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Very sorry to hear about your accident, but good to hear you got another bike, and that you are so pleased with it. Electric bikes still not very popular. My own range needs are much greater - I do 250 miles some days and can't be stopping to recharge every 70-80 miles, but if my needs change I...

Service manual is on DVD for sale on Ebay typically - not expensive, a bit quirky to use but lots of good info there. You can get the Motoscan app (around $50 it was when I bought it, full professional version) and the bluetooth OBD2 dongle it needs to communicate with the bike (another $50 or...

So far the Road 6's on my K1600 have 8,000 miles on them and look like they will easily go another 5,000, so that's 13,000 miles compared to maybe 4,000 I got out of the Shinkos. So yes they are worth a 30% premium if I understood your post correctly. More important though for me is the much...

Ok will send you a pm and we can work it out!

I see you are in Denmark. I'd be happy to make a donation on your behalf (using paypal), and you can reimburse me with a bank transfer to my Dutch or French bank account?

P.s. very nice GT Keith! Even matches your helmet quite well.

I have a large-ish VARTA AGM battery that I bought in 2005 (!) that is currently powering my 2002 Volvo S80, not showing any signs of deterioration yet. So AGM batteries also can last quite a while, at least this one does. I am also still using a lead acid battery in another car that I got in 2010.

I just replaced the battery on my 2007 Honda. The battery was standard non-AGM and was from 2012 so did perfectly fine for 13 years ... batteries can and mostly should last much longer than 5 years, 10 is no exception in my experience.

Yes, 6 seconds to 60 MPH instead of 9.5 seconds ('cuz 60 HP vs 34 according to the interwebs) :p

Last May I got a set of Michelin Pilot Road 4 to replace my (much too early worn out) Shinkos and they are vastly better than those Shinkos. From now on nothing but Michelins on my BMWs. I have Road 6s on my K1600 and those are also super. I would expect these Power Shifts to also be very good.

Try spraying some lock lubricant in there - may just be a stubborn 'piece' that is hanging up and preventing the key from coming out.

Maybe it's one of those tiny lights inside the headlight that's always on? Just guessing.

I can confirm the Motoscan app is capable of programming the sensors to the bike. Did it on my C650 and F800.

Congrats on discovering one of motorcycling best kept secrets - well, in the US anyway. Elsewhere in the world, hundreds of millions are enjoying the scooter benefits daily. I came over in 2018 from Geneva having ridden a Honda 300 scooter for years and first vehicle I got was my 2016 C650 Sport...

That small nut is to cover the hole that emerges after you install the new tensioner and pull a small tab that sits inside the hole and, when you pull it (bit like a grenade pin), releases the tension/spring that then pushes the piston against the timing chain and keeps it under pressure...

Looks nice and good price I would say - should sell soon if you advertise it in the right places. Best of luck, hope you can continue riding something fun.

So ... there is a spring inside but it doesn't do anything anymore, and the tensioner is stuck at a certain length? But you can manually turn the thing in or out, and it will just stay where you put it?

This is not the manually adjustable (aftermarket) type but good idea to open it up; by cleaning and lubricating you may/should be able to restore its original functionality - I'll try the same with my current one when I replace it, and see if that works. Then no need to keep buying new. Did you...

Never buy these used! Sounds like yours is done for - the 'frozen' part applied to the one I replaced two years ago, when I started to hear the death rattle. They are spring loaded and that's how they keep the chain tight. They freeze up for some reason I don't know, and that's when the rattle...

I saw a video where the bike owner adjusted the tension on the manual adjuster, with engine running, just to where it stopped rattling.