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- Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:55 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Rear Wheel Lock-up
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9300
Linked brakes?? Not sure of your question... Sorry - if the bike has linked brakes you can eat the rears a lot quicker than you'd think. I actually favour the OEM pads - they're thicker than most aftermarket parts - up to twice as thick as some. My problem with BMW OEM pads is that they eat brake r...
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:49 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Final Drive Leakage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8581
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:27 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Final Drive Leakage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8581
I've had both leakages.... first my gearbox via the driveshaft (during my hollydays in the UK), now 2 times in 1 week at the final drive: rear-disc was grease> seal replaced, 3 days later: rear-disc grease and oil-drops en trails on the tire... :evil: :evil: :evil: they (the dealer) mounted a seal ...
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:24 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: handguards
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3631
The R1150GS handguards will fit. I had to shape the left one a bit with a dremel to allow room for the cables, but once that was done it just took some patience to get them bolted on properly. I love the guards. Rode through a heavy hailstorm this summer with no pelting on my hands. They look good,...
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:21 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Custom Roc on e-bay
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2675
Anyone know if the PIAA mounts are custom or available on the market anywhere?? when I get another pair to augment the poor full-beam on the Rockster I'll be wanting to mount them in a similar position. (well, at that sort of height anyway, last time I drilled the headlamp mounting arm but would rat...
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:35 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Rear Wheel Lock-up
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9300
I try and use my rear brakes often, to increase the lifespan of the front. I agree with that too but the front seems to last way longer than the rear on my Roadster for some reason. I have 18K on mine and the front seems to be almost new while the rears are about 1/3 left. This is a common problem ...
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:21 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Rear Wheel Lock-up
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9300
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:17 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Final Drive Leakage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8581
I've had both leakages.... first my gearbox via the driveshaft (during my hollydays in the UK), now 2 times in 1 week at the final drive: rear-disc was grease> seal replaced, 3 days later: rear-disc grease and oil-drops en trails on the tire... :evil: :evil: :evil: 3 leakages in 4 weeks: this is wh...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:11 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Where are you from?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 18062
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:09 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Rear Wheel Lock-up
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9300
Used it only yesterday to inform an errant pedestrian that she was straying from the path of safety and security. ;) There's something about the sound of a skidding tyre that seems to get into peds' brains. ;) Have also used it to slide the bike into a parking line up ...... doing it in front of my ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:06 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Fun with my Z6's
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7161
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:23 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: deer vs bike - bike wins!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7133
Hit a youngish Roe deer doe a year or two back on a loaner R1150R. It was dark, coming down a fast, open single carriageway A-road and this deer just suddenly appeared in the headlight coming out of the verge on the other side of the road. I think I killed it outright by smacking the right cylinder ...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:05 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: clutch bleeding adapter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1719
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:04 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: cylinder head protection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6199
- Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:08 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Mixing Tyres?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3810
Re: Mixing Tyres?
I don't suppose a bike with the weight and torque of the Rockster is going to go easy on sports rubber (Pilot Sports) - but 1,000 miles tyre life! Of course I don't want another one of those and as the front is good my question is...can I mix a sport touring rear with the sports front to get the lo...
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:10 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: System Cases or City Lids?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5143
Try filtering in London with any panniers at all. ;) makes me laff every time I see a GS with all the panniers still on!! It's easy to say that the City lids (still fully lockable and waterproof for those that seem to think they're not) will help - and they will a bit, but the panniers will still st...
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:56 am
- Forum: R1150R (2001-2005)
- Topic: Jesse case fell off on Golden Gate Bridge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2546
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:52 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Lowering the Rockster
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2802
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:51 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Old Newbie Introduction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1653
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:56 am
- Forum: R1150R Rockster
- Topic: Lowering the Rockster
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2802