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Yeah but, yeahbut; what exactly is is it ?

I second that emotion - lube the gearbox input shaft with the original Staburags grease, having meticulously cleaned with a dental pick from every valley in the spline any trace of old gunge; fit a modified clutch plate to make the plate's hub cover the whole length of the input shaft splines, see E...

P Jenson and Esmir are both correct - their arguments about sliding movement of components and standing start take-off requirements, all point clearly to the fact that Berlin has finally acknowledged the inadequacy of the entire dry-clutch concept on a high-powered high-geared bike by silently chang...

Ironic isn't it that despite never acknowledging for a moment the undeniable proof of the existence of a serious design flaw in the hydraulic clutch actuation mechanism on a 6-speed R- or K- bike with a dry clutch, BMW has quietly revised the entire design of the Boxer engine for the new range of bi...

This is the shortened Chris Harris video that you'll need to watch carefully before proceeding - I've revised the original 2-and-a-half-hour version in order to tighten it all up and lose some of Chris's intruiging swearing:- http://youtu.be/HymmP34ipOA And yes, you simply cannot split the bike in h...

Main BMW Motorrad parts distributor in the UK - Motorworks - tell me that the OEM QD that regularly snapped whilst being separated for tank removal, etc., was the male one, i.e. the one that hasn't got the silver thumb-press key. Eventually BMW reluctantly - aren't they ALWAYS - replaced the male pl...

Excellent detailed post by Rob - but maybe the SpeedBleeder fitment method of maintaining the clutch fluid shouldn't be so quickly dismissed. I always follow Chris Harris's suggested method of lightly dabbing at the end of the clutch lever for several minutes, carefully watching for and guarding aga...

I may have expanded / re-edited the Chris Harris video re the slave cylinder; here's the correct link for that the factory-bleeder-fitment removal sequence :- http://youtu.be/IrKr1IiOLvk and the slave cylinder replacement sequence:- http://youtu.be/xXyx4Dwx7Mw Two essential jobs to go along with the...

No trouble with my Y-pipe plus stock silencer / muffler setup. Saves about 15Kg in weight, too ! Don't forget to reset the ECU after mounting the Y-pipe, details elsewhere on this forum: basically lift the fusebox lid, pull fuse #5 and wait for about half-a-min before re-inserting. Flap the throttle...

Very interesting comments from RiceBurner and Sweatmark. A BMW Stealer pal of mine, Ken Waters former owner of BMW Motorrad in Scotland, said he found that altho' the Rockster was "hard to shift", meaning sell, he found that each biker showed a very high satisfaction level with the Rockste...

The secret is to REMOVE the black-painted fitment at the very end of the clutch bleed hose that's zip-tied to the frame beside the helmet lock beneath the right-side edge of the seat. It's a for-factory-use-only item ( a "Werkstück" ) and it should be discarded, whatever BMW advise to the ...

...and keep an ear out for clutch spline problems. At 20K miles, split the bike in half and follow a multitude of forum tips on what to do to keep that infamous dry clutch in good shape. Meanwhile, enjoy. Remember, the Rockster was the precursor of BMW's latest flagship roadster, the NineT. But buil...

I just noticed that the current R-series bikes all have wet clutches located in a completely different layout to the design of BMW Motorrad's dry clutches which the firm persisted with for around fifty years with no noticeable improvements. Now there's a thing. So they'll never acknowledge any probl...

The clutch hub spacer sourced in the USA by Esmir is actually 6mm thick, not 5mm, and results when fitted to the clutch friction plate hub, in its splines covering the full length of the gearbox input shaft splines at this crucial point in the bike's transmission, when all the oomph of an 80 or 90 h...

Hi again Esmir, Here's where I found more details of your installation of K&N Uni's on your Rockster - the R1150 forum, not ADVrider or UKGser. A couple of questions, if I may :- I wonder what a 'breather filter / oil separator' is that you fitted to the end of the crankcase breather hose that's...

Some 6-speed splines have been known to strip at as low as 6K miles - see Chris Harris U-Toob videos. Thankfully there is now a solution - Esmir, Florida-based Rockster owner and experienced wrencher known on other boards as 'celeb1000', is now sourcing more of his Clutch Friction Plate Hub Spacer K...

i'm betting gunked up slave cylinder. if clutch is already slipping, you will need a clutch job. if not, slave cylinder is pretty simple. The other issue could be the dreaded 'Premature Input Shaft Spline Failure'. See many threads on other Beemer bike forums regarding this major design fault on ev...

Thanks Brian for responding so swiftly to my initial post. Perhaps Doug or another of the moderators of this forum would kindly point us the way as to how to add photos to posts. Even my modest e-mail application has an offer whenever I add a picture to a message - on the lines of "The picture ...

I'm another newcomer based in Spain but holidaying this summer in Saddleworth, Gtr. Manchester, in my 'other' home and enjoying the unseasonably sunny and warm weather here. A month ago I bought a 2004 non-ABS Rockster from a Welshman - sight-unseen from an eBay page in Spain apart from the guy's ex...