2025 BMW R 12 Blackstorm metallic

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2025 BMW R 12 Blackstorm metallic

Cruise as you are

You don't have to dream of California. This laid-back cruiser brings this unique nonchalance right to your doorstep. Its low seat height invites you to hop on immediately. As a thoroughly relaxed road surfer, you might want to give your ears some fitting music to listen to. And then: roadtrippin' towards an endless summer. Alternatively, you may simply want to listen to the sound of the boxer engine and let its drive system roll you through metropolises or rock around winding country roads. Enjoy this unique #Soulfuel feeling – life is easy on the R 12.

Features may include:

  • Technical highlight: LED headlight

Illuminating the road before you: the LED headlight with daytime running light ensures that you see everything and are seen by everyone – at any time of day or night and even in poor visibility.

  • Inviting: extra low seat height

Welcome home: The single seat bench with a low seat height of just 754 mm makes the R 12 easily accessible and invites a large number of fans to climb aboard.

  • Hi-tech on board: the brake system

Unrestrained riding pleasure, even if you have to stop. The partial integral brake system ensures automatic brake force distribution with dynamic adaptation.

  • Dynamics and comfort: shift assistant Pro

Cruising instead of shifting: the shift assistant Pro is included in the optional comfort package. It enables gear changes in both directions without actuating the clutch.

  • Elegant detail: the chromed VIN plate

The shiny, chromed aluminium plate adorns your R 12 with its name and makes your bike recognisable everywhere – wherever it is you may go.

  • Modern vintage: the round instrument

The round instrument emphasises the retro character of the R 12. The analogue speedometer proves that you are riding a bike with history.

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Highlights

  • Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2025
  • BMW
  • R 12 Blackstorm metallic
  • Super unleaded (max. 15% ethanol, E15), 95 ROZ/RON, 90 AKI
  • Available
  • 830 mm (above hand lever)
  • 1,110 mm (without mirror)

Specifications

  • 2025
  • BMW
  • R 12
  • Blackstorm metallic
  • Heritage
  • Two-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine with two overhead camshafts, four radially arranged valves and central counterbalance shaft
  • 1,170 cc
  • Air/oil-cooled
  • 101 mm
  • 73 mm
  • Rated output: 70 kW (95 hp) at 6,500 rpm, OE power reduction: 35 kW (48 hp) at 5.250 rpm
  • Max: 110 Nm at 6,000 rpm, OE power reduction: 98 Nm at 3,000 rpm
  • 12.0 : 1
  • Mixture control: Electronic intake pipe injection / digital engine management system: BMS-O with throttle-by-wire
  • Maximum: 203 km/h
  • Super unleaded (max. 15% ethanol, E15), 95 ROZ/RON, 90 AKI
  • Control: Closed-loop 3-way catalytic converter | CO2 based on WMTC:119 g/km
  • Per 100 km based on WMTC cycle: 5.1 l
  • 12 V / 14 Ah, maintenance-free
  • Cardan
  • Single-disc dry clutch, hydraulically operated
  • Claw-shifted 6-gear gearbox with separate transmission housing
  • BMW Motorrad DTC
  • Tubular space frame
  • Upside-down telescopic fork, diameter 45 mm
  • Cast aluminium single-sided swing arm with Paralever brace, central progressive spring strut, spring pre-load adjustable, rebound damping adjustable
  • 90 mm
  • 90 mm
  • BMW Motorrad Integral ABS Pro (partial integral)
  • Twin disc brake, floating brake discs, diameter 310 mm, 4-piston Monobloc radial brake caliper
  • Single disc brake, diameter 265 mm, 2-piston floating caliper
  • Aluminium cast wheels
  • Rim: 2.75 x 19"
  • Rim: 4.00 x 16"
  • 100/90 R19
  • 150/80 R16
  • Inner leg curve: 69.1"
  • 2,200 mm (over rear wheel)
  • 1,110 mm (without mirror)
  • 830 mm (above hand lever)
  • 1,520 mm
  • 132.5 mm
  • Head angle: 60.7°
  • At unladen weight: 754 mm
  • Usable tank volume: 14 l | Reserve: approx. 3.5 l
  • with standard equipment: 202 kg
  • Unladen weight, road ready, fully fuelled: 227 kg | Permitted total: 430 kg
  • Permanent magnet alternator with 660 W (nominal power)