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Now that the party is jumpin’ BMW R 18 B

BMW HAS RELEASED more iterations of the super sweet R 18 First Edition, this version being the R 18 B with a batwing fairing, panniers and a super pumping sound system by Marshall. It is no doubt designed to take on the likes of the Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special (and similar) and BMW has frankly smashed the competition out of the park thanks to the Marshall setup. Never has any sound system fitted to a bike been as clear over 110km/h as the Marshall system.

There are a couple off issues I didn’t like with the R 18 B however and it has been

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