#Roctane

BMW announced a refreshed Big Boxer lineup, including Euro 5+ compliance, plus styling updates to the R 18 and R 18 Classic and fresh paint for the R 18 B, R 18 Transcontinental and R 18 Roctane. Expect all five variants to arrive in dealerships in the second quarter of 2025.

BMW is teasing a new model premiere on January 21, for what we expect to be updates for its R 18 range. So far, BMW has only released a single image of a model along with the tagline “Next Level Big Boxer Culture”.

A little while ago, I wrote about my admiration for the Gladius, but conceded that its name didn’t really connect with people the way Suzuki probably wanted it to. If you knew that a gladius was a type of sword used by ancient Roman soldiers, you could see how it might make sense for a company that also gave us the Katana. If you didn’t, then it just sounded too much like “Gladys”, and the only vehicle that name would make sense for, is a midnight train to Georgia.