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Looking at a 2023 R18 B, low mileage, 4000. Seller supposedly traded it in on a Gold Wing. it's been dropped both on left cylinder valve cover side and the right cylinder valve cover side. Thoughts? Is that a walk away item from the bike, or just discount it heavily for price of...

I don't think any of the big cruisers, new or used, are selling very well now. In North America, both HD and BMW sales are hurting. I have a freind with a 2023 Trans Continental in Blue with 8400 miles on it. He was looking at a new 2025 R1300 RT until he found out the local dealership offered...

Are you averaging somewhere between 80 -100 km/ hr for velocity?

It's Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025... Yesterday, BMW was out with the big shipping truck doing demonstration rides with all their different models of bikes. They were pushing the R9's and R12's a little bit, and the 1300 GS and GSA models. There were no R or RS 1300 models to test... I did test ride a...

The last tires made by Michelin with the name Pilot, are the Pilot Road 4 GTs. Road 5's, Road 5GT's, Road 6's and Road 6 GT's do not have the name "Pilot" anywhere in the name. I know, sorry for being such an anal nitpicker, but been shopping for tires for my 1250 RT, which came with Road 5...

Welcome! You've bought a rare bird, indeed! Best wishes, lots of smiles for lots of miles.

The Cody Jones, Her Two Wheels and Adam Sandoval's of YouTube, IMHO were more HD shills than social influencers, that BMW tried to get free PR out of, while compensated with in BMW bikes. I'll be the first to admit my HD Sport Glide was a fun bike, but being a pilot and plane owner and coming...

I'd like to visit the region of Malaga some day, probably self guided tour on a rental BMW.

Yeah, well if BMW wasn't so cheap, they would have installed hydraulic valve followers/lifters. Then after a few seconds, valve play would be a non issue.

It does start when cold, but only when it had a cold shut down and then you wait 24 hours and start it up again. Reread the protocol in the link I mentioned, for what does work, and what doesn't work, for troubleshooting. Something changes when put away and shut off hot, and then started...

I am referring to mechanical noises, not exhaust noise/tampered with exhaust systems or pollution standards. If you want a quiet bike that ticks like a sewing machine at idle, buy a newer 4 cylinder Japanese bike, or a BMW K1600, not a boxer twin design.

https://www.r18forums.com/threads/hard-starting.365/page-3#post-58184 An aged battery problem causes turnover speed problems, critical with fuel injected engines. This is a turnover no start problem and seems to be related to the next time you start after cooling down 24 hours from a hot...

They are noisy, by design. It's a German feature of all boxer engines. Alternately, try Roll Mode or Rain Mode, a lot smoother, possibly quieter. Rock Mode is in the programming to run rough, to entertain the folks coming from Harley Davidson's, that BMW's are just as bad ass at idle. The motor...

How did this turn into a battery thread, from a hesitation to start thread? Back on track... First start, cold, engine turns over but will not start at all after about 1500 miles, after being shut down on a hot engine the last time. Starting the engine, not letting it warm up, (kept Cold)...

I think it has more to do with world wide demand for "Cruiser" type bikes petering out, as the Baby Boomers age out and the bikes are getting too heavy for them to get off the side stand, strength wise. HD is suffering the same fate with their Road Glide and Street Glide lineup. The used market...