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Riding through Texas 12/11 my battery went dead. Got the bike to Wild West in Katy had the shop replace it, was on my way. This month was riding in Southern CA, and battery went dead. The guy I got to replace it on the road - Valdi at BMW Motozone in Torrance (really great mechanic, great guy, great...

All turned out well here, many thanks....Im one of those frequent plane/train/auto/BMWR1150R travelers, and dont always get to correspondence in time!! apologies for not confirming all went well.... Gingerly made my way back, and no probs whatsoever - appreciated the support for making that judgment...

Ive got Pilot Road 2s, managed 10k miles out of em now, and last night of 3k mi tour, 120 miles from home port (where new ones sitting, all ready for mounting)....do I ease them home tomorrow or do I really have to stop and swap for someone else's retail priced replacement skin!?

Much oblige - will try preloading it. Thx

Ive experienced lots of 'em over last 12000 mi since I bought the bike [at 2000 mi], and initially had a couple from 6th to 5th. Transmission has 'normal' agricultural feel :D and is improving as it breaks in...but am I simply needing more definitive shifting inputs, more wear-in, or is there someth...

Ok - maybe not "standard" but fairly likely, seems to be the consensus. many thanks all!

So the bikes not with me in Seattle, its down in Greenville awaiting an upcoming ride to Camp Blanding, and an upcoming track day at BMW HQ :D - so cant check myself, and somehow never bothered to look before - but does the '04 come with an accessory port as standard equipment? thinking may throw th...

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I agree with jas - the best bike route from seattle is 169 to 410, then 12 to Yakima, then south on 97. I drive that route all the time. The rumors you hear about 97 are not completely true. They do patrol now there -- maybe in fact a slight bit more than was the case 5 years ago - bc 97 in recent y...

Cool, thx. Will be ordering the Bags Connection City tankbag next -

Got the Givi T411 Voyager side bags, will post a photo when I get them on the bike...pretty curious how they will wind up looking....

Thanks all...good comments. I generally do appreciate the stock optics of the manufacturers stuff - particularly from an OEM w the elite design capabilities of BMW. So philosophically I actually wish I liked the system cases more... but I wound up ordering Givi softcases the T411 Voyager model to tr...

New to the message board, just bought an 04 1150R, great find with only 2400 miles on it (was that bike that had been listed on Craigslist in Houston for several months, at a price fair bit higher than what I paid in the end). Very excited to tour it, and need luggage, but... Dont like the look of t...