The telescopic fork design is one of the most commonly seen today, but the first to incorporate it and a hydraulic system was the BMW R12. Unfortunately, BMW engineers gave little, if any ...

The BMW R 12 nineT and the R 12 are built on a common ... The R 12 nineT and R 12 come equipped with upside-down telescopic forks with a 45 mm slider tube diameter. The rear suspension of the ...

The 2025 BMW R12 S is a new model from BMW that pays tribute ... most of the R12 S's features are shared with the R nineT. The inverted 45 mm fork has adjustable rebound, damping, compression ...

The BMW R 12 S is a retro-styled cafe-racer based on ... The motorcycle is suspended by full-adjustable USD forks, a monoshock at the rear, wire-spoked 17-inch wheels wrapped in fat tyres, twin ...

Away from the colours, the R12 S gets BMW’s Option 719 Classic II spoked wheels with anodized rims. Both the handlebars and upside-down fork tubes are also finished in black – helping to ...

Alexander Buckan, Head of BMW Motorrad Design, explains: The defining design elements of our R 12 S include the handlebar ... fully adjustable beefy 45 mm USD forks and a monoshock.

BMW claims that will send the bike from zero to 62 mph in 3.6 seconds on its way to a top speed of 134 mph. Unsurprisingly, most of the R12 S's features are shared with the R nineT. The inverted 45 mm ...