Big coming: front wheel in XL format, boxer engine of the records and the whole thing predominantly in black – that is the BMW R 18 Roctane.
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Everything in black: BMW stages the R 18 Roctane as a chrome-free zone. The Big Boxer excavator in the driving report.
It’s been a long time since a predecessor of our Federal Mahn President demanded that there be a jolt through the country. Too few of us took that into account, that’s why it’s the way it is now. But BMW thought about it and delivered. You can feel it when operating the starter of an R 18.
Walter Will
“Technology and Engine” editorial team
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A murder jerk goes through the country when the 1.8-liter boxer wakes up. A double jerk even. First to one side, then to the other. Transverse giant cylinders, longitudinal crankshaft, a large amount of heavy metal suddenly moving as a result of the start of internal combustion processes cause a spectacle: With a right-left body illusion, the motorcycle causes the firmament to shake.