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by Steve398
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: Maintenance, Servicing and Problems
Topic: Battery Life
Replies: 19
Views: 788
Isle of Wight

Re: Battery Life

Mine sits on a CTEK when it’s not in use, I’ve done this with all my bikes and it’s never caused me a problem.
by Steve398
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Free Shaft replacement from BMW
Replies: 20
Views: 1353
Isle of Wight

Re: Free Shaft replacement from BMW

Glenn wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:14 pm I've had no letters from BMW ref the C clips or drive shaft for my 2018 R1250RT
Have you checked your vin in this link?

https://vehiclerecall.bmwgroup.com/inde ... anguage=en
by Steve398
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Free Shaft replacement from BMW
Replies: 20
Views: 1353
Isle of Wight

Re: Free Shaft replacement from BMW

No, my 2018 hasn’t had a dealer service in the last 4 years, but I still received a letter from BMW to get the shaft checked along with the footrests and ECU update FOC.
by Steve398
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: Removal of top front fairings and headlight
Replies: 8
Views: 308
Isle of Wight

Re: Removal of top front fairings and headlight

These may help though I can't find the video and can only assume it' been taken down. These older posts refers to similar problems - https://www.bmwlt.com/threads/front-fairing-removal-problem-led-headlight-install.192909/ https://www.1200rt.com/viewtopic.php?t=3045&sid=9dd96033f23c7f153e735f419...
by Steve398
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: Removal of top front fairings and headlight
Replies: 8
Views: 308
Isle of Wight

Re: Removal of top front fairings and headlight

There’s a video I believe for stripping the fairing, I’ll try and find it tomorrow
by Steve398
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Aftermarket Parts & Accessories
Topic: Sargent seat
Replies: 25
Views: 1047
Isle of Wight

Re: Sargent seat

EasyRider wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:49 pm
Is your sargent seat heated ?
Oh yes! Nothing like a warm bum on a cold day.. :lol:
by Steve398
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: Aftermarket Parts & Accessories
Topic: Sargent seat
Replies: 25
Views: 1047
Isle of Wight

Re: Sargent seat

The UK importer is Calamander I believe, you can send it back if it doesn’t suit you, but from what I’ve heard he (understandably perhaps?) won’t be happy to refund. Seats are like screens, I’ve always put Sargents on my touring bikes but what suits me may not suit you… they do come up 2nd hand. My ...
by Steve398
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Bench lift
Replies: 22
Views: 717
Isle of Wight

Re: Bench lift

Hah… tidy garage! Lots of space now 😊 Prompted by shame and a nice day for the bike to be wheeled out, enforced by the fact I didn’t shut the freezer door properly and it was totally iced up 🙄 so I had to tidy up for space to empty it out. But now it’s done and I’ve just enough time polish my halo! ...
by Steve398
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Recall work
Replies: 39
Views: 3210
Isle of Wight

Re: Recall work

A footnote to this thread - After Bahnstormers BMW replacing the shaft free of charge last month (thank you 👍) I’ve since noticed that on a couple of occasions the rear rubber gaiter had become misplaced, thus exposing the shaft to water ingress. This of course happened in style as I hadn’t noticed ...
by Steve398
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:30 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: little Rant
Replies: 11
Views: 502
Isle of Wight

Re: little Rant

That thought occurred to me too :-D
by Steve398
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Photos & Videos
Topic: Old Photos
Replies: 6
Views: 280
Isle of Wight

Re: Old Photos

Didn’t do a lot of pics but here’s my ZX10 at a French forest campsite in the early ‘90’s (when I had hair),and a VF1000R halfway through the Deer Park bends near Horncastle in Lincolnshire.
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by Steve398
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Photos & Videos
Topic: Old Photos
Replies: 6
Views: 280
Isle of Wight

Re: Old Photos

How old do you want? This is me and my bike… well, eventually my bike after my Dad binned it and I got it fixed many years later.
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by Steve398
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Tools
Topic: Bench lift
Replies: 22
Views: 717
Isle of Wight

Re: Bench lift

How I hate people with tidy garages, but it’s only jealousy
really!

I do a regular 3 monthly clean up and it looks really good… for at least two days.
by Steve398
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:19 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: Aftermarket seat for R1250RT - again!!
Replies: 19
Views: 1543
Isle of Wight

Re: Aftermarket seat for R1250RT - again!!

At the risk of teaching Granny… The seat on my ST1300 was one if the most uncomfortable I’d ever ridden, and I’d be shuffling around within the first hour of a 4-5 hour ride. First I bought Sargent seats, which are (perversely) more firm than stock and also wider. I also looked at underwear, (not a ...
by Steve398
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Maintenance, Servicing and Problems
Topic: Abba Stand
Replies: 10
Views: 457
Isle of Wight

Re: Abba Stand

Off the UKGSER site, there was another on there this morning but it’s gone now. They do come up fairly regularly.