R18_DK
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Hello.
I’m a proud new owner of a brand new R18 Classic in Sweden.
My bike now has about 200km (125miles) on the clock.
From the very beginning I could sense an odd up-down hopping vibration at about 60km/h (38mph) mostly felt at the front. Below and above this speed it is not really felt.
Upon inspection I noticed that none of my wheels seemed to have balancing weights on them. The bike has the Michelin commander tires.
So naturally I asked my BMW dealer to look into it.
They have had the bike for a few days and have now balanced first the front, then the rear and even tried a new tire in the front. I noticed however, they only placed weights on one side of the rim, I always placed them evenly on both sides myself on other bikes.
The result unfortunately is that the same hopping vibration is pretty much unchanged. The dealer said it wasn’t all gone but I could test and see how it was before the run-in service.
I asked them to check the rim when the tire was off, and it seems true but when I asked if the offset was symmetrical to both sides I’m unsure they thought of that.
Sorry for the long rant, but does anyone here have any ideas or experience with a similar issue with an R18 or another bike?
Kind regards
Andreas
I’m a proud new owner of a brand new R18 Classic in Sweden.
My bike now has about 200km (125miles) on the clock.
From the very beginning I could sense an odd up-down hopping vibration at about 60km/h (38mph) mostly felt at the front. Below and above this speed it is not really felt.
Upon inspection I noticed that none of my wheels seemed to have balancing weights on them. The bike has the Michelin commander tires.
So naturally I asked my BMW dealer to look into it.
They have had the bike for a few days and have now balanced first the front, then the rear and even tried a new tire in the front. I noticed however, they only placed weights on one side of the rim, I always placed them evenly on both sides myself on other bikes.
The result unfortunately is that the same hopping vibration is pretty much unchanged. The dealer said it wasn’t all gone but I could test and see how it was before the run-in service.
I asked them to check the rim when the tire was off, and it seems true but when I asked if the offset was symmetrical to both sides I’m unsure they thought of that.
Sorry for the long rant, but does anyone here have any ideas or experience with a similar issue with an R18 or another bike?
Kind regards
Andreas
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