05-05-2021, 05:57 AM
No matter what you think of the CB, it could be worse. R18s have three riding modes. BMW actually purposely screwed up the most aggressive of these at idle so that the thing acts like it has a vacuum leak when idling. Because of the huge horizontally opposed engine, sputters and bucks so that the bike jerks left and right. Lots of owners aren't super happy about that. It's easy enough to turn this behavior off at traffic lights, but still, it's a pain, and seems stupid.