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I have been reading through this thread following some recent Comments. I can only commend BT Moto for being remarkably patient and courteous in their replies. My cot would have been empty many posts ago. Even the mattress would have gone, and the teddy decapitated by now. And I count...

H-D does not do a 160 ci crate engine. https://www.motoamerica.com/tech-tuesday-harley-davidson-screamin-eagle-135ci-stage-iv-performance-crate-engine/ Besides, I think that 135 ci is probably as far as I'd like to go with an air-oil-cooled V-twin. I appreciate that the Moonshine 143 is very...

There is a lot to read about the internals. I added a link to my first reply to get you started :) Since I bought the R18, I have purchased two more Harleys. It was my first BMW (motorcycle) but also my last one.

Both the H-D M8 and BMW R18 motors feature four valves per cylinder. The number of cams is mainly irrelevant - both are pushrod, not OHC. The H-D has hydraulic lifters, implying no periodic valve adjustment requirement.

The H-D 135 CI Crate Engine is a bit larger, in fact - circa 2212 cc, meaning 1106 cc per cylinder. Whoever installs them rides them hard. And with no reliability issues. I got the Chrome version to install on my Electra Glide...

BT Moto suspecting 'fire order change' probably means that in Rock Mode, the R18 ECU might be firing on each cylinder upstroke, not only every second upstroke, like the older loping Harleys did—or randomly in that vein.

https://rolandsands.com/blogs/blogs-1/rsd-x-bmw-r18-dragster-ii-in-progress

Very well thought through. Tastefully minimalist with lots of attention in the details. I have finally made a start with mine. Totally different objective, almost opposite to yours - two-up with lots of chrome. No hurry since I am also working on two others.

Flovely, but it is crying out for beach bars. And those headers will look awesome ceramic coated rather than wrapped. I've learnt a hard lesson wrapping an exhaust and will never even consider it again.

"The bike asks for things." https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/news/paul-yaffe-custom-bmw-r-18-transcontinental-bagger/

Touché. Those limited runs, like racing results, buy headlines, admiration and recognition. And pull (first world) little people into the showrooms. MV, Buell and Motus are textbook examples that good engineers often s4ck in business. I own two Buells, a 2006 XB12Ss and a 2008 XB12S, as well...

The 2024 CVO Street/Road Glides feature fully up-to-date tech, upside-down forks, axially mounted front brake calipers, variable valve timing and a range of other improvements and tweaks trickling down from Bagger Racing, as well as electric windshields, brilliant lighting, etc. The regular...

Trick question. There are eleven languages spoken in South Africa. English and ten ethnic languages, of which Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans are most widely used. Most South Africans can speak at least two languages. The competition is seeking to rename all five R18 models, perhaps more aligned...

There is a competition running on BMW Motorrad's SA website to rename the R18 (?). I had a quick look but did not see it on the US or UK sites. https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.za/en/experience/r18-rename-competition/r18-rename-competition-entry.html

Here's my 2014 Cross Country Street - step brothers (-: Recent photo. I've obviously added to it over the years, including a 600W (RMS) amp and matching speakers. Lots of cabling inside those 14" Paul Yaffe apes. Apes and their owners are often dissed on forums, this one in particular...

That is one seriously good looking scoot.

Copilot® is the latest commercial LLM neural network scraping the web, ceaselessly progressed by increasingly PC data-science minders. Several more are imminent, no doubt. The motorcycle-specific micro-slice of its vast information trough ranges from carefully worded motorcycle reviews (penned...

https://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle-reviews/bmw-r-18-roctane-review-at-barber-vintage-festival/ Jay Zeus' crusties, man!

Agreed. I own both a Chief Vintage and an R18 FE. I am lucky enough to also own a Victory Cross Country Street, an H-D Electra Glide Revival and a Honda Goldwing, amongst some others. If I were forced to sell one amongst those named, it would be the R18. If I could keep only one, it would be...

R18-NIOC. David R, Pork Rind, and you are textbook Panic-Mechanics. So, you are worried that Rock Mode could make your Adaptive Headlight, Bolts & Nuts and Steering Head Bearings fail (?). WTF. I am also an engineer, and I have owned and wrenched motorcycles for 51 years. The R18 exhibits...