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Nice day tody. Forecasted too so planned to go for a nice extended spin, drink/east something at the beach and on the way back test top speed. We geared up, rolled the R18 outside and nope, nothing. Well, the red bbq grill. Waved the key fob, moved all switches, in/out gear etc but just a red...

Classic cars (and the top money motorbikes) will no longer be like that. That market is shrinking too. Even the current new money younger superrich will be less and less interested because both the wow-factor and the investment value will deminish. The appreciating/aspiring public is shrinking.

sort of.... crushed 🫣 WÍNK

Those crushable washer were suppósedly conceived as a step towards fool proofing against overtightening but the more obvious reason is selling replacement washers 🫣

No issue with the washer indeed.

Back to sidecars for the moment. Still no top speed testing weather. Fitting a sidecar to the R18 is going to cost 7k up. Buying an EFi Ural sidecar 2WD outfit will cost me 10k. The former will also loose me the solo bike, the latter will gain me 2WD and between lies hassle vs ready to roll.

Thanks and I am quite sure that it greatly improves breathing and will add extra oomph because the wideband will add the extra fuel to the extra air. On a side note, I saw that the harmonnica rubbers got rather dusty. This points at a small flow getting in from the top opening, surpassing the...

It is weird that an Ural with sidecar holds value better. Yes I think the PCP is the crux too.

To put it in a different context, the total volume of the air box construction is less than 2 liters. At full bore at 4k revs the engine thus wants to empty this in 0.03 secs., every 0.03 secs. This illustrates how fast the ambient air pressure needs to supply demand; how critical the path...

The side stand has a lót of give, flex and if you take some, most of the weight off, pushing the bike forward a bit gets it closer to you. The bummer is when the underground adds a lot of rolling resistance as the engine will stall as toon as you put the bike in gear.

After the shock HÁD to roll the bike outside and start. Obviously, it is tick over and a bit blipping the throttle so not representative for actually riding on the road. Nevertheless, the difference is quite striking. Not on the intake. I was a bit surprised about that but giving it a second...

Beejeezus :eek: Ok, I was aware that the intake is the bottle neck but thís bad??!!! There is supposed to go though 900 cc per beat. For comparisons sake put a 1 l. milk carton next to it. No, I am NOT squeezing it. This is how it is fitted. The engine must suck, literally. I know this...

Next episode: The blank aluminium preiviously showing through the honeycomb now is matt black thus ´invisible´. The plate looks befitting to me. Imo less ´IN YOUR FACE´ than the 1800cc. Still have to start the engine so no info on that yet.

Slight change of work order; all ready to put back but still need to buy the spray paint :oops: Time for a cup of coffee and thán go out for that. As expected one of the bronze inserts unscrewed. Serious PITA that. Put some glue on and screwed it back. The Sprint fliter has a more generous...

whereas the Kübelwagen was/is to all extends and purposes an aircooled VW beetle derivative.

point anyone making the stupid heat observation to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_XA The only reason HD never did an Ural (produce a BMW copy) was that the armed forces thought the Jeep more convenient. p.s. to put the latter into context, the VW Kübelwagen was quite a good...

It sums up half the year here and I ride in that kind of weather no problem. Long trousers and sleeves though to avoid getting sunburned.

The heat off cilinders is an old wives´ tale. See my 10cts thread. Even in shorts it is relative. If you feel the heat off of the R18 cilinders you would have the nuts freid by the rear Harley head. The Harley ecu would also have turned the wick down. Lastly there was a reason that the US...

The cooling saga, next episode. As written did a top speed ´test´after a spirited drive up the mountains. From doing full bore to parked up inside just 5 kms. Ambient temp 12 degrees C. Arriving home, had it ticking over a few minutes while chaming opened the doors and drove inside. Some 5...

Received the sidepanels from #1 son yesterday. ingers x-ed they fit. A week of rain forecasted so not riding = time to faff. First buy a can of matt black spray paint. Take the engine covers off, tape off, spray and lay asideto dry, Take the filter box lid off, drop in the Sprint filter. Modify...