The biggest challenge in customizing this year’s crowd puller at the Daytona Bike Week in Florida was undoubtedly the frame. “We have completely remanufactured the upper tubes to lower the fly-line and thus the seat height of the R 18 B. We also redid the steering head and the triple clamps so that the caster fits despite the changed steering angle and so that the bike rides well,” explains Fred Kodlin.

The result was the R 18 B Heavy Duty, a Kodlin style bike. In profile, the fly-line drops sharply to the rear from the chopped windshield taken from the Original BMW Motorrad Accessories range and finally runs into the side cases made by Kodlin out of glass fiber-reinforced plastic and the low rear end. In plan view, the R 18 B HEAVY DUTY is characterized by a strong waistline in the seat area and a flowing connection to the side cases.