{"id":403,"date":"2020-10-22T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmotorcycles.local\/bmw_motorad_news\/bmw-announces-five-new-heritage-models\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:47:20","slug":"bmw-announces-five-new-heritage-models","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/news\/bmw-announces-five-new-heritage-models\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW announces five new Heritage models"},"content":{"rendered":"

R 18 Classic<\/h3>\n

The R 18 Classic adds a windshield, auxiliary LED lights and vintage-looking leather-like saddlebags to create a basic touring model. The Classic features a 16″ front wheel, different from the First Edition’s 19″ front. Both wheels are tubeless, with
\n BMW’s well-known “outside the bead” wire spokes. While the R 18 runs a 120\/70 radial or bias-ply 19 tire on the front wheel, the Classic runs a 130\/90 B 16 up front. With two 16″ bias-ply tires on it, the Classic will no doubt behave much more like
\n a traditional cruiser on the open road.<\/p>\n

The centerpiece of the R 18 Classic is, of course, BMW’s largest boxer engine ever, a massive 1802 CC beast putting out 91 crank horsepower and 110 foot-pounds of torque. Suspension and electronic features and specifications are unchanged from the initial
\n version of the R 18.<\/p>\n

The Classic features straight mufflers rather than the First Edition’s fishtail mufflers. Because it’s important for a motorcycle aimed at the touring market, the R 18 Classic also comes standard with cruise control. Also on the Classic are rider floorboards
\n and a heel-and-toe shifter.<\/p>\n

Riders can now get an R 18 or R 18 Classic in either standard, basic black or First Edition livery, which adds chrome accents and BMW’s iconic thick-thin pinstriping to the fuel tank and rear fender.<\/p>\n

R nineT<\/h3>\n

On the R nineT side of the Heritage lineup, BMW Motorrad is updating the models to EU-5 emissions standards and adding new color schemes to previously-existing variants, the R nineT, Pure, Scrambler and Urban G\/S.<\/p>\n

Performance is only minimally changed, as the R9T engine now puts out 109 crank horsepower compared to the previous generation’s 110 HP. Torque output is unchanged at 86 ft-lbs. BMW claims better performance in the 4,000 to 6,000 RPM range thanks to the
\n redesigned cylinder heads, which now have swirl the fuel-air mixture to improve combustion and raise torque.<\/p>\n

BMW adds a number of previously optional features to the R9Ts as standard, including ABS Pro with Dynamic Brake Control (DBC), Rain and Road riding modes, and a new shock absorber with travel-dependent dampening to enhance riding comfort and ease adjustment
\n of spring preload. LED lights are now standard as well, and BMW have added a USB charging port.<\/p>\n

Other riding modes are now available as options: Riding Modes Pro (with new mode Dyna) for the 9T and Pure, plus Dirt for the Scrambler and Urban G\/S.<\/p>\n

Available color schemes for the updated bikes are:\n<\/p>\n