BMW’s retro sports activities bare bike is getting a brand new era this 12 months. And to mark the event, its identify will get one other quantity, one in numerals this time. The BMW R 12 NineT will take over from the R NineT vary. Particulars are a bit skinny in the intervening time, however BMW did present loads of photographs of 1 model of the motorbike and some fundamentals.
As you’ll have guessed from the “12” within the identify, the engine displaces 1.2 liters (give or take a pair cubic centimeters). That is not any totally different than the present mannequin, although. And the brand new mannequin nonetheless is a flat twin that is air and oil-cooled. The present bike makes 109 horsepower and 86 pound-feet of torque, and we would not be shocked if the R 12 stays in that ballpark.
The essential format appears the identical, too. It is a tubular house body with bolt-on rear subframe. The entrance wheel is on an upside-down fork with twin disc brakes with four-piston calipers. A single-side swing arm holds the rear, and energy goes by means of a driveshaft relatively than a series. Each wheels are spoked and measure 17 inches in diameter, identical to immediately’s bike.
Styling can be clearly associated however has undoubtedly been up to date. The tank and cowl have sharper creases, with the latter additionally trying a bit taller than on some present R NineTs. It helps modernize the design of the bike.
As with the present NineT, the R 12 NineT will possible be provided in a wide range of kind elements together with scrambler-style variations and presumably a fundamental “Pure” model. These variations will in all probability have totally different seat and entrance headlight cowl designs, presumably forged wheels as an alternative of spoked examples, and even perhaps some suspension modifications (the present Pure has a normal entrance fork as an alternative of the inverted sort).
Full specs for the R 12 NineT are coming this fall. It would in all probability be accessible quickly after. Pricing will in all probability be similar to the immediately’s mannequin. For reference, the common R NineT begins at $16,640. Different variants can be found for much less, with the most affordable Pure model at $11,690.
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