Recent content by Flash2004NZ

Its the price we have to pay for the shops to keep highly (?) qualified staff on hand with the tools, tech gear, spares, equipment and premises we expect to find immediately when we need them. Not excusing extortion but the shops do have to outlay a lot of cash to become an agent or service...

The rake angle of the backrest is adjustable easily enough whether located for the rider or pillion

My wife is usually a pretty good pillion passenger but after a couple of short rides on the stock seat she wouldn't get on again. So, NZ$3000 later (With the seat cost as well as US$450 freight then 15% tax on arrival plus customs fees) She says she'd be happy to ride from ours to Invercargill...

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You need to come to New Zealand where we're heading towards midsummer. Don't just do it on a whim Wim.

Good price, I just paid US$1900 for a Corbin with pillion and removable backrest but that included over US$400 for freight to New Zealand. I hope its more forgiving than the original.

Has no R series owner encountered this at their dealership?

I went to book my R18c in for its 1000km check but the dealer asked if I could hold off for a while. He says the BMW main computer is causing more trouble with the screens on ALL R series bikes than the updates are worth at the moment. He says they can do the service but it would need to come...

I don't recall any of my three R series rattling either. I hate rattling engines, I test rode a newish (less than 1000km) Moto-Guzzi 1400 that on paper I was very keen on but it rattled so much I changed helmets and it still rattled loudly enough to be intrusive. It wasn't the dry plate clutch...

My Ural has a dipstick, but as usual there's no way to know whether you check the oil screwed in, or just sitting on the top of the threads.

Book says oil capacity is 4L with filter and says the difference between min and max is 0.5L so 1.75L to bring it up to half is significant. Of course the 4.0L allows for the cooling function and there'd be a wide safety margin but who knows how wide - the 50% low which I was at? If oil level...

No low pressure Lights although that's not strictly necessary for the extreme reaches of the oil galleries to be partially starved - rocker gear is usually where starvation is felt first. I can absolutely guarantee the oil level as it is now is correct. I had my wife assist and we tilted the...

Shouldn't you be on facebook with a comment like that? I DID test ride an R18 and noticed no unusual noises. i DID ride mine 200km and noticed no unusual noises, it was only AFTER I discovered the oil was low and rode it again after topping it up that I detected it had become noisy. FFS man I've...

I'd love to agree with you but by the time I got to know this bike its engine may well be rooted. I know bikes and i know engines. I never said it had shipping oil in it, I said I didn't know whether it might have had shipping oil in it but suspected it might have had for two reasons: 1 that...

No idea other than my experience with the heavy equipment I deal with. Some of them ship with the barest minimum of preservative oil and the procedure is to change and refill before starting.