R 18
2025 R 18

As shown $15,395 MSRP
Available in 2025

European model shown. 

European model shown. 

MSRP excludes destination & handling fee of $895, tax, title, license and registration. BMW Motorrad Ultimate Care Break-In Service (“600 Mile Service”) is included with each new 2025 BMW motorcycle. Time and mileage limits apply (maximum 6 months from the In-Service date or maximum 750 miles, whichever comes first). See your authorized BMW Motorrad dealer for complete details and scheduling.

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Celebrating Big Boxer Culture

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The BMW R 18

The BMW R 18
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.

Enjoy in Style

The choice is yours

Choose the right paint and emphasize your own personal style.

    Build Your Own

    Blackstorm Metallic

    The base version of the R 18 presents itself with a puristic, striking, and modern design.

    Blackstorm Metallic: Blacked Out

    A vision in black: eye-catching styling that lets your confidence shine.

    Two-tone Brooklyn Gray Metallic: Blacked Out

    Black, gray, and dark chrome: This style emphasizes the coolness of the R 18.

    Mineral Gray Metallic Matte: Blacked Out

    With this exclusive styling option, your R 18 can become a timeless beauty.

    Option 719 Olivine

    Celebrate individuality: This styling with the Velvet Green/Meteoric Dust paint emphasizes the iconic look of the R 18.

    Color: Black. Presence: Bold.

    Color: Black. Presence: Bold.

    No other surface is as closely linked to the custom cruiser scene as chrome is. The new Premium Style “Blacked Out” offers you an attractive, dark chrome finish for your bike, giving it a more dynamic look. The black highlights will meet even the highest standards for individuality and modernity. The style includes many different components in dark chrome – from the exhaust system, to pushrod tubes, right up to the trim panel components with this refined finish.

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    A puristic cruiser with a wealth of highlights

    The R 18 is our puristic cruiser with soul. The fact that this bike is timeless and modern can be seen in the design elements, ergonomics, and equipment. The ergonomic single seat bench allows you to cruise in comfort. With the large, 18” rear wheel, this bike brings both style and dynamism to the streets. Its premium qualities are further enhanced with the Blacked Out surface finish.

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    Aesthetic: The seat
    The seat
    Iconic: The headlight
    The headlight
    Sound & design: The exhaust system
    The exhaust system
    Iconic: Boxer with pushrod tubes
    Boxer with pushrod tubes
    Impressive: The 18” rear wheel
    The 18” rear wheel
    Head-turner: Open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame
    The open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame
    The “Rough Look”
    The “Rough Look” of the R 18 from BMW Motorrad
    Exclusive: The R 18 Badge
    R 18 Badge
    The seat
    The headlight
    The exhaust system
    Boxer with pushrod tubes
    The 18” rear wheel
    The open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame
    The “Rough Look” of the R 18 from BMW Motorrad
    R 18 Badge
    The seat
    The headlight
    The exhaust system
    Boxer with pushrod tubes
    The 18” rear wheel
    The open Cardan shaft and double-cradle frame
    The “Rough Look” of the R 18 from BMW Motorrad
    R 18 Badge

    Plenty of room

    Plenty of room

    Make cruising into an experience: The special form of this single seat bench in a “Dragster Design” with elongated pelvic support at the rear combines a modern aesthetic with a high level of comfort.

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    Experience quality

    • R 18

      R 18

    Pure emotion on the road

    Pure emotion on the road

    BMW is committed to the iconic boxer – out of conviction. The 1802 ccm two-cylinder boxer engine of the R 18 is the boxer with the most displacement that we have ever built. It delivers its maximum torque of 120 lb-ft at 3,000 rpm. At 4,750 rpm, the “Big Boxer” delivers 91 hp.

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    1,802
    cc displacement
    120
    lb-ft torque at 3,000 rpm
    28.3
    inch seat height
    4.2
    gallon tank
    Air/oil-cooled twin-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine
    Data and equipment

    Stage yourself

    The right way? Your own.

    Above all, the R 18 represents a strong character and an unmistakeable design. With it, you can turn the road into your stage. Explore the countless options for customizing the bike of your dreams.

    Above all, the R 18 represents a strong character and an unmistakeable design. With it, you can turn the road into your stage. Explore the countless options for customizing the bike of your dreams.

    3 year warranty

    Ride on and on and on.

    Get up to 3-years or 36,000 miles warranty on all new motorcycles. 

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    Two people enjoying the lovely view in their BMW Motorrad clothing 

    Find your look

    In our online BMW Motorrad clothing shop, you can find the right clothes for your next trip. Be it a sporty or a modern look, all of the clothes have a few things in common: style, innovation and quality. Find your favorite pieces and order them online, or visit your local BMW Motorrad partner to see them for yourself.

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