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BMW Motorrad has been on a mission lately with lots of bikes released on lots of different platforms. The R nineT in particular has spawned plenty of new models from cafe racers to scramblers, but the BMW design team pulled out all stops with the amazing Concept 18.

Based around an 1800cc boxer twin, itself a prototype, the Concept 18 is a one-off custom bike designed to include all key BMW style signatures. BMW sees it as a return to the brand’s

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