The Power & Styling Of BMW R 18 Roctane Cruiser: The Ultimate Ride Review!

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Motorcyclist Magazine publishes its official review of the 2024 BMW Motorrad R 18 Roctane heavyweight cruiser ($20,985 as tested).

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Video: Adam Waheed

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even with all its flaws it's still a damn good looking bike

stevefletcher
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This bike is flat sexy and cheaper/better than Harley. Why they aren’t selling is beyond me.

angershark
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Absolutely Stunning wild German Beast!!!, No doubt at all The Amazing BMW R18 Roctane Cruiser it's my favorite Motorcycle!!!, So it's impressive, powerful, majestic, imponent and beautiful!!!, No doubt at all one of the Best motorcycles ever built!!!, Great explanation and video as well!!, Thanks for sharing!!!

LesterSuarezGonzalez-dzns
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BMW sells significantly more motorcycles around the world than HD and has been selling them for 100 years. The Germans know how to build fine machines.

Also I wear size 12 and have no problem shifting or breaking even with boots.

kellanhills
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This is the only Bimmer with a boxer that pulls it off, aesthetically. Looks like a tumor on the R9T and makes the GS look fat... but R18 is a thing of beauty. One of the most striking bikes I've ever seen

williamheard
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When I was young we made customs m72 and k750 (soviet copies of BMW) in Silesia. We aim more or less to have r18 look. It was best news to see BMW bring to life r18 so having now 48 on clock I got r18 100 year edition. It is essentially modern bike with look me and my friend made years ago…. Love how it ride, love it to look .

abazdarhon
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Best lookin version of that series, fer sure.

joeblow
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What shines causes a lot of confusion to those who live in the dark.

paulogoncalves
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Personally, would love to upgrade my 2016 R9T to one of these. Once you get hooked on these boxers, you just want more/bigger/faster.
A dream bike would be this machine, but that nice red they are putting on the regular R18. It's a bit of a shame this machine only comes in the most drab colors.

ryaandnice
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Best thing about this platform is you'll be able to buy it slightly used in 18 months for 40% less than sticker.

Worse thing is you'll still not be able to find a comfortable spot for your feet after an hour or so of riding.

creigmacc
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"This is one of the few motorcycles that produces 100 lb of torque. The other two are..." My man let me introduce you to this little upstart company called Harley-Davidson. I hate to sound like a hipster, but apparently I knew them before they were cool?

notreallydaedalus
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Man wtf is going on @7:20 doesn’t look very reasonable to stop in the middle of the road to take pictures

lucianoromero
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This is sad to see all the riders not knowing how to ride dragging their feet walking the bike and one almost falling over with his passenger! One would think that you need to know what you are doing on a motorcycle to be invited to these events! To all the riders on that video, learn to ride before going to events

ChrisYVRVANcruiser
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Such a miss opportunity specially in the weight department! The fad is moving to go to light more performance bikes like the low rider st that’s wer the bagger Bros are moving to, bmw Introduces a bigger heavier Harley version pretty sad. It’s OK to be late to the party, but not when you didn’t do anything better than the others.

gigi
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I want a mix of the various r18 :
Their large cruiser fuel tank
Spoked wheels
Bobber seat
Roctane headlight
Classic saddle bags
Roctane mini ape bars
Would love bmw to add classic springer forks

fifiandmax
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Lets put a speedo where no one can see it but it looks cool, that's over engineering BMW style !!!! So you put a windshield on it and then you cannot see the

colingoldthorpe
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The guy is representing guess's as fact. I have a size 13 foot and my Danner boots work just fine with my RT 1150, which is the same basic engine. Shifting/Braking is no problem. There are no issues with heat.
The engine torque reaction is charming and notable but no problem at all. This reviewer is struggling for relevant remarks.

bobsullivan
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After some boomer eats the depreciation on one of these and dumps it I'm going to buy it for pennies on the dollar and turn it into a wicked stripped down cafe racer.

GRDwashere
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The sound kills an otherwise beautiful motorbike. The rock is missing and all the Harleys have it.

TheRisto
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Wow! How amateur was this Event including the riders. Duck walking influencers :) Hazard causing social media Gen-X stopping those bikes at the intersection! Possibly, R18 is the worst resale value of any BMW product ever built due to it's weight and ergonomics. If you are patient enough, 200 mile Demo model will soon be on sale for $16K with 0.9% Financing.

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