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Typically it is caused by over heating. The bike gets hot, the piston siezes, the rear wheel locks up and you come to a sudden stop. You get off our bike, scratch your head, curse and wonder what the F. After a while you give it a try (it has now cooled down and the piston is free), it starts up an...

Well as a little update I have some one more knowledgeable about this kind of thing working on it. Tore it down and came to the conclusion that the issue is not the drive shaft and the grinding noise is coming from the transmission (dun dun DUUNNN). He did some preliminary transmission check going t...

OK, well after getting home from work i can say that it was'nt me hitting the break unless i also caused the clinking, clunking noise and vibration coming from the transmission/drive shaft. *sigh* Now i gotta tear it down and determine what exactly broke. But this might be the end for my 1150r =\ th...

correct, no ABS. I suppose its not out of the question that i hit the rear brake. It just REALLY freaked me out lol. Riding it back home everything seemed just fine like nothing had happened. And thinking about it more, if i started to hit the brake and the bike starting to drastically slow down, re...

So my 02 r1150r and me are going down the road about 30-40mph slow down and down shift for a slight turn, accel and go to shift up when the whole bike like seizes up an the back end starts going out from under me. I pull off to the side and notice that the bike is actually turned off. Shift into neu...

I believe I do. I have some attachments that lower the exhaust. let me go home and find the pics of it and see if thats what you are looking for.

I saw the Bosch filter at advanced auto parts in VA, the same one i got from Beemerboneyard.com which is an awesome site BTW. I got a 12k kit from them with all of the o-rings crush rings and filters needed.

I ride at relatively lower RPM's 2-3k when I'm cruising. Are there any noticeable indications there may be a carbon buildup? grogginess when acceling or noises?

Can you use one of those fuel additives to clear it out?

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Well, we got the bearings pressed onto the gear for the final drive, replaced all of the O-rings and seals and pieced her back together. It took about an hour to get back together and riding again. now there's no grinding or anything its as smooth as ever thanks for your input guys!

in all honesty, the work to get the bearing and gears out is pretty easy. I'm just not much of a gear head.

I paid $107 dollars with the ChiBMW discount back in September of 08. I see now they are down to $75 at MAX BMW parts fiche. yea, the old man paid a lot more... a lot more, than that before i could stop him. but oh well, as long as I can get it back together =) i wanted to ask you how long, and how...

well we got the bearings on order. my dad got them from a bearing shop. the small tapered bearing was a reasonable cost, but the large one was not. the closest BMW shop was closed on Monday and he had ordered them from the shop before i could compare costs, but it seemed a bit strange that the large...

Armo Don't panic, you are doing a great job, I see that you can get this back together easily. Actually what you have experienced is "bearing cage failure" and that has been common to some of the oilheads, specially the earlier ones. I se them often in my line of work and is usually cause...

The ID markers on the small tapered bearing:

SKF 30205 J2/Q Germany-s 07 098y

The ID markers on the large bearing:

F A G 61917.C3 Germany 09V.B

That's true. But that's just the easy part. It might work fine after doing that. But then again the inside bearing on the other side of the drive gear just might be bad as well. Wait and let Rob check in here on this. He knows of a way to check it without taking it all the way off, I'm sure. Your p...

do you suppose it could have been casued my the oil i was using in the FD? Mobil 1 synthetic 75w-140

i'm sure there is a machine shop near us that can press the new bearings onto the unit.

Well not so much dusty as its tuned to dust. I cant quite figure out whats wrong with it, but i know this isnt right. hmmmmmm http://beenup2-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/7672/b9450ef0-3398-4282-a465-7c87b283544a-m.jpeg The other day I rode to the bank and as I was pulling out i heard a clunk noise. So i ...

Boxer wrote:I have a Pirates Stealth backrest. And I may be selling it soon. PM me.

PM sent, but I do have one additional question. What kind of rack/luggage accessories would i need to purchase?

Hi there guys, I know you may not see a ton of posts by me but i lurk around quite a bit. I am looking for any kind go backrest for a 2002 R1150R. The Pirate stealth seats are apparently discontinued as are the Sargent Cycle versions. I sent them emails asking if they had anything laying around but ...

I got a 12k mile maintenance kit from http://www.beemerboneyard.com/ and it came with plugs, o-rings, and crush rings to change out the Oil, Transmission fluid, and Final Drive fluid. my questions are: what type of oil: normal/synthetic should i use what weight of oil should i use and is there anyth...