[GTMartin]

Rode home from work at 5pm this evening and the temp gauge hit 36c/97f which is the hottest I had ridden in the UK. Previous highest was 33c but that was in the south of England which is usually much warmer than the north. Tomorrow supposed to be warmer.

 

[midnaite]

About the heatwave, my new jacket passed the test, I barely broke a sweat (38° here in Paris)
Rev'it Vertical GTX

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[Chris.]

Got some goodies in the mail, time to install this weekend

 

[Baloo]

Got some goodies in the mail, time to install this weekend

The sun maker!!!
Pics when installed please.

 

[Chris.]

The sun maker!!!
Pics when installed please.

Will do!

 

[GenericUser1]

My arms aren't long enough to do this if I am straddling the bike.

Selfie stick?

I'm going to have to do this since getting it into my wheel chock is a pain. Moves the chock.

 

[Vectorbug]

Repaired a moist rear LED on my tail tidy and tried to troubleshoot a new error icon that persisted yesterday. All my lights work, and nevertheless she persists. Oh well, got a service appointment tomorrow regardless.

 

[ad78]

I think my chopped oem fender is fabulous

 

[Chris.]

I think my chopped oem fender is fabulous
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Looking great!

Tip to get rid of the rough edge; use some ultra fine wet sanding paper.. and then if needed heat it up a little bit with a heatgun.. (not too much). It will look like new.

 

[ad78]

Looking great!

Tip to get rid of the rough edge; use some ultra fine wet sanding paper.. and then if needed heat it up a little bit with a heatgun.. (not too much). It will look like new.

Im done with sanding. My idea now is to get a heat gun and apply a little so it will match the color and give a little shine

 

[Louis Urban GS]

Installed the side bag rack. Only using the side bags as and when needed, look cool, I forgot to take a picture with the bags on

 

[Chris.]

Plugged the straight fuel connector back in..

Bike didnt start; even called AA and they came to take a look but didnt find anything. then called the BMW dealer and the first thing they asked was if the fuel connector was all the way in. It sometimes can come loose when you lift the tank apparently. So i pushed it back in and the bike fired straight up.

I think the connector was already loose (not locked in) and it got it's final push yesterday to go all the way out. Happy i figured it out at home rather than going 120km/u on the highway.

 

[Wille]

Mounted the unit garage low pipe and removed the passenger frame. Much better sound, too loud without the dB-killer though, and cleaner looking bike

 

[super drifter]

ENGINE BARS INSTALLED TODAY

today i completed the installation of the alibaba Rninet engine bars

only ordered them ten days ago, and they arrived promptly within seven days

supplied with all fixing bolts, concise instructions written in german and english

all welds look highest quality, and black finish is perfect

trial fitted perfectly; then each socket bolt was removed and blue mid strength locktite was applied, thence returned to position; after all fixings re-installed; torqued to recommended Nm settings

TEST RIDE TO KENILWORTH BAKERY AFTER COMPLETION

FOOT NOTE
static test of leaving side stand up, and lowering bike onto the engine bar: hero peg of foot peg touches ground before engine bar

YAY SUCCESS

 

[Chris.]

Made a big mess under my seat with cables.. but for good reason.

Installed 2 extra rear running lights. 2 Denali DR1's and a Denali Dialdim. The result:

Lights on minimum brightness for the picture

The Dialdim controller on the handlebars, controls the Denali DM's (Small lights) and the Denali DR1's (Big lights). You can easily turn them on / off and dim them in 0-100% (10% steps).
Double click to switch to the 2nd set of lights (Blue led ring for DR1's, Green ring for Dm's)

Also hooked up the dialdim to the indicators. When i indicate left for example; it turns the DR1 off and flashes the DM light with the indicator.

https://i.gyazo.com/2666965b3ebaf33831154b6144c2c947.mp4

 

[CantComplain]

ENGINE BARS INSTALLED TODAY

today i completed the installation of the alibaba Rninet engine bars

only ordered them ten days ago, and they arrived promptly within seven days

supplied with all fixing bolts, concise instructions written in german and english

all welds look highest quality, and black finish is perfect

trial fitted perfectly; then each socket bolt was removed and blue mid strength locktite was applied, thence returned to position; after all fixings re-installed; torqued to recommended Nm settings

TEST RIDE TO KENILWORTH BAKERY AFTER COMPLETION

FOOT NOTE
static test of leaving side stand up, and lowering bike onto the engine bar: hero peg of foot peg touches ground before engine bar

YAY SUCCESS View attachment 156403
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Are those the $50 ones? Can you confirm product via link? That's crazy. I'm not a fan of cheaper Chinese versions, but those looks good and if I can't give my $$ to the fabricator down the street, I'd just as soon give $50 to Alibaba than $500 to Wunderlich...

 

[UGS_Tom]

Well, even $50 are too much for bad engeneering/material, bad paint and bad/cheap screws!
Not that protective and in case of falling they will seriously damage your engine.
Same for the ones from Motea.

 

[CantComplain]

Well, even $50 are too much for bad engeneering/material, bad paint and bad/cheap screws!
Not that protective and in case of falling they will seriously damage your engine.
Same for the ones from Motea.

Not saying I disagree with your general statements on quality, but do you have direct experience with any of that for that bar? Or just a general inkling that they're sub-par? Sincerely trying to find out and not trolling.

I'm not sure I'm too concerned with engineering as there only seem to be a couple of styles of bars across all of the brands. Cheap screws can be replaced if they don't hold it on, and bad paint is limited to cosmetics. If the welds are decent and the steel OK, they should prevent larger damage on a slow fall which is really the point. We've seen "name" brands fail to protect the heads at higher speeds so I'm not counting on that anyway.

I don't want to bring down the quality level of the bike, but decent protection for $50 is better than no protection at all....

 

[Dirtmerchant]

There was a guy on here a year or two ago that put a set of cheap engine bars on his 9T. One of the bolts that attach it to the engine case was too long and pushed a hole into the case and was leaking oil.

Don’t assume a guy knocking off a legit manufacturer gives a flyingflip about you or your bike, only your money…


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[Chris.]

Dont buy Chinese sourced bars.. they are bad; like most stuff that comes out of that country without proper quality control.
The welds are bad, paint is bad, materials supplied for mounting are bad (or wrong even).

If u want good bars; get Unit garage , SW motech or Wunderlich.

No clue why people buy a rather expensive bike like the R nine T; then skimp on addon parts.

You will thank me later.