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And those Corbin bags retail for roughly $2300-$2550 a set. I would recommend considering the long V&H slip-ons offered for the R18 when mounting those. Physics don't care much for the size of one's wallet.

The bottom of those bags seems very close to the outlets of the exhausts. Hot exhaust fumes might tend to follow the base curvature of the bags and heat them substantially on long rides, even damaging them. It is called the Coandă effect and assists aeroplane wings in creating lift. It is...

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Agreed. It needs to be an Early Adopter with an oil temperature unit to record 'before' and 'after' readings. It would be challenging to admit that one had bought a $1500 lemon though, especially if you like its look. So, let's not hold our breaths. I own a couple of those T-shirts and...

I hope it was not ThunderMax (-: I recently purchased theirs for my new Electra Glide - still waiting to receive it. It comes with a shroud but mounts behind the oil cooler. Lesson-learnt perhaps? The TrailTech is a universal fit. It uses a super-reliable Spal fan and mounts behind the oil...

Please update the original post accordingly - to indicate $200 instead of $150. Not everyone reads the entire thread and prospective buyers might move on without knowing about the improved deal.

I am not convinced that the LMC Oil Cooler will be more effective. There is a good reason that OEMs and aftermarket radiator specialists like Febur and Setrab build thin-wall water and oil radiators with copious even thinner fins, whether in steel or aluminium - to maximize surface area and to...

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https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/story/reviews/10-best-motorcycles-two-up-riding/

I, too, bought the BMW bib & small bag. I put it on and took it off. It is very 'industrial' IMHO. https://www.endscuoio.com/models/bmw-en/?swoof=1&modelli=2021-2022-r18-classic-en&really_curr_tax=1006-modelli If that had to happen to me, it would be my cue to paint the R18 another colour or...

Welcome. It is not finished, trust me, and it has only just started. I have been told that owning a yacht is analogous to a chain smoker rolling his f4gs using $100 bills. Owning an R18 is similar, except you are not a chain smoker. Yet.

That is OTT, though. Momentarily catching a pebble in the tire tread could chip the paint or even damage the fender (or shall we call it a fenderette). It is fairly common that a nail embedded in a rear tire will shred the ABS rear hugger on sportbikes, and those typically have 1/8" or more...

Yes, got to do this. I'm in.

Thanks. Your (work-in-progress) project is pretty bad-4ss too. We need to see more photos, though - especially of the details. Appreciated. The XC is rather tame. It features a Lloydz air cleaner and V&H pipes with a complementing DynoJet PVCX tune. And it runs a smaller Conquest Customs...

I initially tried the $212 DNK Map for the Rocket-3, but it did not kick 4ss as I had expected. I attempted sorting that with DNK, but they got all sn0tty and refunded my purchase. So, I loaded Penner's instead. It adds roughly 8-10% torque and 17-20% power, depending on who's dyno-chart you...

It is a small world. I have likewise been following R2K (aka desserttan) on the Indian Vintage forum. His Chief Vintage is one of the nicest I've seen. I plan to 'refresh' mine as well as my Gen 2 VMax in 2022, hopefully, the Buell XB12Ss too. I only managed to do one bike in 2021 - my 2014...

I took delivery of this Rocket around two months before I did the R18. I ordered a bunch of OEM accessories when I put the deposit down on it, and I received most of it, except for the quick-shifter, even before receiving the bike, and I got that a week later. I downloaded a Service Manual...

I keep the bikes in three double garages - two attached to my house and the third at another nearby property that I own. I keep six chargers in each garage, either mounted centrally (as shown below) or mounted on walls. I use Optimate 6 for the AGM batteries and Optimate Lithium for the...

I have done mine in black and will complement it with a stainless or aluminium mesh. I will also install a Trailtech 732-FNA1 Oil Cooler Fan, for which I already mounted the controller in the oil cooler cover. I install the same fan on most of my big V-twins. I got the oil cooler cover...