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I'm ready to service my '07 R1200R. I have an air filter I want to install. I have no manuals to go by, so I'm winging it. Any suggestions before I do something totally stupid would be greatly appreciated. Do I need to remove the battery? The gas tank? Thanks

WELP--- AS INCREDULOUS AS THIS SEEMS-- U GOTTA TAKE OFF THE GAS TANK.............

Battery - no. Gas tank - yup. Follow the intake snorkle back to it's source (on the right side of the bike) - you remove it to get at the air-filter.

WILDPIG wrote: WELP--- AS INCREDULOUS AS THIS SEEMS-- U GOTTA TAKE OFF THE GAS TANK.......

I think he means "incredible". I must confess I am incredulous that our porcine pal could truly be as he appears, but that would be to give the word its true meaning ...

Ah, Don, the things you miss now you block his pearls ..

Cosmic-Rider wrote: Do I need to remove the battery? The gas tank? Thanks

The answer is neither. Following the instructions in the factory service manual dvd, I removed the side cover, the side panel and snorkle ("air pipe" in BMW-speak) and, with a little persuasion, removed and replaced the filter.

After how many miles typically do we like to change our air filters?

Mark

RonR wrote:

Cosmic-Rider wrote: Do I need to remove the battery? The gas tank? Thanks

The answer is neither. Following the instructions in the factory service manual dvd, I removed the side cover, the side panel and snorkle ("air pipe" in BMW-speak) and, with a little persuasion, removed and replaced the filter.

Good to know it can be removed without having to de-tank the bike. I did change mine when they had my tank off for the brake-line recall.. hence my thought that it was needed. Guess that thought was wrong.

BTW - anyone who wants to turn off WildPig (life is much nicer without his blathering) - you can click on the "profile" button - then click on the "Add Foe" - all his postings simply disappear. Helps control my blood pressure.

I GOT YER BLATHERING E BURGER---KEEP YACKIN FROM YER GLUTTIOUS MAXIMUS THATS OBVIVOUSLY WHERE YER BRAINS ARE...

Great tip about air filter access - I'm considering a very dusty trip in south western Queensland (bulldust - very fine red dust that blokcs filters quickly) and might take a spare. Removing the tank in a pub carpark in Whoopwhoop South would have been beyond me.

WILDPIG wrote: I GOT YER BLATHERING E BURGER---KEEP YACKIN FROM YER GLUTTIOUS MAXIMUS THATS OBVIVOUSLY WHERE YER BRAINS ARE..

Speaking of bulldust - a theory. WILDPIG is actually a skinny, weedy guy called Herbert, who works in an art gallery in San Francisco. He rides a chinese Vespa clone. He knows very little about motorcycles (well, that's obvious), but he enjoys impersonating ignorant rednecks as much as Sacha Baron Cohen loves impersonating - well, anyone. His second love is winding up crusty ol' BMW riders like us. Fortunately for him, we bite even though "WILDPIG" is so over the top as to put Sacha to shame.

Now, Herbert: today's effort (reproduced above) is not up to your usual standard. It's actually too ignorant to be credible (or is that credulous?), even as an impersonation of an aggressive, ignorant, unhygenic pig from the swamps of eastern NC (actually - ARE there swamps in eastern NC? Well, who cares.. )
I'd make WILDPIG a foe too, but now I realise he's just Herbert I can enjoy the impersonation, even if it's a bit unconvincing.

LIVING IN THE SOCIALIST STATE OF AUSTRAILIA AN I KNOW YER PROGRAMMED TO ALLOW THE GOVERMENT TO THINK FOR YOU IT COMES AS A SHOCK THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF A "GUN-FREE" NATION. YOU SEE HERE IN AMERICA THAT KINDA NONSENSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED,, EVEN AFTER ALL THE DAMAGE TO PERSONAL FREEDOM THAT AMERICA HAS SUFFERED WE-- THE CITIZENS-- WONT ACCEPT MIND CONTROL BY A DEMOGOG GOVERMENT--- LATEST EXAMPLE--- THE TEARANNY OF GEORGE BUSH. YOU'RE NOT FREE,, YER MERELY A VASSAL OF THE STATE. ONE DAY MAYBE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRAILIA WILL TAKE BACK THEIR GOVERMENT-- BUT I DOUBT IT. YER TO DUM TO REALIZE THAT EVENTUALLY YER GOVMENT WILL TELL YOU THE ONLY BIKE YER'RE ALLOWED TO OWN IS A MO-PED,, WHICH IN YER CASE WOULD BE APPROPREIATE. PUT THAT IN YER CRACK PIPE N SMOKE IT.

