Recent content by Johnwrightph

Hi all A few weeks into my R18FE ownership and I am absolutely delighted with this bike. Now, I bought it with a determined desire to mod it back to the concept bike we all saw and fell in love with. I’ve been a little distracted by Gilles excellent work fitting an R25 seat but the original...

Update: :) Put a few miles on the bke yesterday and the clutch clicking seems to have disappeared. If any new owners are experiencing a clicky clutch action and stumble across this thread, persevere, it’ll pass :)

Gilles you have done brilliantly! Forgive me but i have no experience with commissioning fabrication. Did you supply technical diagrams or simply explain what you needed? How would you recommend making the same midification? Just buy the saddle and find a friendly fabricator? :) Congrats on a...

Thanks Caveman. Gonna do a short run tomorrow and see if it persists. The bike has 4 miles on the clock. I think it really might just be a running in issue 👍

My R18 FE arrived today. Having passively looked through the “Welcome Pack” i thought i’d pose this wuestion and create a little poll :)…

Great to know Slot. Thanks for jumping in so quickly! J

Hi everyone. Took delivery of my R18 FE this morning. Brand new bike: 0 miles Put it in gear to take it into my garage and immediately felt a bumping/clicking coming through the clitch lever. This was audible too as confirmed by the dealership delivery driver. Present in neutral while...

In truth, i’m not sure the 18 IS a cruiser which is possibly why you took to it. All my other bikes are sit up straight nakeds and the 18 feels like un understressed “eat up the miles, and just relax” grown up version of them. I wanted one because i have the R51 series it was based on. It really...

Hi Sgeren and welcome. It was the test ride that got me too. I’d just done 200 miles on my road king over two days. Took the RK to the bmw dealership for the test ride. 10 minutes on the r18 and i knew the Road King was toast :):)

Heh Giles. My bike arrives Wednesday and I’m tempted to order the R25 seat in advance :) Did you have these supports fabricated or did they come with the seat?

Giles bravo! This is exactly the look that drew me to buy the r18. It’s been a few weeks now. How are you getting on with the r25 seat? I have pretty much the same seat on my r51/3 and if it can be adapted to the r18, I’m in! :)