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Once I had removed the factory white grease, I always spray liberally with WD40 straight after a wash, then soak off the excess with toilet roll to reduce bodywork spray when riding. No rust in over a year. Dealer mechanic (25 yrs+ BMW) gave me this little insight, wasn't too sure at first, but...

Agree, they do exactly what it says on the tin. I fitted the Evotech tail tidy Friday night. Really finishes off the rear end better than the standard BMW piece, everything needed in the kit, and everything fitted as planned. Ordered standard delivery Wed, arrived Fri. Couldn't be better.

Was that with Focussed Events (the BMW operator for tack days)? What did you think of it? Dd they give god tuition or was it a free for all? I did the Ron Haslam school at Donny the week before, which was a good learning experience, but on their bikes (Honda 600's)

Pulling up at the traffic lights on A166 at Stamford Bridge recognised the colour scheme of the bike in front - first time I have met a live HP4.......we rode on together to Seaways Cafe and the rider told me he had just picked his up this morning.!! Exchanged details to meet up again as he is...

Could be a fun day out whilst the weather is still with us....l....I'd be up for it.

These are the old (incorrect) numbers, if you see my previous posting you will see the new settings in the revised printed version that BMW sent me, much lower - and this time achievable!

Stickers and tank pad come in a plastic envelope/bag with the bike from the factory. The dealer will have it I guess, that is how mine arrived....I watched them unload it.

Yeah, it was an offer from my dealer (Barrie Robson's)

Free at my dealer, in for a couple of hours - I waited and drank free tea and chocky biccies, basic check over I think, fluids, brakes, chain etc, but most importantly took the limiter off.!!

Anyone else find the seat on the HP4 slippy? Under heavy braking I leave two spherical imprints on my tank......anyone tried any grippy seat covers or other things?

My K1300 had its fuel pipe connections changed during its annual service last week as part of that recall. Wasn't aware of the issue or the recall previously.

Adjusted ride height with the spacer kit provided, to max height +3mm from 0 as it came from the factory. The manual says it comes with the 1.5 mm spacer kit fitted - but yet another error in the manual, I can't believe how bad the manual is, so many errors in it........anyway back to ride...

I doubt the change is linear, I got 10mm sag with 2 full clockwise turns from max, 15mm with 3.....so I need to back off to less than 2. Strangely, for the rear 2 clockwise turns from max gave 21mm sag, 3 turns 20mm, 4 turns 18mm and 5 turns 16mm, so I need to go a bit more to get to between...

No, same here - the black nut just turns. I noted the position of the box spanner flat edge (from the tool kit) and made one full turn each time before re-measuring so at least I had some idea of how far I had gone. I started by winding it full in and full out to see what the max would be. I...

Should read 8-12mm Rear