Recent content by Rufus

+1. I had a Gen5 GW Bagger in 2016 and a manual Gen6 GW Bagger in 2021. The latter did feel more agile but I preferred the earlier engine and overall feel of legendary Honda quality whereas the later bike had way more tech, a 6 speed box and a more plush ride but lost a little something along...

Completed the installation of my two Healtech modules. After a bit of head scratching made up a couple of hangers from aluminium strip and tie wrapped them securely into place. Decided to cut a sheet of rubber to size and fitted it on top of the modules to hide it all from sight. Looks pretty...

Curious. Over in the UK, especially over winter, we get plagued by regular overnight temperature swings from cold to mild that cause terrible condensation on garaged motorcycles. This year it’s been particularly bad. Example. So I go into the garage, find the bike dripping wet (again) and...

I would make a call to your dealer anyway to register the issue now and book an appointment in a few weeks time for investigation. Then, if warranty work is required you can demonstrate you didn’t sit on the problem and made contact as soon as reasonably practicable. Also it means when you drop...

Nice job 👍. How did you hold the bike up high enough and securely without the forks? I’ve removed forks before but never on a 345kg bike!

it’s called backlash and gears must have it to allow for expansion when everything gets warm and upto operating temperature. Even though it feels like ‘play’ there will be very specific factory tolerances setting it all up. I’ve had many shaft drive bikes over the years and they are all the same...

I’m literally doing the same thing now, following advice from forum members Ive ordered two of these Healtech ESE-BM1 modules. Pic below for you. About £45 each (from Motorworks, an established UK independent BMW parts supplier).

Well this afternoon I took my flapper servo off and while I was under there grubbing about decided to lockwire them open, the springs on both seemed fine, quite strong and the full range of movement on both flappers was smooth, nothing to suggest anything untoward going on inside the pipe. I...

Doesn’t sound right. If still under warranty take it to a dealer to check it out and run a diagnostic check for fault codes, If you find out what’s causing it update the thread because it’s useful info for everyone.

Morning. There must be R18 owners with sidecar on the forum, just depends when they check in next really to offer informed opinion. I had a Gen6 Wing (non tour) a couple of years ago. Enjoyed it for a while but didn’t keep it long. It was a symphony of plastic and I was ever so slightly...

Welcome along, post a picture when you get it home 👍

Fair point, I did consider that tbh and even just snipping the cables but it feels wrong somehow. The clincher for me is I think my servo is playing up, or at least starting to.

That’s great thank you widu13. My servo has recently developed an intermittent squeak, when I select first gear there is an audible ‘chirp’ coming from that area, which ties in perfectly with what you’ve described, I can’t for the life of me think what else it could be so I’ve decided to remove...

Morning, think you ought to read the manual. You need to change the battery in your fob, that’s what the warning icon on the dash means. Regarding your other thread, I live in the UK but always use what we call E5 super unleaded (5% ethanol or less). It’s a bit more expensive but I think worth it.

Yea but I really try to resist it 😁