BMW Motorrad R18 One Eight “C” is a 50s Lead Sled

Taking a BMW Motorrad R18 Transcontinental (RM198,500 in Malaysia), customized motorbike builder Paul Yaffe has created a homage to the traditional scorching rod of the Nineteen Fifties. Yaffe’s newest creation was unveiled on the MBE Present in Verona, Italy on February 19.

Taking supply of the R18 Transcontinental in New York, Yaffe rode the large bagger 6,115 km throughout the US including a 4,184 km diversion journey to Sturgis, South Dakota, alongside the best way. Yaffe’s imaginative and prescient for the R18 One Eight “C” was for an enormous wheel bagger like none different.

Including to the complexity of Yaffe’s aim was the intent to retain as most of the R18’s authentic elements as potential. Beginning with the entrance wheel, Yaffe commissioned a 26” x 5.5” wheel lower from a strong 180kg block of aluminium, matched to a handcrafted 180 mm broad tyre.

With inspiration from the enduring Nineteen Fifties Mercury Lead Sled customized automotive, Yaffe’s workforce crafted a number of
one-of-a-kind elements and modified present R18 parts. This included stretching and raking the body to accommodate the bigger entrance wheel with particular triple timber machined to appropriate the path and optimise dealing with.

The unique R18 fairing was lower into a number of items and restructured to appropriate headlight place and movement into the brand new entrance wheel. The ensuing hole between the fairing and gasoline tank because of the stretched body was a novel chin spoiler was designed, concealing the radiator.

Extra engineering was required for the R18 One Eight “C”, with a classy air tank and distribution system in addition to a devoted body positioned beneath every saddlebag. This was to accommodate the required compressed air tanks, an air compressor and all of the air suspension controls, valves and solenoids.

To enrich the styling of the bike, the rear fender was prolonged by grafting on sections of one other R18 rear fender, seamlessly matching the profile of the brand new saddlebags. Yaffe additionally rearranged the unique R18 taillights into the handmade filler panels with the license plate blended into the fender in traditional scorching rod styling.

Within the engine room, the R18’s 1,800 cc air- and oil-cooled boxer twin was de-catted, changed with a perforated high-flow baffle system. This eliminated the restriction of the inventory catalytic convertors however preserved exhaust again strain.

A precision-crafted three-step muffler system was put in, mated to a wide-open megaphone, delivering that quintessential traditional scorching rod sound. A deep gloss black end was chosen for the R18 One Eight “C” mated to traditional ochs blood purple upholstery with matching entrance brake callipers.

GALLERY: BMW Motorrad R18 Transcontinental

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