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Changed seat to Vintage fastback. Rode 250 km Mornington Peninsula to Healesville return.

Dec 2020 build FE Pure. Fork cap bolt - some were bent ( poor production )? First bolt released with moderate force. Second bolt , one pictured required a breaker bar , LOTS of downward pressure with rotational force and every expletive known to the English language. About an hour to remove it ...

Heating via soldering iron - 5 to 10 mins on broken bolt and then use stud remover ( bdalameda’s suggestion ).

Aliexpress. No idea if it will fit Classic.

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Not yet. Will replace with same LiFePO4 in my FE Pure R18 when original lead battery dies. Before removing front speakers from Transcontinental, need to contact BMW techs to see if any codes initiated by this modification. Rear speaker removal has not caused any issues.

Losing weight. So far with deletions and additions , 22kg saved. Under the external speaker grill is solid padding. May be a waterproof barrier ; reason thinking along these lines, if water got in, it would pool on top of speaker. If not waterproof with speaker removed, will cover base of...

Only 2kg. Better than nothing.

L side speaker / amp removed. R side pannier lid without speaker. No need to remove panniers from frame when doing job.

New approach ; did manage to remove grill , however cannot remove speaker through grill. Have separated pannier lid from internals containing speaker.

Who’s removed this on a Transcontinental? I’ve read that you pry from inside and should lift out. Doesn’t want to budge and l don’t want to force it. Am l on the right track ? Thanks.

Agree with topbox / off the stand. Hence removal. Melbourne winters don’t get that cold - rare bad day might be 8-10degrees celsius. Mostly 13-16. Battery faultless.

Decent brand electric scooters ( Segway and Kaabo - Chinese, Apollo - brands ) use better batteries with quality cells from decent manufacturers ( LG, Samsung , Panasonic ). They also utilise battery management systems ( BMS ) that work to prevent issues. Cheap Chinese electric scooters use...

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LiFePO4 battery nearly 2 years old. Used Optimate charger on first day to charge the battery. Optimate charger has never been used since .

Rear bars for bags.

Metzeler ME888 on front ( had to replace Commander 3 which had 13,000kms and still probably another 3-4 k . When buying 2nd hand bikes in Australia, tyre has to have more than 1.5 mm of rubber above wear markers ). Rear Commander still plenty of life. Metzeler ME888 front tyre a lot quieter...

Also noticed no speakers in rear bag lids ; does your topbox have the requisite speakers that earlier Transcontinentals had ? Cost cutting on BMW’s behalf ? Possibly different levels of features for different markets ?

If you don’t utilise the Topbox remove it and bikes definitely feels less top heavy - approx 19kg. Just buy a B6 led stop light from Aliexpress and easy to wire in. Stops codes being thrown. I’m also thinking about removing pannier speakers and those in the pods under front fairing for less...

Search ‘front wheel noise / resonance’ for possible reasons why.