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Thanks for the input, I remember when I use to ride all over the nation on a 650 Triumph, I used, used oil, recycled oil just about anything except cooking oil to keep it on the road. lol. I plan on keeping the r18 for along time so I am being a bit more careful about the oil. Thanks again.

Hi, after looking on the internet to find out if an alternative cheaper oil is available that meets the spec's BMW requires for the r18 I ran across the following. The book says the oil in 2022 r18 should meet this spec...15w50 API SJ/JASO,MA2 Well I did not know what the "SJ" meant so I went...

Thanks, I was hoping somebody had gotten ahold of a manual and was selling it :)

Hi, I found this online link for BMW R series repair manual, does anyone know is this the right manual for our bikes and is it legit? https://www.emanualonline.com/motorbikes/bmw/r-series/bmw-r-series-motorcycle-service-repair-manual-emo-242890.html

Oh ok, that makes me feel better, I took the spare and held it under the fender close to the seat and it did work, if I can do that with the regular FOB when the battery is dead I am fine. I have the regular r18, the 2022 model and last week I started the bike with the FOB on a table next to the...

If I understand this right, if the battery in the FOB dies while I am in the middle of no where desert, there is no way to start the bike if I do not have the spare with me? Thats crazy, even toyota prius will let you put a dead FOB next to the push button to start the car if the battery goes dead.

Take it to the dealer or a custom shop, have them clone the key FOB and see if that fixes it.

Thanks for the suggestions, it gives me a place to start.

Even with the cross country seat on this it rides like my old sportster did if the road has any bumps in it. I was coming up the 2 lane from Yuma off of exit 1 and the tar used to patch the cracks in the road were not smoothed out with the asphalt, wow was it ever a rough ride for a while. I...

Mustang Cross Country here, I usually have the FOB in my right jeans pocket, have not had any problems.

Here are a couple of pic's the cross country is much wider than the stock seat and I found this free camp north of Yuma where the mosquitos did not mind sharing the space with me.

I put the cross country seat on and went to yuma yesterday, visited the old prison, I left Yuma at 6:30 today, rode up 95 to Laughlin Nv then to search light, went left to Nipon,ca got on the 15south to Baker. ( was planning on going to death valley) it got super windy and was late so I rode...

Thanks, I am bumping up next to 50mpg and I am grandpa age anyway so I'm going to leave it stock. I use to go fast, just a few years ago I had a Yammy R1000 and I sold it before I killed myself or went broke paying tickets LoL

I would like a write up on what effect, if any, the super tune had on your gas mileage.

Yes sir, you are correct. Thanks for the post, I am going to print it and take it in to the parts guy and show him. He probably could not get to it because of Dealership internet restrictions.

I always like a story with a happy ending! Yea 🥳

I could not take the pain anymore on the stock seat having had 3 back repairs. I called the parts man in Temecula BMW and asked about ordering or buying a cross country seat for my r18 and he promptly informed me that they are no longer available! I went straight to ebay and ordered one from a...

What dealership?

In the user manual it shows something about wheel removal.

LoL, yea I know what you mean I was an engine mech in the Navy and I could barely keep up with this guy. But if you go to his youtube page he has the video at regular speed but it is all in german, I can get a couple of words but I don't want to start learning german at 66 years old. :)