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Re: Hello
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:34 pm
by kirby
Yeah they didn't sell well in the states. Ha!
Possibly my favorite moto, and I've had many!
Bought it on a fluke but its a keeper.
Re: Hello
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:19 pm
by sykospain
Don't forget the revised front mudguard that's fitted to the Rockster and the wider back tyre - 180 instead of the roadster's 170.
A salesman in an Edinburgh showroom years ago nagged me to by one of the then-new Rocksters and claimed it had the higher compression and forged pistons with revised crowns that characterised the sportier 1100S. B ut he lied.
They all do, don't they ?
Re: Hello
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:01 am
by riceburner
sykospain wrote:Don't forget the revised front mudguard that's fitted to the Rockster and the wider back tyre - 180 instead of the roadster's 170.
A salesman in an Edinburgh showroom years ago nagged me to by one of the then-new Rocksters and claimed it had the higher compression and forged pistons with revised crowns that characterised the sportier 1100S. B ut he lied.
They all do, don't they ?
The mudguard is the same fittings as the R1100S mudguard, but yes I think it's a later version of that fitting. (The entire front end is R1100S apart from the shock, which was originally on the R850R). Similarly, the rear 5.5" wheel is R1100S/K1200RS, painted in the Rockster colours.
First time I've heard that story about the R1100s parts. You'd think that would be in the brochure if it was true...
Re: Hello
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:15 pm
by BadToTheBown
kirby wrote:...R1150S??? whatzat?...
+1 Thought I had the ONLY one and it has a Rockster engine in it, kinda -
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r110 ... -bike.html
Re: Hello
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:02 pm
by kirby
Ha!
To my knowledge the rockster and the roadster ENGINES (only) are identical on the inside.
:-)