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https://www.cycleworld.com/bikes/bmw-r-18-roctane-first-look-2024/

Your R18 is promising to be pretty awesome as well when you are done with it. You are clearly taking care of the small things. The hard part is to stop tinkering. But perhaps that is the real fun part (-:

Agreed. This will not be an easy installation. I am thinking of using a soft ball to roll the double-sided tape in. Definitely a two-person job; ball in one hand, rolling the tape in, with the other hand feeding the tape. The second person rolling the wheel. Similar to applying pin stripes...

https://www.topspeed.com/bmw-is-readying-a-sportier-r-18-cruiser-for-you-to-enjoy/ https://www.rideapart.com/news/660971/bmw-r18-roctane-homologation-documents/ https://www.motorcycle.com/new-model-preview/bmw-r-18-roctane-confirmed-in-homologation-filings.html...

Spec-f4cking-tacular!

There is a rubber band, loosely fitted on the rims, that will prevent air rapidly exiting past the spokes, on condition that it was not disturbed when fitting new tires. Kind of touch-and-go OEM Blowout Assurance.

I've experienced almost zero leakage on my Indian's wheels thus far, and it's been more than six years already since I fitted Outex kits on it. The 30% failure rate quoted might apply to older weathered rims which inevitably feature nicks and small, corroded pits that might prove hard to seal...

You raised a very good point here. Woody supplied me with 42mm for the 19 x 3.5 front wheel and 34mm for the 16 x 3.0 version. I have already purchased the 16 x 3.0 rim - same as fitted on your Classic. So, I had a look and I think that I will be fitting the 42mm kit on the 16 x 3.0 front...

Very nice. But better to turn those horns down, parallel with the road surface, than facing rainwater, rushing in from said same road surface.

Thanks. I've got physics on my side sealing the spokes - the air pressure inside the wheel. And I could even go cheaper, buying the component parts on amazon.com (e.g., https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WVNWNA4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1), but Outex® is an engineered...

R18 (base) Front, 19". Also, see my other recent posts here https://www.r18forums.com/threads/tube-or-tubeless.586/post-28640 and here https://www.r18forums.com/threads/tube-or-tubeless.586/post-28641.

There MUST be multiple universes since you and I clearly hail from opposite ones (-: Serious dirt bikes will not be fitted with tubeless tyres (or Outex® kits) since even the slightest rim ding will see you spontaneously deflated with no workaround out in the bundu. Adventure bikes with spoked...

I will fit an R18C front wheel on my R18, and it simply looks better, IMHO. The rims and tyres on the R18 and R18C are tubeless, albeit fitted with tubes (since the spokes are not sealed). The rear wheel on R18 and R18C is a 16 x 5.0, for which you need Outex® Part No. R50 - tape width = 64...

Take care that you and your courier clearly identify it as 'Repairs'; otherwise, you could end up paying customs & excise duties there and/or back as well.

Marcus Walzwerk https://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r18-walzwerk-custom-kits https://www.walzwerk-motorcycles.de/r18/r18-info/

Some fully loaded Wunderlich GSs to be had - no R18 yet, but probably on the horizon: https://mailchi.mp/wunderlichamerica/display-bikes-for-sale-dont-miss-this-opportunity

Dragster II. https://rolandsands.com/rsd-x-bmw-r18-dragster-ii

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/bmw-r-ninet-and-r-18-100th-anniversary-models-2023/

Very nice - super clean. Except, it is not a good idea to use short exhausts with hard bags. They will get toasted on a long ride.

Fine dust is sharp, not too bothered by gravity (meaning that it will rise as readily as it will fall), easily electrostatically charged, hygroscopic, will stick to anything and WILL get in everywhere. One day I noticed that my Vmax's matte grey paintwork seemed to have acquired some shinier...