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

This debate has been raging for years. I have a 2004 r1150ra and the antilock brakes saved my bacon coming over a blind hill on a two lane blacktop moving quickly and suddenly encountering, after cresting, a big mess in the road. Hit that front brake for all it is worth and STOPPED!!!!..Both brakes ...

I have a 2004 r1150r with abs....the brakes are linked front to back, but not back to front......the front brake on my bike is very grabby at low speeds and makes it easy to drop the machine, a negative feature of the power assist.... I believe non-abs bikes also have the front to back link.....so w...

If the bike is cold try depressing the gear lever till you feel resistance, hold it there, pop in the clutch and click it down, usually works.

I find the front brakes on my abs equipped '04 to be very very grabby at low speeds......drop the bike grabby.......and try to remember to n e v e r use the front brakes at parking lot speeds. The brakes are linked front to back but not back to front probably for this reason. go real slow, let your ...

If you have the new ('04) gel battery in your 1150 you MUST get the GEL charger from BMW (made by Deltran).....I made the mistake of using the Battery Tender Jr., and it toasted my battery. Do NOT use your Battery tender Junior with the recent BMW battery......alternatively, get a non-gel technology...

Take that shoei and put her in the dish washer on the gentlest cycle. works fine.

I had one brace that kept getting ooose after an hour or two causing my touring screen to wiggle....I carried a number 9 allen/socket wrench to tighten it. Took it to the shop for service and had the dealer really tighten it and replace a brace that I bent when I dropped the bike. It is dead solid n...

My abs brakes on my '04 saved my bacon once.....cresting a hill on a fast two lane road going a little fast and day dreaming...coming upon a mess in the road...HARD HARD braking which would have locked up a Harley or probably any non abs machine and resulted in a nasty accident. BUT....the servo mec...

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I believe the back and front brakes on the r are linked front to back but not back to front whether or not you buy abs ( which I did) ...thus a hard squeeze of the front will cause the computer to add back too........I never use the back brake except when slow slow maneuvering where the grabbyness o...

Do NOT use a del tran battery tender Jr. if you have an '04 or later bike with thje gel battery. I recently posted a sorry tale involving my 2004 r1150ra, it's, original battery and a del tran battery tender junior. I used the Jr to maintain the battery during the cold winter weeks, bike started and...

Ive been maintaining the battery in my 2004 r1150ra with a deltran battery render junior, using it to charge the battery when the bike's been sitting for a while (winter). The info on the Jr. is conflicting, some say it doesn't work with the gel battery in the '04 1150r, others say it's not optimal ...

I live in the DC area and run Z6's which currently have about 7000 miles on em and don't show very much wear.......inflation may matter....ikeep the front at 37 to 38 and the rear at 42 to 44.

The ABS system on the 50r will bring the bike to a stop quicker than even the best rider riding a non abs machine....assuming the bike is stood up. It's amazing, but the front wheel is grabby going slow and makes it easy to drop the bike......use the rear when your going slow....

your battery is dead....hence the click.....is use the BT Junior on my '04r with the new style battery (where it's not supposed to work perfectly) but I don't leave it on more than two days...using it to charge up a dead battery when the bike's been sitting for some weeks......put it on a day or so ...

the brakes on my abs equipped 2004 r1150r are VERY grabby and it's very easy to drop the bike by locking up the front wheel during slow maneuvering.....remedy is to use the rear only for those parking lot maneuvers.......the abs has saved my bacon in a high speed emergency stop.......cresting a rise...

that is a very weak battery.......attach a battery tender and let it go to green. Starting the bike and riding it for ten minutes drains the battery....need to run it for half an hour or more.....

just for the he#l of it........took my bike to am local dealer to have the tires changed......bike came back with the axle tightening screws on the front loose!!!!!!! didn't notice till I'd ridden for a while.....not obvious, screws were in there, but loose.........have not been back to that dealer....

The abs brakes are grabby.....I parked briefly facing up a steep slope at the end of a cul de sac. ....got back on the bike, decided i'd just do a real tight U turn to head out, started the engine......turned the bars all the way to the left to make a left U turn from the stop......grabbed the front...

I've got the Deltran Junior and use it with my '04 r1150r......so far so good.......I don't leave it on full time, just use to charge up if the bike has been sitting for more than a cold week or two......already had the unit when I got the beemer.....couldn't see paying $$$ for a "bmw" unit.