2025 BMW R 18 Black Storm Metallic

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2025 BMW R 18 Black Storm Metallic

Icon with a Big Boxer

Timeless beauty: the BMW R 18. An icon that keeps reinventing itself. It combines exclusivity with quintessential coolness. Here, classic design meets uncompromising modernity. Comfortable ergonomics, high-end technology, and a quality finish define its look and your riding experience. Style and function in perfect harmony. When you treat yourself to an R 18, it treats you to the unique experience of a big boxer engine. This is more than just riding a motorcycle. This is: Cruising the BMW Motorrad Style.

Features may include:

  • Aesthetic: The seat

The single seat bench with a modern and aesthetic design, which offers excellent comfort.

  • Iconic: The headlight

You can maintain complete visibility with the iconic daytime riding lights combined with the optional Headlight Pro.

  • Sound & design: The exhaust system

Style-defining element: The exhaust system in Blacked Out dark chrome.

  • Iconic: Boxer with push rod

Even the push rods will turn heads with the high-class Blacked Out finish.

  • Impressive: The 18” rear wheel

The 18” rear wheel provides a dynamic aesthetic. The size of the wheel means that the chassis is slightly elevated, giving you a bit more freedom in your lean angles

  • Head-turner: Open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame

The open, nickel-plated Cardan shaft puts the focus on the torque.

  • The “Rough Look”

The modern design is emphasised by the “Rough Look” styling. For example, the fixed fork tubes are exposed, without the conventional fork tubes.

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Highlights

  • Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2025
  • BMW
  • R 18 Black Storm Metallic
  • Super unleaded (max. 15% ethanol, E15), 95 ROZ/RON, 90 AKI
  • Available
  • 949 mm (above hand lever)
  • 1,126 mm (above windshield, at DIN unladen weight)

Specifications

  • 2025
  • BMW
  • R 18
  • Black Storm Metallic
  • Heritage
  • Twin-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine with two chain-driven camshafts above the crank shaft
  • 1,802 cc
  • Air/oil cooled
  • 107.1 mm
  • 100 mm
  • Rated output: 67 kW (91 hp) at 4,750 rpm
  • Max: 120 lbs-ft at 3,000 rpm
  • 9.6 : 1
  • Mixture control: Electronic intake pipe injection / digital engine management system: BMS-O with throttle-by-wire
  • Maximum: 180 km/h
  • Super unleaded (max. 15% ethanol, E15), 95 ROZ/RON, 90 AKI
  • Control: Closed-loop 3-way catalytic converter | CO2 based on WMTC: 129 g/km
  • Per 100 km based on WMTC cycle: 5.6 l
  • 12 V / 26 Ah, maintenance-free
  • Cardan
  • Single-disc dry clutch
  • Claw-shifted 6-gear gearbox with separate transmission housing
  • Double loop steel frame with bolted beams
  • Telescopic fork
  • Steel twin-sided swing arm, central spring strut
  • 120 mm
  • 90 mm
  • BMW Motorrad Integral ABS (partial integral)
  • Twin disc brake, diameter 300 mm, 4-piston fixed caliper
  • Single disc brake, diameter 300 mm, 4-piston fixed caliper
  • Aluminum cast wheel on front wheel
  • Rim: 3.50 x 19"
  • Rim: 5.00 x 18''
  • 120/70 R19
  • 180/55 B18
  • Inner leg curve: 1,675 mm
  • 2,440 mm (over splash guard)
  • 1,126 mm (above windshield, at DIN unladen weight)
  • 949 mm (above hand lever)
  • 1,731 mm
  • 150 mm
  • Head angle: 57.3°
  • At unladen weight: 28.3"
  • Usable tank volume: approx. 16 l | Reserve: approx. 4 l
  • with standard equipment: 215 kg
  • Unladen weight, road ready, fully fuelled: 345 kg | Permitted total: 560 kg
  • Permanent magnet alternator with 600 W (nominal power)