BMW Motorrad presents the 2023 BMW R 18 100 Years Version and the BMW R nineT 100 Years Version to commemorate 100 Years of BMW Motorrad. Consistent with the yr wherein BMW Motorrad was based, every mannequin might be restricted to 1,923 models globally.
In December 1922, BMW chief designer Max Friz put the primary full-scale BMW bike on the drafting board. At its coronary heart was a 494 cc, 8.5 hp, air-cooled two-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine. The primary BMW bike, the R 32, was unveiled in September 1923 on the German Motor Present in Berlin. Manufacturing started that very same month in an space of the BMW engine works on the sting of the Munich’s Oberwiesenfeld airfield. Simply 56 bikes have been constructed that first yr. These humble beginnings of BMW bike manufacturing launched an unprecedented success story that will span a century.
The design of the R nineT is formed by 100 years of motorbike manufacturing and by BMW Motorrad’s unwavering ardour for the boxer engine. The traditional roadster design recipe begins with a compact tank and an upright seating place and extends to premium supplies and classy design parts. The brand new R nineT 100 Years turns into an unique anniversary version because of quite a few particular options. The guts remains to be the air/oil-cooled, 1,170 cc, 109 hp two-cylinder boxer engine. Within the anniversary version, the legendary engine is accompanied by chrome and Possibility 719 elements, together with paint-on-chrome surfaces and exquisitely milled elements and wheels.
Paint finishes together with chrome surfaces even have an nearly 100-year custom in bike manufacturing. Chrome surfaces, normally consisting of a copper, nickel and closing chrome layer are identified for his or her hardness and ensuing excessive sturdiness, excellent safety towards corrosion, however above all by their radiant, mirror-like shine. This made chrome a typical stylistic machine for designers, from the late Twenties onwards. The BMW R 75/5 with its chrome-plated tank sides and facet covers, for instance, is known inside BMW Motorrad fanatic circles. With the brand new BMW R nineT 100 Years and
R 18 100 Years and the Traditional Chrome floor end, BMW Motorrad is reviving this incomparably lovely and complex interaction of paint and chrome.
50 years in the past, the “paint on chrome” expertise didn’t pose a lot of an issue for bike producers. At the moment, the solvent-based paints mixed effectively with chromium — considerably higher than the solvent-free paints of immediately. Immediately, the 100 Yr Version fashions use solely REACH compliant Chromium III. The chrome plating course of and the preparatory work are extraordinarily complicated: In preparation, the metallic tank for instance, is first polished to a excessive gloss. The floor should be utterly freed from mud and scratches for additional therapy. After this step, the half is immersed in numerous electroplating baths. Layers of copper, nickel and finally chromium are utilized. The completed chrome-plated half is then painted in a number of layers; a closing coat of clear coat covers your entire tank.
The metallic tanks on each anniversary fashions characteristic this paint on chrome course of, known as Traditional Chrome. On the R nineT, the tank end combines black paint with chrome and white double-pinstriping, knee pads and a 100 Years badge. Traditional Chrome can also be discovered on the seat’s rear cowl. The entrance wheel fender is painted in black and options white double-pinstriping. A two-tone seat in black/oxblood pink rounds off the design.
Quite a few black parts similar to fork tubes, air consumption snorkels and a few Possibility 719 parts complement the look. The R nineT 100 Years consists of Possibility 719 Traditional wheels with black anodised rims, the Possibility 719 Billet Pack Shadow with milled cylinder head covers, entrance engine cowl, seat holders, oil filler plug and the Possibility 719 Billet Pack Shadow II, consisting of adjustable hand levers and foot pegs, passenger foot pegs in addition to enlargement tank covers and handlebar finish mirrors. The 100 Years Version additionally consists of an adaptive turning headlight, heated grips, cruise management and Driving Modes Professional. An anti-theft alarm system might be fitted as a vendor put in accent.
The unmistakable heart piece of the R 18 100 Years is the 1,802 cc, 91 hp boxer motor, the biggest displacement engine ever put in in a BMW bike. Each technically and visually, the BMW R 18 borrows from well-known BMW fashions such because the 1936 BMW R 5 and places the main target again on the necessities of motorcycling: Purist and no-frills, with the boxer engine because the epicentre of the using expertise. The large boxer is complemented by quite a few particular options and particulars. The paint end of the R 18 100 Years, like that of the anniversary mannequin of the R nineT, is in Traditional Chrome and thus combines black paintwork and high-gloss chrome surfaces in addition to white double-pinstriping and a 100 Years badge. The paint-on-chrome Traditional Chrome end can also be discovered on the rear fender together with white double-pinstriping. The entrance fender and the facet covers are painted in black, complemented by white double-pinstriping on the entrance fender. The Possibility 719 seat is upholstered within the two-tone mixture black/oxblood pink and options diamond embossing.
