2017 BMW R NINET SCRAMBLER
FIRST RIDE
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options. These include wire-
spoked wheels and swapping
the stock Metzeler Tourance
Next street rubber for the Ger-
man tire company's Karoo 3
knobbies. BMW actually offers a
ready-built accessorized version
called the R nineT Scrambler X,
with wire-spoked wheels, heated
grips, LED indicators and the
Karoo rubber.
The Scrambler comes with
stock five-spoke cast aluminum
wheels (with a 19-inch front for
putative off-road use) instead
of the Roadster's wire-spoked
wheels, non-radial axially-mount-
ed Brembo four-piston front brake
calipers gripping a pair of 320mm
discs, with a 265mm rear and
twin-pot caliper, and switchable
ABS as standard. Plus, there's
a non-adjustable 43mm con-
ventional Showa fork with cool-
looking rubber gaiters, compared
to the Roadster's upside-downer.
But the Sachs monoshock
operated by the single-sided
swingarm's Paralever linkage
does have adjustable rebound
damping and spring preload, and
although it comes without the R
nineT's remote preload adjuster,
With knobby
tires, the
Scrambler
begins to look
like a real off
roader.
