Review: The new BMW R nineT Scrambler

Scramblers—scramblers everywhere. That's the zeitgeist of the current scene...and BMW have just entered the fray in spectacular fashion. The new BMW R nineT Scrambler is a bike we saw coming a mile off. The first clue was the Concept Path22: a customized R nineT revealed at last year's Wheels & Waves fest, with a 19” front wheel, a surfboard rack and artwork by Ornamental Conifer. When the official R nineT Scrambler finally broke cover, our suspicions were confirmed: we'd been looking at it all along, hidden under a thin veil of fancy bits and eye-catching graphics. That BMW would eventually...