When BMW unleashed the R 18 in 2020, the company wasted no time introducing the rest of its boxer-powered cruiser line. The R 18 Classic emerged months later, in October, 2020, before the R 18 B and R 18 Transcontinental rounded out the range in April, 2021. Ever since, we assumed the Bavarians completed the collection. We may have assumed wrong.
According to Swiss type approval filings, the House of Munich has an R 18 Roctane variant waiting in the wings. Uncovered by Motorcycle’s Dennis Chung, the documents hint at the potential model’s spot within the R 18 hierarchy. As expected, the trim would carry over the platform’s portly powerplant, with the 1,802cc opposed twin generating 90 horsepower (at 4,750 rpm) and 116 pound-feet of torque (at 3,000 rpm).
