BMW R1200R R1150R/T F800 K1200R R1100R/T R1250R RnineT Message Board

Wow congratz! I want one too! :D I really like the HP4, especially the upgrade one with the blue forged wheels and the sponsor stickers. 8) Yeah your third bike should be a differnt brand, diversity of a great thing when it comes to bikes. I could never understand the one brand mentality of some rid...

I actually like both of the new R12R colors, the brown and the blue, a lot!

This was really popular in the 1990s. Is it making a comeback?

Sounds like you are locking up the rear brake. The rear brake on the non ABS R1150R is incredibly easy to lock up.

There was a service bulletin on this several years ago. They installed some kind of protecter on it to prevent the bundle from chafing. I remember taking in my bike for a fuel system related recall and the dealer told me there were a couple of open service bulletins on my bike and that he would perf...

From what I recall on my 2002 R1150R, I got three keys, owner's manual, tech manual, tool kit, and flat repair kit.

I have a 2004 Rockster with 34-odd thousand miles on it. Is there a typical lifespan or likely fail mileage for this part? I'm not sure what year BMW started using the updated cam chain tensioner. I thought it was 2005 or it could be 2004...maybe someone who knows will chime in. Do you hear a cam c...

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Never thought about attacking it from that angle. Very clever!

You couldn't post this before I did mine? Anyway it's all done now and taking the parts off was no big deal.

$91 dollars at the BeemerShop.com I plan on installing mine this week. Bought a 15mm & 17mm Flex head wrench set so I will hopefully beable to do it without removing the throtle body. I just got mine from BeemerShop and installed it today. I don't know how you are going to do this without remov...

Hottech wrote:Bought a 15mm & 17mm Flex head wrench set so I will hopefully beable to do it without removing the throtle body.

Let us know how you make out with that.

Regarding the emails I've received from other members, thank you and you're welcome. I'm happy to contribute anytime, even if you aren't buying anything, I enjoy the chat. :) I didn't even know about you or your site until this thread. I checked out your site and ended up ordering the cam chain upg...

Fully agree with Cyclerob. $5,400 is about the price for a nice 2002 with a clean title. A salvage title severely reduces the value of the vehicle.

So the clues are it's 1/2" in diameter, made of rubber, and it looks like the original color was black... My guess is that it must be the other end of the brake/clutch bleed screw nipple cover. Not the cover that goes over the bleed nipple but the other end that goes under the screw to prevent ...

How much difference did the booster plug make on your R1150R?

xfjr wrote:A search of this subject found Don's comment that the 24k mile replacement was no longer valid, since it applied to the R1150

I have a 2002 R1150R and the owner's manual states 36,000 miles as well for the replacement.

ROXTR wrote:I don't notice any odd scent from the cat-less exhaust on my bike. Smells normal to me.

Thanks that's good to know.

I have a question for you guys without the cat. Every vehicle I have ever removed the cat (car or bike), the exhaust ended up smelling pretty bad. Is this the case with the R1150R as well?

The later 2011 R1200R has a 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds and the 1098S of just under 2.9 seconds. That's hardly smoke difference [-X Are you kidding??? That is a HUGE difference! Anyway - regardless, it was an interesting little experiment =D> Trust me on this, given identical riders, there is no way, ...

The guy on the 1098S must've been a totally incompetent rider. Under normal condition a 1098S will smoke the R1200R like it's standing still.

I'm assuming this is a non-ABS bike?
If so are you sure you didn't touch the rear brake pedal by accident? I have the same bike and the rear brake is the most sensitive of any bike I have ever ridden in 25 years of riding. It practically locks up if you look at it.