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I looked all over. I cannot find an oil pressure sensor. I looked at the Fiche, nothing. I have motoscan, its not one of the PIDs. No zero oil pressure warning on the bike. I really want to screw a gauge in it, but can't find where. I need to look closer at the cooler.

My rear brake pads were looking thin. I bought a set of EBC HH (sintered) pads and put them on. Rear breaking improved by a bunch. SO, I did the fronts too. I have better brakes. OE Pads said Brembo on them. For wear indicators, the OE pads have a small corner of metal that will hit...

I am a life long mechanic. I change the oil in my bike when its hot. I fill the filter, Upon restart, it rattles and clangs until oil pressure is up. If I do it cold, I hear nothing different than a regular cold start. (no noise) Doing it this way from now on. There has to be a chain...

Has anyone shimmed the rocker shaft so it has less play and I want toget rid of the 'Chink Chink " sound. I can fit an .008" feeler gauge in there. that is .2mm. Where do I get shims? I did it on my air head. Just a note, they do need adjusting frequently. David

I bought the Progressive rear shock with adjustable rebound and compression. Installed it is better than the original, but still stiff. With a passenger it was great. Well, I lost 40 lbs and ditched my pillion, so a total of 200lbs. I now ride solo at 170 lbs. I had the rebound on 6...

I saw this CHASSIS Frame: Steel-tube double-loop Front suspension; travel: Non-adjustable 49mm fork; 4.7 inches Rear suspension; travel: Cantilevered spring-preload adjustable shock; 4.7 inches Wheels: Cast aluminum Front wheel: 19 x 3.5 Rear wheel: 16 x 5.0 Front tire: 120/70 x 19 Rear tire...

Found this shock. Trying to buy it. Stage3 is what I need.

Ride is too stiff. I looked up the fork oil. BMW Spec 4. What weight is that? I think it’s 20 wt. I want to try some 15 wt Also trying to buy an adjustable rear shock from Tourtech. David

My daughter is camping in The Adirondacks with hubby and 4 children. We loaded the R18 in the trailer. Stayed at the 1855 house in Dextet NY. Travel Friday, Unload bike, go see mom for an hour. Back to B&B. Park bike in trailer. Next, time to head to the Adirondacks, it’s raining...

I unhooked the cables from the flap valves in the exhaust. I unhooked the cables by loosening the whole control unit and moving it closer to the valves to get some slack in the cables. Not exactly an easy task. I went about 3 miles tonight, could not tell. I am getting better at leaning...

I did the check, measured sag in the front like I did in the back. It works out to 33mm which is just about 1/3 of the 100 mm travel. That is with me on it. It seems to be a little stiff compared to my other bikes. Wondering if lighter oil would help? The suspension has loosened...

5,000 miles, so I changed motor oil and filter, took out the top spark plugs, Adjusted the valves, and changed the FD fluid again. FD fluid looked good. First time looked terrible, but it did on my last new one. I called MAX BMW for info, .2 to.3 mm for intake and exhaust. David was...

After doing 250 miles on a 90*f day, I found heat from the engine is negligible. Even sitting still, the engine heat does not get to my body. Getting better all the time. I have a gold wing and it bakes me at stop lights. I have to put my feet on highway pegs to keep them cool when its...

I went to a Chrome Head Tech day. They change tires, install electrical things, sleep outside, and have a good time. These folks have been around since the first chrome head came out. There were a few CLC 1200 and other versions. I have been to these tech days before, so I thought I HAD to...

I put the laminar lip on my bike. Its much better, I still need to get rid of a small amount of buffeting and the noise in my helmet. I can feel the air going up my chest and into my helmet from the bottom. This makes a lot of noise. If I block the air coming up , the noise goes away. I...

I am getting used to them dragging. Today wife and I took too new riders out for the day. I took them through a rotary. I went all the way around dragging the drivers peg. Later one said I was dragging something. I said yeah, its part of its personality. She said "It was making sparks"...

Something tells me that I will not be able to get this to idle smooth in ROCK. It sounds terrible. Anyone tried to smooth it out? I usually leave it in ROLL so when I stop, it does not shake and sputter while sitting at a light or when ever. Its smooth as can be. It should do that...

I ordered the adapter and bought the premium software. I hooked it up to the bike. The bike had some codes stored and I cleared them. I could see a lot of Data, like RPM, engine temp, Fuel injector time, ignition timing. There are 33 parameters. Oil temp, intake air temp, and "Coolant...