BMW 100th ANNIVERSARY BIKES

BMW Motorrad is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. The rm’s rst motorbike, the R32, was launched at the Paris motor show in September 1923, just ve years after the end of the First World war.

The R32 was an air-cooled 494cc shaft-drive Boxer, and the Munich rm has released a pair of modern shaft-drive Boxers to celebrate (presumably the rst of many specials this year). There’s an R18 100 Years and an R nineT 100 Years, both limited to 1923 units each and on sale now. They are mostly cosmetic upgrades – posh paint and extra chrome parts on the R18, plus paint and a single seat unit on the R nineT. Both have sweet pipes, though: a chrome Akrapovic system on the R18 with the BMW roundel picked out in the perforated end caps, and a slick dual-can system on the R nineT. The R18 also gets a special red embroidered saddle and tank badges.

Fancy a limited-edition retro cruiser or roadster for the summer sun? Get down to the dealer now, then... the R18 100 Years is from around £21k and the R nineT 100 Years starts at £18k.