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    Any tricks to re-installing the battery?

    Having a heck of a time trying to re-install my battery on my First Edition R18; any tricks to doing that? Are the Li Batteries smaller than the standard lead acid battery? If so, what source/part number should I get? Thanks in advance...
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    Back in the saddle again!

    Well almost. In early 2022 I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer aka “Old Man Cancer” and in October of 2022 I had my Prostate removed. So far there hasn’t been any re-occurance of any cancer! Thank God! Back in 2014 I had a heart attack and had to retire for a second time; and on 1 December...
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    New Battery - nothing.

    Due to surgeries and hospitalizations my R18 has sat, unused for almost 2 years. I bought and installed a new fresh battery. Nothing; except for a vertical bar of red lines that goes blank. What do I do?
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    Help.

    I lost the screw that holds the rear of the seat to the rear fender. Anyone know the pitch and length for that screw? Thanks. Tim
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    Several of my other addictions!

    I buy, sell, trade, and collect custom knives and I also believe in stimulating the economy, one gun at a time! Here are a few of my knives and guns: 1952 Colt Government .45 acp; knife by Jerry Hossom. The mammoth ivory scales on the knife were sourced from Charles Turnage who lives here in...
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    Corbin Saddles for the R-18...

    Just checked Corbin‘s website www.corbin.com - they have the Touring, Gun Fighter, and Classic Solo and Pillon. All shown with removable back rest(s). I has a Corbin Saddle on my R1200C and liked it a lot. I’m partial to the Gun Fighter myself; black, with a silver welt; or white welt. I...
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    New to the R-18

    Greetings from San Antonio, TX. Tim here, new to the forum but not new to BMW Motorcycles. I’m a retired Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Four and a retired Customs and Border Protection Officer. After touching out 10 years of Michigan winters my wife, born and raised in Colombia, decided...
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