Illuminati.
I think that's what attracted me to the bike I rode for several years before I bought my CB.