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BMW 1800cc Boxer

  • Enjin Boxer 1800cc motosikal cruiser BMW akan tiba pada tahun 2020.
  • Berita ini telah disahkan oleh BMW Motorrad.
  • Enjin prototaip tersebut pada waktu ini telah digunakan sebagai penjana kuasa bagi motosikal buatan khas.

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  • A BMW 1800cc Boxer engine cruiser is confirmed for 2020.

  • The news was confirmed by BMW Motorrad.

  • The prototype engine is now used as the powerplant for custom bikes.

It’s confirmed. A BMW 1800cc Boxer engine cruiser is coming in 2020. The news was confirmed by Timo Resch, Vice President Sales and Marketing for BMW Motorrad.

Resch made the statement during the Handbuilt Show in Austin, Texas where Revival Cycles showed off a custom bike called Birdcage which features an 1800cc Boxer engine.

While we revel at the Birdcage’s welded titanium frame, the built was actually contracted by BMW Motorrad to tease the new engine. The massive pushrod engine will be the platform for an upcoming cruiser in 2020.

The Birdcage was the second motorcycle to use the 1800cc engine, following the Departed R18 built by Japanese Custom Works Zon.

“We will also be showing a BMW Motorrad developed concept bike featuring this engine in the first half-year of 2019. BMW Motorrad will present a series production motorcycle with the Big Boxer for the Cruiser segment in the course of 2020,” said Resch.

An 1800cc, air-cooled, pushrod valve actuation engine surely means that the German manufacturer is taking aim at Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycles. However, riders of the two brands are fiercely loyal so it’ll be interesting to see how BMW Motorrad can win them over.

  • BMW Motorrad telah membuat satu usikan dengan sebuah enjin Boxer 1,800cc yang baharu.
  • Pengeluar tersebut telah mengamanahkan Custom Works Zon untuk membina sebuah motosikal buatan khas bagi enjin tersebut.
  • Khabar angin ada mengatakan bahawa BMW akan membina sebuah motosikal cruiser.

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  • BMW Motorrad teases with a new 1800cc Boxer engine.

  • The manufacturer contracted Custom Works Zon built a custom bike around it.

  • Rumors say BMW will build a cruiser.

It seems like BMW Motorrad is working on a new model platform based on a new 1800cc Boxer engine.

However, rather than producing a teaser video, BMW contracted Yuichi Yoshizawa and Yoshikazu Ueda of Custom Works Zon to build a show bike called “R18” around the new engine. The build has already picked up multiple awards on the custom bike circuit.

The new engine is reputed to feature pushrod valve actuation and retaining air/oil-cooling. BMW Motorrad is mum apart from that information.

But what bike would they fit it into? BMW has every segment covered except for a true heritage-style cruiser. It would make sense because BMW could capitalize on the shrinking segment by introducing their iteration of the cruiser.

The manufacturer has already shown that they could utilize the older air/oil-cooled Boxer in the r nine T heritage platform. However, as the impending Euro5 regulations close down on emissions, the 1800cc displacement would make up for the lost power. Additionally, the large capacity would also bring BMW up to challenge heavyweight cruisers from Harley and Indian.

It’ll be interesting to see, whatever will come.

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