BMW’s motorcycle-building division is pondering extra-big. It is making ready to unveil a pair of jumbo-sized bikes that might be based mostly on the R18 cruiser and aimed toward a section dominated by Harley-Davidson’s greatest fashions.
Patent filings found by fanatic website Bike Information partially reveal the R18’s jumbo-sized siblings. Known as R18 B and R18 Transcontinental, respectively, they’re touring bikes constructed across the mighty, 1.8-liter flat-twin engine celebrated as probably the most highly effective BMW boxer thus far when it made its debut in early 2020. B stands for “bagger,” based on the publication, which is a sort of massive, road-trip-ready motorbike. Transcontinental is self-explanatory.
Staying true to the bagger ethos, the R18 B (pictured) will obtain extra fairing than the R18 and a pair of onerous instances mounted on both aspect of the rear wheel. Riders who choose the Transcontinental will profit from a taller windshield and a 3rd onerous case, amongst different add-ons. Each might be significantly larger than the R18, which is already not a small bike: Patent paperwork present the B will stretch 100.7 inches lengthy, span between 36.6 inches and 38.1 inches broad, and weight round 880 kilos. The total-fat Transcontinental will measure practically 104 inches lengthy and tip the dimensions at about 950 kilos. For context, the unique Good ForTwo had a 98.4-inch footprint.
Riders will face what appears like a large touchscreen and an instrument cluster made up of 4 particular person gauges. Audio system embedded into the entrance fairing counsel the air-cooled engine will not be making the one sound the XL R18s emit.
Talking of, it would not sound like BMW will make modifications to the dual, so each upcoming R18s might be rated at 91 horsepower and 117 pound-feet of torque. Using vary will improve due to a much bigger gasoline tank. Chassis modifications might be a part of the transformation, and a steeper fork angle will ship higher high-speed stability.
BMW hasn’t introduced plans to unveil both mannequin, however we anticipate each will make their international debut within the coming months. After they arrive in showrooms, they’re going to price greater than the usual R18, which begins at $18,190.
