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Pedalmike - I'm no battery expert so most of my knowledge comes from YouTube. I have seen that video before and it all made intuitive sense to me. I note that the video looks scary with respect to the impact of SOC on rate of degradation of battery capacity at 50ºC. In your situation I would...

Further to my previous post, I note that the owner's handbook for the CE 02 gives different advice on battery care : "Recommendations for care of the traction battery To ensure optimum utilisation and service life of the traction battery, follow the recommendations set out below: Immediately...

If I were laying up my CE 04 for 3 months I would charge to about 80% and leave it to look after itself. I would never by choice leave my beloved CE 04 at 30% for any significant length of time. Here's what BMW says in the CE 04 owners handbook: "Do not leave the E-Scooter out of use for a...

There is a known speed limit issue with the latest version of the App. For me the symptom is different. On both my CE 04 and C400GT when the vehicle speed units are set to mph the speed limit is displayed in kph. If I set the vehicle speed units to kph then the speed limit is displayed in...

In the UK a secondary unpowered backup key made from a polymer is provided with the CE 04 and all the BMW bikes I have had in recent years. If you get such keys in the US too you could just give her yours to keep on her key ring or at least leave the polymer key on the bike somewhere obvious so...

I just use a very simple count-down timer mains plug in tandem with the charging unit supplied with my bike. One press gives 15 minutes, another gives 30 minutes, another gives 45 minutes, another gives 1 hour and further presses give an extra hour per press right up to 9 hours. A different...

Hi Bestaflex, that behaviour sounds worrying. I got my CE 04 right at the beginning back in April 2022 and have now done a shade over 8000 miles on it. Charging and discharging behaviour has been almost faultless. Each time the bike has had a service or new tyres it has had the latest...

I've got an update for the tyre life forum. When new, my CE 04 came with Maxxis Supermaxx SC tyres. The Maxxis Supermaxx SC front tyre lasted 3500 miles before it was shot, due to wear facets on the flanks (see the following post...

Delray, you were right. In the UK the correct spelling in this context is indeed "lumbar". "Lumber" is most often used in the UK as a verb meaning to either move in a slow, laboured fashion or to burden someone with something. I'm a bit of a spelling, punctuation and grammar bore by the way.

I've got Headlight Pro on my 22 CE 04. I can't say that it does anything essential although I never carry a pillion and the relatively short suspension travel probably doesn't demand much of the self-levelling system. The only thing I notice is a vague lighting up to one side when leaning into...

The knob is on the left-hand side of the bike at the back of the headlamp housing and is easily accessed by reaching up from below and feeling for it. It can be turned by hand. Turning it anti-clockwise moves the beam up. I've just tweaked mine up a bit because I found it to be a bit low but...

Hiya, I guess you're right about the necessity for the 12V battery being adequately charged to start the CE 04 but I've heard no reports about faulty batteries and I'm confident that BMW have engineered a decent system to maintain 12V battery health so I'm not worried. I've had no issues at...

Yes, they're difficult to get to but it's not impossible. I can't remember which way I turned them, it was so long ago. At the time I faced my CE04 towards the garage door with the lights switched on and watched what the lights did when I turned the knobs. I marked the position of the top of...

Hello I have some of these hand guards which work well and are very stable on my bike: https://www.wunderlich.de/shop/de/bmw-c-serie/ce-04/ergonomie-komfort/lenker-handprotektoren/wunderlich-handprotektoren-m42006-002.html I also use Gerbing heated gloves like these...

I have the Backrest Comfort Seat, the one for shorter riders since I'm about 5' 8". I ride with my backside hard against the hump since my legs are a little longer than average for my height with an inseam of 32". I sometimes wish I had gone for the Backrest Comfort Seat II with the hump 50 mm...

Here's the (Duosida) cable that I bought: type2-to-type2-ev-charger-cable-32a. The UK-based company I got it from even give you a bag for it although to save space I just coil the cable up on its own and leave it in the CE 04 luggage compartment.

As long as the charge points can deliver current to the specification, single-phase charging from a 7KW charger should deliver 30A. I'm in the UK and I have been using 7KW single-phase public charging points with a Type 2 Mennekes connector since March 2022 and can almost always get a 30A...

I got the symbol today and the yellow limiter bar on the regen gauge. This followed a 30A charge starting at 30% and ending at 45%. The air temperature was about 6 or 7˚C and I was in Eco mode. The yellow stuff didn't persist for long, maybe for half a mile, and there did appear some...

I’d be interested to know if you’ve blown a fuse. As I understand it, the CAN BUS system should prevent enough current being drawn to blow the fuse. I guess the total current from all the loads sharing the same fuse could exceed the fuse rating under some circumstances. My Airman Tour...

I fitted the BMW CE 04 tall screen but was disappointed to find that turbulence was quite bad around the helmet region. Several years ago I had a much worse turbulence issue with the BMW touring screen on my R1200R which I fixed by fitting a Wunderlich wind deflector. So I tried the same...