RnineT Scrambler arriving in September~

Omega Man

Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

Staff member

• Aug 11, 2016

• #1

From Max BMW's e-rider newsletter-

New this fall, BMW is releasing the RnineT Scrambler and we're all super-excited for this bike to arrive. First of all, this isn't a pseudo-scrambler that's just a regular bike with knobby tires, this is a production scrambler that replaces the RnineT's 17" front with a 19" wheel, for higher clearance and seat height, has traditional telescopic forks with gaiters and a longer wheelbase, includes upright bars with a simplified speedo, and most important of all, a high exhaust (it's not a scrambler if you can't ride through a stream without burying your pipes!)

Like all RnineT's this is a bike that you can further customize to suit your taste (immediately, we'd add the cross spoke wheels and brushed aluminum tank with visible welds.)

I'm liking the looks of it.

OM

 

henzilla

not so retired

Staff member

• Aug 12, 2016

• #2

Haven't read up on latest...wonder if wheel options are available? Since it offers a 19 front wheel, maybe the GS tubeless spoked model....just read that is most likely

Nice concept making its rollout

 

mika

Still Wondering

• Aug 12, 2016

• #3

BMW PressClub article on the R nineT Scrambler has a bit more information and pictures.

 

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jamesevans

New member

• Aug 12, 2016

• #4

Whoopee, a one-into-two muffler and knobby tires for the knobs who want to ride it.

 

henzilla

not so retired

Staff member

• Aug 12, 2016

• #5

jamesevans said:

Whoopee, a one-into-two muffler

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Like every other current Boxer

 

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motodan

Active member

• Aug 12, 2016

• #6

henzilla said:

Like every other current Boxer

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Assume you are referencing: Whoopee, a one-into-two muffler....


Aren't most "R" bikes two into one like RT, R, GS, not two into one into two as the Nine? Don't see how Nine is like all other Boxers.

 

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BC1100S

Left Coast Rider

• Aug 12, 2016

• #7

I'll continue along with this "splitting hairs" thread de-rail...

It appears to me that, as Henzilla has pointed out, all current boxer BMWs have a two-into-one exhaust. Some (like the RnineT) have a two-into-one....into two. And its purely due to a style that the designers/marketing department wanted. If style had dictated it, we could have seen a two-into-one....into three.

 

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cycleman2

Bluenoser

• Aug 13, 2016

• #8

2 into 1 , then 1 into 2, R1100s had this configuration as well with the two mufflers under the seat instead of on the side. It will be interesting if you can throw anything on the rear of this new bike.

 

ricochetrider

Out There Somewhere

• Aug 14, 2016

• #9

Well who knows what this'll cost.... although cost may not be an issue for anybody buying any brand new BMW. I think it's a decent looking bike, just hope at least some of them get dirty.

Clearly BMW is following a trend, (looks kinda "brat"-ty) so maybe it'll help the brand.
Hopefully they're not clutching at straws.