WILDPIG wrote: LIVING IN THE SOCIALIST STATE OF AUSTRAILIA AN I KNOW YER PROGRAMMED TO ALLOW THE GOVERMENT TO THINK FOR YOU IT COMES AS A SHOCK THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF A "GUN-FREE" NATION. YOU SEE HERE IN AMERICA THAT KINDA NONSENSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED,, EVEN AFTER ALL THE DAMAGE TO PERSONAL FREEDOM THAT AMERICA HAS SUFFERED WE-- THE CITIZENS-- WONT ACCEPT MIND CONTROL BY A DEMOGOG GOVERMENT--- LATEST EXAMPLE--- THE TEARANNY OF GEORGE BUSH. YOU'RE NOT FREE,, YER MERELY A VASSAL OF THE STATE. ONE DAY MAYBE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRAILIA WILL TAKE BACK THEIR GOVERMENT-- BUT I DOUBT IT. YER TO DUM TO REALIZE THAT EVENTUALLY YER GOVMENT WILL TELL YOU THE ONLY BIKE YER'RE ALLOWED TO OWN IS A MO-PED,, WHICH IN YER CASE WOULD BE APPROPREIATE. PUT THAT IN YER CRACK PIPE N SMOKE IT.

Much better, Herbert. This actually reads like the rantings of a wild-eyed, snot-streaming, foul-smelling conspiracy theorist. The I-wasn't-quite-bright-enough-to-finish-grade-school spelling is a really nice touch to add verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative (and I know you knew that was a quote from PooBah in the Mikado - it's your favourite Gilbert & Sullivan operetta). But if you keep this up, the moderators will send your spoofs off to Patrick's Playhouse and then you'd have to contribute to see them. In Patrick's Playhouse I could whisper in your cute little ear that I'm a lifelong member of the Australian Labor Party and my trade union (but I can't say it here). What do I mean, contribute?

Hey, how is that chinese 122cc scooter going? I hear they get great mileage and they looks sooo good in powder blue.

Christ wild pig your a wanker

WHATS DAT? I'M SOUTHERN BORN AN SOUTHERN BRED,,,, AMERICAN BY BIRTH SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE O GOD....... AH CRORAT BILL-- IF YER SMART ENUFF TO CHECK BACK--- QUITE OBVIVOUS YOU HAVE TAKEN MANY CHEAPAZZ SHOTS AT ME AN IN FACT YOU STARTED YER AGENDA,,,,, GIT ON YER MO-PED AN GO HAND OUT LEAFLETS FOR THE GOVMENT.

RonR wrote:

Cosmic-Rider wrote: Do I need to remove the battery? The gas tank? Thanks

The answer is neither. Following the instructions in the factory service manual dvd, I removed the side cover, the side panel and snorkle ("air pipe" in BMW-speak) and, with a little persuasion, removed and replaced the filter.

Thank You RonR. For all you R1200R riders. No need to remove the battery or the gas tank. I just did mine, and it's as simple as RonR posted. Remove the side cover, undo the two clips holding the snorkle and the air filter is staring at you in your face.
I can not believe where this post headed. All I was looking for was help with my air filter.
Thanks again

deilenberger wrote:

RonR wrote:

Cosmic-Rider wrote: Do I need to remove the battery? The gas tank? Thanks

The answer is neither. Following the instructions in the factory service manual dvd, I removed the side cover, the side panel and snorkle ("air pipe" in BMW-speak) and, with a little persuasion, removed and replaced the filter.

Good to know it can be removed without having to de-tank the bike. I did change mine when they had my tank off for the brake-line recall.. hence my thought that it was needed. Guess that thought was wrong.

BTW - anyone who wants to turn off WildPig (life is much nicer without his blathering) - you can click on the "profile" button - then click on the "Add Foe" - all his postings simply disappear. Helps control my blood pressure.

