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There is no 'upper triple' (in a conventional sense). The forks are held to the top yoke with 1 bolt which is inline with the axis of the fork leg. You'll find this is a 'soft' joint and a) the fork upper stanchion can rotate, and b) the joint can 'flex'. The joint has to be able to flex because th...

I finally got my bike into Spare Parts Co, our local indie BMW shop: he just said it needed to be properly set up. I've ridden almost 1000 miles and the bike runs perfectly. We briefly discussed what he did and it seems to just boil down to setting the TPS and properly sync'ing. He did say the 1150 ...

Does anyone have experience aligning the front forks on the Rockster or I imagine the r1100s? The nature of the front end is I believe the triples can be tightened without the forks being completely straight. Clymer's procedure for straightening the front end is not rockster specific: they tell you ...

Alas I'm at an impasse with this. I'm working on getting an appointment with my local shop. Here's where I am: I loosened the left idle stop screw and adjusted it to .310, .370 and .4v based on various Internet sources. I then sync'ed the right throttle stop screws, the BBS and with the throttle at ...

Mike, Right, I understand. I am perhaps using the wrong terminology. The stop screw(s) I'm referring to are the throttle stop screws--the little screws behind the throttle bodies that the butterflies rest on. I naively used those to set the idle when I first bought the bike. That's all I changed so ...

You make a good point: at least according to zero=zero on the ibmwr (http://www.ibmwr.org/r-tech/oilheads/zero528.shtml) the obvious solution is for me to adjust the left stop screw until the tps shows a voltage of .370-.4, sync with the right stop screw then follow up with standard sync. That is to...

Thanks Mike, I appreciate the info/insight. I am going to start with a tweak to the stop screws as everything I read is messing with the TPS is a last resort and to deal with surging. My bike runs very smoothly and is easy to sync, just doesn't idle high enough. I don't want to mess with the TPS unt...

I was considering increasing the stop screws, thanks. I'm using a morgan carb tune (carbtune.com) I have read up on the TPS reset and my sense was that was only to sort surging which has never been an issue on my bike. I'm reasonably handy with a multi meter. With regards to leaving the throttle bod...

I have an '03 Rockster with ~42,000 miles that I cannot for the life of me get idling above 900. I've read countless posts on syncing and my bike just doesn't behave like others. Full disclosure when I first got the bike (around 25k) I naively messed with the throttle stop screws. After reading a fe...

assuming adult language doesnt cause you to squirm, heres a 2 part video. ive only watched parts, but it seems thorough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybHjEbUa2NA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IqXlWOhzM Thanks, those are very useful. I think my cable distributor just needs some lube. I'll tak...

assuming adult language doesnt cause you to squirm, heres a 2 part video. ive only watched parts, but it seems thorough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybHjEbUa2NA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IqXlWOhzM Thanks, those are very useful. I think my cable distributor just needs some lube. I'll tak...

I have an '03 Rockster with ~40k miles. The throttle is stiff and squeaky. I narrowed the squeak down to what is listed in the fiche as the "Cable Distributor." A little reading indicates this is a bit of a bear to replace. I'm happy to do it but before I get knee-deep in throttle cables c...

Ok, so I've had my awesome rockster for 3 years now, did the usual services, TB balance etc. December I went on a long trip and when I came back, I stored the bike and disconnected the battery terminal as I would not ride for a month or so.. Got back, connected the battery and decided to do a TB ba...

Thanks for the feedback. I ride an '03 rockster extensively 2-up and an LC is likely in my future.

-morgan