BMW R18

[HondaJon_imp]

Has anyone seen one of these in the flesh?

https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models...e/r18.html


Looks interesting expect for those "fish" pipes....yuck!

[peterbaron]

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

[Lord Popgun]

What is Rear Start Control?

[peterbaron]

What is Rear Start Control?

Sorry, my bad, it should be hill, not rear

[Razor]

What is Rear Start Control?

Have no idea, if I had to guess... must be when the passenger is asked to start the bike

[peterbaron]

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??

[Gone in 60]

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...

[alprider]

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/c...-R51-2.jpg

https://www.justbikes.com.au/motorcycles...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

[max]

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

[Gone in 60]

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.