Thanks for the info on how to remove the wild pig Don

I really should have listened to Mom - but this is too easy. Did you guys from down under note the 'SOUTHERN BORN AND BRED', can you imagine thousands of Wild Pigs running around unchecked. Someone had to go and stomp them down, we called it the Civil War.
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No offense to the many Southern Gentlemen that I've the privilege to know.

I'm watching this. Please stay on topic. I dont want any headaches. If someone is obnoxious, just ignore them.

WILDPIG wrote: WHATS DAT? I'M SOUTHERN BORN AN SOUTHERN BRED,,,, AMERICAN BY BIRTH SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE O GOD....... AH CRORAT BILL-- IF YER SMART ENUFF TO CHECK BACK--- QUITE OBVIVOUS YOU HAVE TAKEN MANY CHEAPAZZ SHOTS AT ME AN IN FACT YOU STARTED YER AGENDA,,,,, GIT ON YER MO-PED AN GO HAND OUT LEAFLETS FOR THE GOVMENT.

OK, Herbert, now I want a serious word with you about characterisation. I've tracked down your treatise on Jean Genet, and while I realise you aspire to his lifestyle, you do have to accept that you cannot simply project a french caricature more suited to Moliere onto a character intended to draw out the true ghastliness of the southern swamps redneck (homo revoltus). To wit :

1. Spelling (a) - the way you've drawn this fellow, he would actually be such an ignoramus as to be unable to distinguish two-letter acronyms (eg HD) from three-letter ones (eg BMW), at least until he got the offeding item home and opned the box. Yes, I realise that's an hilarous theory about why your character would be on this Board in the first place ("to dumb to know different(ly)"), but it is actually too long a stretch for the reader to believe a character this stupid could find his way onto the internet. If you must persist with this spelling, maybe you need to create a back-story to explain these inconsistencies.

2. Spelling (b) - Your implied thesis that there is a kind of inbred phonic language to parallel ebonics is intellectually and polictically risky, especially for a small-boned afro-american homosexual to mount. I fear it will severely limit your audience.

3. Views (a) - the political views you place into your character's mouth may well exist in southern swamps. However, on a believabiltity scale you've got some dissonance. No-one with the least understanding of the modern world could actually mouth these thoughts, regardless of how many generations his antecedents had been in-breeding. Look at it this way: you have a complete moron and genetic cul-de-sac who is nonethless able to (a) select and (b) purchase a motorcycle of taste, technical and design sophistication and which has on-road dynamics that make his espoused favourite marque look like a boat anchor recently retrieved from a long soak in the bayou.

4. Views (b) - As for Spelling (a), you need a back story to convince the reader that a character with views more suited to he neolithic era has found his way (most likely through assistance) into the internet.

5. Hygiene and relationships - Not much evident here. I'd suggest you make him physially clean and possibly happily partnered (either sex would do). This will give an interesting juxaposition between the way your character presents - as filthy and given to taking solace with his namesakes - and the revelation you could later make to unsettle your readership and make them think they shouldn't leap to conclusions.

6. Marque identification - I won't remark too much on your character's obsession with one brand. I do realise that you enjoy racing that brand up SanFran hills on that powder blue 122 scooter of yours, but there is a sort of desperation imposed on your character to have him believe in the superiority of what is essentially a lifestyle brand rather than a serious marque. Yes, I know there is no other you could have given him - even an Indian would imply style inconsistent with the way you've drawn him.

I hope these comments help. Seriously, Herbert, I'd withdraw your character to those fetid swamps from whence he came and go have fun with the Guzzi boards. Now there are some seriously indiosyncratic dudes!

Yes, fellow R12R fanciers, this WILL be my last chat with Herbert

Welcome to the friendliest forum in all of Beemerdom.

Mark

Hey Bill,
What you said. Except for two things.
1. That small print is killing my eyes
2. That dig on the Guzzi crowd was uncalled for, idiosyncratic maybe going a little too far simply eccentric would do. I had a Guzzi and a Beemer sitting side by side for over 20 years and enjoyed them both ( maybe the Goose a little more). Had to sell the Goose to finance the R1200 but I'm looking for another one, I just love the sound. BTW go to a Beemer rally and tell me if idiosyncratic (I did look it up, and I like that word) doesn't fit a bunch of the people you see.

WILDPIG (Herbert) is fun, but I think I'll follow Dons (EBURGER) lead and do the ADD FOE thing. FOE is such a harsh term, but I get in trouble too easy with Herbert.