Recent content by rborder

You're not wrong. Simply making the support struts vertical (vs. the ~45 degree angle) would probably help a ton. I seriously considered modifying them that way- but it would have been a lot of work (they'd have to be shortened, the left one would have interference issues on the sub frame -...

I've had my R18 for a little over a month. I've been chasing a rattle in the rear end, which has been getting progressively worse., Thought I fixed it once, when I found loose rear fender bolts; but the fix was very short lived. A couple days ago, I found the root cause, thought I'd share...

Good piece of advice somebody shared with me- nobody's ever complained that their trailer is too big :-) I use an enclosed 14x7 dual axle for occasional motorcycle hauling. It gets used for lots of other things too. Here's a picture of my setup with my K1200LT in it.

One of the first things I did was replace my Halogen with an LED headlight bulb. There appears to be a whole headlight control module that my bike is missing.

Well - I think I've determined that the condition is terminal. I bought the OBDLInkLX tool, and MotoScan app, to get a better idea what's going on. (I also do all my own maintenance, so I kind of needed it for resetting service intervals and such). After clearing eveything out, I could...

I didn't get any sort of "plastic key" with my used bike. Sounds like I should maybe try to track one down. Alternatively, has anybody had luck using a flipper as a back-up fob? https://flipperzero.one/

Tore into it a little bit today. It appears to me that the factory harness going out to the tail of the bike has been spliced into (not a conversion harness). There is a 6-pin connector, under the left side cover. On the female/bike side, all 6 pins are populated, with wires. On the...

Awesome info- thank you!

I made up a new license plate bracket over the weekend, which attaches to the bike using the 2 bolts that affix the rear caliper. On my bike, I can confirm that - to remove the lower of those 2 bolts - the left side exhaust had to come off. I pulled it via the 2 big torx bolts which go into...

I picked up a 2021 first edition over the weekend - and am sorting through a few little things with it. My current focus is trying to diagnose/resolve a bulb warning on the dash. The bike came with a bobber kit, including custom tail-lights. I'm not sure about the headlight (may or may not...