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Are both your '04 RR and your '05 RT dual-plugged? My '02 RR is single plug/cyl and runs smoothest with correct valve-lash adjustments and synced throttle bodies. While it still does some hunting at 2500rpm, it's practically unnoticeable unless we're riding 2-up...then I guess the additional weight ...

In 2018 he also posted this... "I got gemi chip for my r1150rt, but because the Motronic uses the O2 to adjust fueling, after a couple minutes of riding, the chip added no fuel. I made some measurements with my Wideband O2 to confirm it. Most of the fuel tables he alters are just the starting p...

Here's a post from Roger04RT at the BMWMOA forums from 2017 (https://forums.bmwmoa.org/threads/alternatives-to-the-af-xied-device.88588/page-3#post-1099360)... "I've acquired nearly every R1150 fueling solution and nothing beats lambda-shifting (AF-XIED, Lc-2 and PCIII USB w/WidebandO2). I got ...

I was excited to be able to reconnect to this board this afternoon after several months of getting errors indicating the server was offline. So I wanted to say "Congratulations!" and thank you for reactivating this board dedicated to fans of the finest motorcycle ever made, and I hope that...

I'm convinced I will have my '02 R until the day I die. Like you, I don't fuss over it as much anymore and with 60K, it still runs great!

Damn sorry to hear you're down again...just as you were getting up!
Maybe it was all that antifreeze...

Maybe step one would be to bleed the clutch and take a look at the fluid that comes out as a sign what might be lurking inside the SC? That's a good approach...bleeding the clutch fluid is a routine maintenance item. DOT 4 brake fluid used in it is hygroscopic and needs to be changed every once in ...

I had an Autolite Iridium plug loose the iridium pellet from the end of the center electrode after 3000 miles. I don't know where it went, but the bike wouldn't fire a lick without it.

He added that he lines up arrows that can be seen on the left side of the head. The arrows are inscribed on the back sides of the cam sprockets on top of both cylinder heads, and when they point outward horizontally that piston is at TDC. BTW, I don't remove the rubber plug to adjust valves anymore...

No, I think throttle body balancing is not required after valve adjustments, but it probably will make your bike run smoother since if the valve lash on either cylinder was out of spec, then bringing it back to spec probably changed the air inspired by that cylinder, and if both cylinders are not in...

How does the cap come off? Does it just unscrew?

Just takes a good, hard tug straight up.

That's good info. I removed the vent cap a few years ago to see if there was a filter in there, but there wasn't. I figured BMW would've put a filter there (being Germans and all), and am happy to learn they did. I'll find something to keep the dust out. BTW, I dropped the bike on it's right side a ...

After all these years I learned that the plastic vent cover on top of the final drive may have been responsible for the leaking grease seal at the input shaft I've noticed from time to time :shock:. After a good ride on a 50 degree day there was more of a stain around the rubber boot than I'd ever s...

You might consider a clutch plate modified with an extended spline housing. You can search this forum to find a manufacturer.

From what I've read, BMW cables have a teflon sheath that doesn't need to be, and shouldn't be, lubed with anything that will degrade it, including petroleum-based products or solvents.

I found it too difficult to access the head of the left-side (of bike) alternator-belt tension adjuster-bolt (ABTAB) from behind, so I made an adjustment nut out of an 8mm-acorn nut with a short length of 8mm-bolt screwed in to it as a spacer to leave enough depth in the acorn nut so I could screw i...

Is there a way to quarantine Russian webusers?
That would solve a whole bunch of problems...

Riverside said, " Maxine has 28,000 miles now. I seem to be using about 2 1/2 quarts every 6000, maybe more. That is high, Riverside. Most likely the rings didn't wear into the cylinders because of synthetic oil use early on, and it might have been ridden too tenderly as well... You could start...

Welcome to the world of Moto-rad and this forum. Check that the cable ties under the triple-tree were not over-tightened at the factory. Most were, and it has lead to gremlins. Then search for "Oil level" in this forum to see how to check that. Do not over fill!!! And ride it like you stol...