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To keep you up-to-date here you see the prototype of the saddle bag from https://www.spirit-leather.de/index.php/en/ Obviously this only works when you have slip-ons

Since this is part of the conversion from an R18 to a Roctane headlight, but at the same time an independent and very difficult part, I have written a separate guide for it in the repair Wiki. https://www.r1800wiki.org/en/2024/07/11/tachometer-zerlegen/

Does anybody know the manufacturer of this oil cooler in the US? I am considering putting two of these (one with thermostat, one with pressure gauge) either below each cylinder (and a cool horn where the cooler is now) or instead of where the cooler is at the moment (size is 57mm diameter and...

I just recently saw this R18 in Facebook. Has anybody transferred the headlight of the Roctane to a R18 (Classic) already and can tell me the part numbers needed? Obviously I would try to reuse as much of the parts which are on the R18 already (e.g. I was told that the speedometer should fit...

I have a question to our US-friends here. Would the right-to-repair legislation in some states of the US allow you (in some states) to demand the BMW original maintenance and repair manuals for the R18 from BMW directly which in the past they offered as DVD but nowadays are only available for...

This is what it looks like with the ProRace Shorty exhaust. The sound is there as it should be. Does credit to an old Hanomag or Lanz tractor. Sound is here: https://www.r1800wiki.org/.../2023/06/20230617_132647.mp4 But in reality much better

Dear all, I want to ask you if you have in the US the same problem of oil spillage of the final drive as in Germany. On our German Forum we have an opinion poll running and of 33 participants up-to-now 12! have this problem (including me, pictures are from me). We talk here about a...

Dear all, I want to ask you if you have in the US the same problem of oil spillage of the final drive as in Germany. On our German Forum we have an opinion poll running and of 29 participants up-to-now 9 have this problem (including me, pictures are from me). We talk here about a motorbike...

Yesterday I replaced the front wheel of the R18 (original 19er 120 wide) with the spoke wheel of the Classic (original 16er 130). The dimensions at the back remain the same. In my case, it was actually the case that you only have to swap the wheels at the front and rear. Fenders, axles and...