The German brand has filed a trademark for the name ‘Transcontinental’ Earlier this year, BMW Motorrad launched the R18 cruiser in India, and a few months later, the global debut of the R18 Classic ...

BMW have unveiled two new R18 based tourers – the R18B ‘Bagger’ and the R18 Transcontinental ‘full dresser’. Both bikes take the core of the R18, a giant 1802cc air-cooled boxer engine, exposed shaft ...

Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). When BMW's R18 ...

BMW is working on a new full-sized bagger motorcycle and the same might be called Transcontinental. Even before BMW officially revealed the R18, leaked design drawings on the web suggested that the ...

One glance at BMW’s latest, glamorous version of the R18 cruiser - the Transcontinental - tells you it’s all about back to basics, old fashioned, low-tech motorcycling. But it’s just a cunning trick: ...

Fangen wir zunächst mit dem an, was gleich ist – und das ist genauso zentral wie unübersehbar: der immer noch unfassbar große luftgekühlte Zweizylinder-Boxermotor. Somit erübrigt sich auch die Frage, ...

BMW truly made its mark in the cruiser segment with the R18 last year. Not only did it manage to ruffle some feathers in the Harley-Davidson camp, but it also brought the biggest boxer twin ever ...

BMW Motorrad is no stranger to custom bikes. In fact, ever since it launched the R 18 cruiser in 2020 it has been sending them out to bike builders and fabricators for them to have a play. Heck, check ...

The BMW R18 motorbike is quickly turning into the two-wheeled equivalent of Mr Benn. No sooner has it received a new variant or custom makeover, and it’s back into the changing room to be whisked into ...

BMW has revealed two new long-distance motorcycles – the R18 Transcontinental and the R18B ‘Bagger’. Both bikes use the regular R18 – and its huge 1,802cc air-cooled engine – as a basis, but build on ...