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Those looking at the R18 as a first motorcycle got me thinking about my first bike and the events surrounding that purchase. It’s not pretty. The older, wiser version of me thinks I was a complete jackass. Ok It was 1998. The bike was a 1996 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 XLC. Black. I found...

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Hey everyone, We relocated 2000 miles to the left. Western Wisconsin to the coast of Oregon. I have three motorcycles and an open motorcycle trailer which need to get out here in the next 6 months. Any recommendations? thanks

Hey everyone, About 4 months after ordering and a solid 31 days since it shipped from Germany, my WalzWerks bobber kit finally arrived today. Everything was packaged really well. I began installation and will continue this week. Issues I encountered are 1) threading the wires down the fender...

We're movin' on up folks! Welcome Wunderlich America to the forum! Heyoooo!

Heated transcontinental saddle https://www.ebay.com/itm/324907560976?hash=item4ba5fff010:g:dgEAAOSw8aNhoUz0 If I wasn't going the bobber route...

Hey everyone, even the Hare Krishna guy o_O, There's a beautifully modified R18 with cream paint and a slick little toolbox tucked amid the left side of the swing arm. This one: Now that's an attractive build. Anyway, I've been pondering some sort of similar tool box set up for a few weeks...

Hey everyone, I'm looking to move my DKdesigns chrome engine guard. I'm selling to go the full bobber route. Nothing is wrong with it. I'd be happy with $400 shipped to lower 48. Retail is $650 + shipping, so alomst 50% off. This brings the price close to the Chinese versions of this very same...

Hi everyone I'm jumping headlong into the bobber pool and have several items that I'm looking to move. I put my DK engine guard and front fender on eBay just now. A solid $150-200 less than retail+shipping. Fender sold! Thanks Squeeps. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334161712316 I'm also looking to...

I have a few ideas. 1) FaustKampfer (German for pugilist, aka boxer. German for boxer is just boxer.) 2) LV Shtupp (Lili Von Shtupp, the Bavarian Bombshell from Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles) 3) .0076 Schweinekopf (conversion of 1802cc into Hogsheads, English wine cask units, and translated into...

Hey everyone. It's been over two months since theMucker logged in. This may seem like no big deal and, I hope it is. For those who don't know, theMucker was one of the most prolific members here, day after day, for about a year. Several if not dozens of posts a day. Always an opinion. Always...

Hi everyone. Try as I might, I cannot find a simple side license plate mount solution. There's big and expensive, big and ugly, ugly and expensive, and, interestingly, one from China on eBay that looks like a repurposed RNineT set-up. Has anyone found anything worth a recommendation? Has anyone...

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Funny story. Went for a ride today. Pretty morning. Rode down the Mississippi on the Minnesota side into Iowa. Stopped for gas in a town named Lansing, then crossed over on the metal grate bridge to the Wisconsin side. Headed further south on the Great River Road, then east on County Road C...

Hey everyone. Got caught in a downpour about 20 miles from home. The rain was pretty steady, not torrential, but soaked me pretty good. Anyhow, about 15 miles out, my engine fault light lit up and then flashed. The engine ran sluggish but never turned off or seemed to struggle. I limped home to...

I'll start Harper Bodhi Harper n' Bodhi! /love me my dogs

Y'all are motorcycle people, so you get it. I've spent the last several weeks giving my Ducati a little attention. New throttle sleeve, tucked my plate, picked up a couple new titanium bolts, a pair of new stainless swing arm nuts, and, the big one, new 2:2 titanium exhaust. Not for weight...

Tonight I learned that the air filter isn’t exactly near the chrome “air box cover,” and removal of said cover isn’t required when accessing the filter. No, it’s an item which is accessed by removal of the engine cover. Because of course. I’m sure this isn’t news to many of you, but I couldn’t...

The R18 is far and away the chromiest motorcycle I've owned. The enormous, exposed, and extremely hot headers and cans present us all with baked-on bug carcases after every ride. I just now used P21S polishing soap (https://www.p21s.com/portfolio/polishing-soap/) to remove some very stubborn...

1) Walzwerk https://www.walzwerk-motorcycles.de/online-shop/bmw-r18-parts/bobber-kits/ 2000 (unpainted) to 2800 (painted) euros 2) FCR https://fcr-accessoires.com/79-accessoires-bmw-r18 700 euros for the fender. 1300 for the saddle. 3) Wunderkind...