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  1. AV8OR

    Delete me

    Hi Flea, I have attached a snip of our exchange. Because I can only delete my own posts, in the box where I have posted, in the lower left corner you will see three words displayed from left to right: report, delete, edit. Click on the attachment and you will see the three words. Note, you can...
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    Delete me

    Hi Flea, log in to the web site, and go to your post. Lower left hand side of your post is the word "delete".
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    New R18B owner in Canada

    Welcome neighbour. Not many of this model here in the Rockies yet either. We are still waiting for spring melt, the roads are ice and snow covered. It will be about another 4-6 weeks. Then we need to watch all the deposited road sand from winter like a hawk.
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    New R18 owner from Spain

    Hola, welcome and your machine looks great. The engine cosmetics are super. Still waiting for the ice and snow to melt here in the Rockies, it will be about 4-6 weeks before we can get out.
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    New Canadian member.

    Hello from AB, bought the identical machine new in Cowtown and I am smitten! 2023 will be my 50th year of riding motos so we are probably close in age.
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    I have to be pouring gas wrong...

    I just stand there and visually monitor nozzle flow and make sure there is no splashing. I visually decide when to stop filling my tank. It requires a kind of dedicated concentration and in certain levels of ambient light it is a bit hard to see into the tank opening, so I am careful to park...
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    Name that motorcycle

    Jugs or Jugger
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    Drive Shaft Illumination

    brilliant👏👏👏
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    About to pull the trigger, How bad is the vibration?

    erliban, RPM control really helps with vibration. My Classic has cruise control which also very much helps me to be able to relax my grip. I had never owned or ridden a moto with vibration such as this, and I think unconsciously I was gripping the handlebars in an attempt to dampen the...
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    Drive Shaft Illumination

    We could indeed definitely use Black Dog's kindness and sensitivity on this matter... ;) To quote Robin William's character from the film Good Morning Vietnam: Calboy "... you're in more need of a blowjob than any [sic, deletion] man in history". And I just can't resist, but Calboy if you were...
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    Speedometer error?

    A twist in this mix is the reported fuel economy from the on-board system. Because the Speedometer over-reads, it also tells the trip computer you have gone further than you actually have. This makes it looks like one has gone further for a given amount of fuel. THIS is the part that REALLY...
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    What did you do to your R18 today?

    seeing that big wheeled BUFF reminds me of riding a Moped. It's OK until one of your friends sees you...
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    Fuel type?

    I have put the first 3900 km or about 2450 miles on mine here in Canada with zero problems.
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    What did you do to your R18 today?

    After some time I have finally installed a custom luggage rack for my 2021 Classic FE. I had a chap design a prototype using CAD, and the initial rack was plasma cut. It required a couple of minor tweeks, and the beta version 2 was a GO. I had a friend use a polishing wheel to smooth some burrs...
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    Babe’s with R18

    Ditto for you Sir, what a splendid memory to have.
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    Babe’s with R18

    That is sooo sweet! What a lovely memory you have there friend.
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    How cold have you rode?

    Jealous I am. Love SoCal.
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    How cold have you rode?

    I live in The High West of Alberta, Canada pretty close to a town named Banff. We usually only get this cold a few nights per year, and it happenned again last night. Supposed to warm up for Christmas Day, the cycle of extreme cold to not-so-bad is usually like this. Buddy, up in the real Arctic...
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    How cold have you rode?

    I just ride for pleasure, no urgency or commuting requirements at this stage of life so I use 50F or 10C as my guide for both moto riding and fishing. All kinds of problems with tire compounds at cold temps... and if one gets wet for any reason, such as rain, it can get awful pretty quickly...
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    R18 100th Anniversary Model

    With respect, whilst manufacturers may intentionally build seasts "off", in my world view this is not fair or honest. I have owned an Aprilia and a Yamaha and neither required seat alteration. I rode the Aprilia for 9 years on the stock seat... it was simply fine.
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