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  1. Frenchie

    Beeline Moto... classic looking and discreet nav screen

    Leather handle bar wraps..choose your colour...a bit like tennis racket grips... that might look better..
  2. Frenchie

    Trickle Charger

    try leaving it a couple of weeks... the battery drains very quickly for some reason..
  3. Frenchie

    Trickle Charger

    yes I have this: https://www.shopbmwmotorcycle.com/products/bmw-motorcycles-can-bus-battery-charger
  4. Frenchie

    Beeline Moto... classic looking and discreet nav screen

    that looks great may I ask if you needed to shim the bar clamp and why didn't you put it in the middle below the BMW clock? just an ocd thing with symmetry that I suffer from.. lol
  5. Frenchie

    idle surge

    yes exactly like this ..dangerous AF....
  6. Frenchie

    idle surge

    I'm not sure to be honest the dealer had the bike for 3 days and had it in bits. He told me it was a breathing tube in bad English. It was covered by warranty and they were online to Germany as it was weird, they hadn't encountered the issue before. It was recorded on their global "issue'...
  7. Frenchie

    idle surge

    I had that here in Mexico and it was a badly fitted or perished breather tube.
  8. Frenchie

    Question for the UK owners

    ditto Mexico
  9. Frenchie

    You and your bike

    Distinguished gentleman's ride in Guadalajara.. ;-)
  10. Frenchie

    BMW branded passenger backrest?

    I had a sissybar made in a small workshop here in Mexico with faux leather generic bags for the odd time I will need/use them. Total cost MX$ 9,000 (US$ 500) the lot.. The reason for the tape measure is Tom Hurley in Scotland is making me seat replacements and sissy bar back pad.. (soon)
  11. Frenchie

    Iconic Pictures with R18

    Moto Guzzi motor..
  12. Frenchie

    Iconic Pictures with R18

    Went to DGR Guadalajara great day despite it being 35c
  13. Frenchie

    Day Rider vs Stock Seat

    Use Brillo pads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brillo_Pad Rolls Royce use them.. http://allthingsruffnerian.blogspot.com/2013/09/rolls-royce-instructions-to-chauffeurs.html scroll down..
  14. Frenchie

    Sales numbers

    A lot sold in Asia
  15. Frenchie

    Deal of the year

    Tell me lol... 20% luxury import tax and 16% VAT
  16. Frenchie

    Looks pretty simple and straightforward

    Wouldn't one of these work? https://www.electronicshub.org/best-screw-extractors/
  17. Frenchie

    What did you do to your R18 today?

    Took her for beers and noticed the Guadalajara dusk sky is captured in chrome
  18. Frenchie

    Trike...

    a semi naked trike with nickel axel shaft exposed might be an interesting project. A bit like this marmite reverse trike: https://www.rideapart.com/news/597539/shif-customs-r-18-trike/
  19. Frenchie

    2021 R18 First Edition - question….

    Not worth giving an excuse to void warranty..
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