Black is a symbolic and conventional BMW Motorrad color and in addition adorns the engine, transmission housing and rear axle drive. The precise designation of the color is Avus Black – a nod to the legendary 12.1-mile-long high-speed racetrack working via the Grunewald Forest, West of Berlin, the place BMW Motorrad as soon as celebrated nice racing successes and the place the AVUS monument with BMW Motorrad manufacturing unit rider Ernst Henne nonetheless stands immediately. Berlin can also be residence to the BMW Motorrad manufacturing plant. The plant, situated in Berlin-Spandau, is the lead plant for BMW Motorrad’s worldwide bike manufacturing.
The R 18 100 Years Version is complemented by quite a few Chrome design elements. The sturdy galvanic floor coating might be discovered on: The handlebar fittings, gear shift and foot brake levers, handlebar clamps, handlebar weights, mirrors, brake grasp cylinders, brake callipers, engine cowl, cylinder head covers and consumption manifold covers.
Different options of the BMW R 18 100 Years additionally embody a chromed Akrapovič rear muffler with perforated tailpipe trim within the form of the BMW emblem. Security and luxury are ensured by ASC Automated Stability Management, Headlight Professional, cruise management and heated grips.
With the Heritage line R nineT and R 18 fashions, BMW Motorrad is paying tribute to its 100-year historical past and custom, which is inextricably linked with the legendary boxer engine. Custom and historical past will also be discovered on the BMW Motorrad manufacturing plant in Berlin – the birthplace of virtually each BMW bike for over 50 years. The long-lasting design and the unmistakable boxer engine illustrate that it’s in regards to the roots of BMW Motorrad, about traditionally impressed shapes, and particulars, about an genuine using expertise and about decreasing motorbikes to the necessities. Briefly: The Heritage line expertise is all a few distinctive angle to life, formed by the legendary boxer engine.
BMW R nineT 100 Years Version
- 1,170 cc air/oil-cooled two-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine.
- 109 hp @ 7,250 rpm and 85.5 lb-ft torque @ 6,000 rpm.
- Fixed mesh six-speed transmission with shaft drive.
- ASC Automated Stability Management.
- BMW Motorrad ABS Professional
- DBC Dynamic Brake Management
- DTC Dynamic Traction Management
- MSR Dynamic Engine Brake Management
- Full LED lighting with Adaptive turning headlight.
- Heated Grips.
- Trip Modes Professional (provides DYNAMIC mode to current ROAD and RAIN modes)
- USB port.
- Avus Black paint and Traditional Chrome highlights.
- 100 Years “1 of 1923” BMW Motorrad tank badge.
- Traditional Chrome / Avus Black 4.5-gallon gas tank with white double-pinstriping.
- Avus Black entrance fender with white double-pinstriping.
- Black inverted 45 mm entrance fork, black body, and air consumption runners.
- Black / oxblood pink seat with solo seat again relaxation.
- Traditional Chrome / Avus Black rear seat cowl with white double-pinstriping.
- Possibility 719 Traditional spoked wheels with black anodised rims.
- Chrome plated exhaust manifold.
- Possibility 719 Billet Pack Shadow
- Milled aluminium entrance engine cowl, cylinder head covers, seat brackets, and oil filler plug.
- Possibility 719 Billet Pack Shadow II
- Milled aluminum adjustable hand management levers and foot controls, foot pegs, enlargement tank covers and bar finish mirrors.
- 1,802 cc air/oil-cooled, two-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine.
- 91 hp @ 4,750 rpm and 116 lb-ft of torque @ 3,000 rpm.
- Fixed-mesh 6-speed transmission with nickel-plated drive shaft.
- ASC Automated Stability Management.
- MSR Dynamic Engine Brake Management.
- DBC Dynamic Brake Management.
- BMW Motorrad Integral ABS
- Full LED lighting.
- Keyless Trip.
- Heated Grips.
- Cruise Management.
- Reverse Help.
Particular Version Options
- Avus Black paint and Traditional Chrome highlights.
- 100 Years “1 of 1923” BMW Motorrad tank badge.
- Traditional Chrome / Avus Black 4.2-gallon gas tank with white double-pinstriping.
- Traditional Chrome / Avus Black rear fender with white double-pinstriping.
- Avus Black entrance fender with white double-pinstriping.
- Black engine and entrance fork covers.
- Possibility 719 black / oxblood pink diamond-embossed solo seat.
- Chrome Akrapovič rear muffler with perforated BMW emblem tailpipe trim.
- Design Possibility Chrome
- Chrome plated entrance engine cowl, cylinder covers, exhaust manifold, handlebar fittings, gear shift and foot brake levers, handlebar clamps, handlebar weights, mirrors, brake grasp cylinders, brake callipers, and consumption covers.
Non-compulsory Tools
BMW R nineT 100 Years Version: Anti-Theft Alarm – Seller put in accent.
BMW R 18 100 Years Version: Floorboards – Seller put in accent; Anti-Theft Alarm – Seller put in accent.
