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Congrats! I noticed that your bike does not have the front crash bars or lower wind deflectors. Did it not have them or did you remove them? Those lower wind deflectors make a huge difference in reducing helmet turbulence.
 
bdalameda said:
Congrats! I noticed that your bike does not have the front crash bars or lower wind deflectors. Did it not have them or did you remove them? Those lower wind deflectors make a huge difference in reducing helmet turbulence.
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Didn't come with but have ordered engine guards. It has the small plexy flip out wind deflectors that change the wind flow through, I understand there are lower leg covers but haven't looked into them other than I have been warned that the engine guards cause install interference with them? Haven't seen anything on this yet.
 
The lower leg wind deflectors mount to the crash bars. It is odd that the bike did not have them. As far as I know all Transcontinentals come from the factory with the crashbars and lower leg deflectors. It is a night and day difference riding with the lower leg deflectors on. It smooths out the turbulent air flow around your body and head dramatically. My R18B did not have them stock. I added the small adjustable air deflectors on the bottom edge of the fairing. That helped a little but I really had issues with helmet turbulence even with a taller windscreen. I added the lower leg deflectors and it simply transformed the bike and all the turbulent helmet shaking is gone. I wonder if the bike got tipped over at the dealer and the crash bars and leg deflectors were scratched so they removed them. The BMW website shows the 2025 model Transcontinental with the crash bars and lower leg deflectors as standard.

https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models/heritage/r18-transcontinental.html#/section-enjoy-in-style
 
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bdalameda said:
The lower leg wind deflectors mount to the crash bars. It is odd that the bike did not have them. As far as I know all Transcontinentals come from the factory with the crashbars and lower leg deflectors. It is a night and day difference riding with the lower leg deflectors on. It smooths out the turbulent air flow around your body and head dramatically. My R18B did not have them stock. I added the small adjustable air deflectors on the bottom edge of the fairing. That helped a little but I really had issues with helmet turbulence even with a taller windscreen. I added the lower leg deflectors and it simply transformed the bike and all the turbulent helmet shaking is gone. I wonder if the bike got tipped over at the dealer and the crash bars and leg deflectors were scratched so they removed them.
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Hmmmm, I wonder if there is a list of all included stock parts that come on the trans.?
 
Kemosabi said:
Hmmmm, I wonder if there is a list of all included stock parts that come on the trans.?
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Every picture of the Transcontinental on the BMW website shows the bike with the crash bars and lower leg deflectors. They are not listed as an option as they came with the bike. I would contact your dealer and ask them what happened to them. They should put them on for you at no charge. If they refuse I would contact BMW customer service.
 
Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new bike. All TCs that I have seen come with lower deflectors and crash bars. I think even the B models come with bars, but not the deflectors. below straight BMW website. 1781106257974.png
 
Also noticed no speakers in rear bag lids ; does your topbox have the requisite speakers that earlier Transcontinentals had ?
Cost cutting on BMW’s behalf ? Possibly different levels of features for different markets ?
 
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