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BAGGED OUT BEEMERS

BMW has announced a pair of fairing and hard-case-equipped cruiser/tourers for 2022 based around the Big Boxer-powered R 18.

The R 18 Transcontinental and R 18 B are German bikes built for American touring. Long, low and classically styled, the new machines are designed to poach buyers of American bikes with the promise of German engineering with easy customisation options.

Both bikes have a protective handlebar-mounted fairing, self-levelling

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