Recent content by UK_r18_Classic

Dude. Who would be selling a new never used DayRider seat for $150. Says it all.

As with anything - selling is down to very simple rules. Get it cleaned up, photgraphed well, and advertised in the normal channels. From there it is 1 thing & 1 thing only - PRICE. There is a buyer for everything if the price is right. Sounds simple, and it is. If you are advertised widely...

You'd be aleady on the floor if you managed to scrape the exhaust on either model TBH.

I went from the high/comfort seat (standard fit on the r18c) to the cross country. 40 minutes max on the comfort seat until I got bad back pains that lasted a week after the ride. No problem running for 3+ hours on the cross country.

Great - so stop upsetting yourself drooling over the r18c :) Happiness is buying the bike you want right now - THEN TURN OFF THE INTERNETS & WALK AWAY. You are gonna love it!

From what I can see the optimate 4 canbus version does a great job. The main difference that is obvious between this & the BMW unit, is that the BMW charger spells it out in words & %s as to what it is doing in the charge cycle. The optimate has colour coded lights. Also, I would say that the...

For me I like the looks of the classic - I wanted the bags, the screen, the extra lights. Kindof reminds me of a 1970s california highway patrol bike from CHiPs (remember that show?). With the classic, you can always pull the bits off & turn it back into a 'pure' base model for when you want...

So - did you get it?

I stand behind the pig comment at low speed. But no more than any other 350kg bike is a pig at low speed maneuvers - you need to learn it & gain confidence. But next to all other lighter bikes..... yeh it's a pig. It feels slow to turn in, then tippy. Don't get me wrong, I have an r18 & love...

Seat is horrible on the FE bikes (& the classic TBH) - so if planning to ride longer than an hour, bufget for something else to swap out. I love my r18 - it is unique & special & different. At the price you can get it for, I would jump on it. I don't think there are many left with this kind of...

The genuince BMW charger is available for much the same money - if not cheaper than the optimate v4. I got mine brand new from a BMW dealer via ebay for something like £60.

I got the feeling that there was nothing inside my cheaper battery chargers (from the 1980s) other than a resistor or 2 & an LED if I was lucky. Looks like actual electronics managing the charge cycle... thanks for sharing.

Don't go letting a $100 freebie item spoil your enjoyment of a $20k bike. I got a freebie box with mine, never opened it. If you get stuck, you can have mine no worries. Don't wanna start anything, but I got a free coffee & a biscuit also when I picked mine up.

A genuine canbus charger will 'wake up' the plug & communicate with the bike, then charge it up. No need to catch it within 30 seconds :) I charge all the bikes each weekend (just in case) and never switch them on first to prime the canbus. After being bitten by a poor battery once or twice...

Klim marrakesh jacket is a master stroke in the heat - most comfortable high airflow jacket I ever did see. Not cheap, but after trying maybe a dozen others, would not go back. Couple it up with either klim induction gloves, or the rukka forsair mesh gloves - really nice on the hot days