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

Sorry for the late notice but this seat has been claimed and I'm heading to the PO to ship, now.

It has been quite a while since I have been here and I couldn't find the New button in the classifieds... Anyway, this seat has been sitting in a box for 10 years. The first owner of the bike replaced it immediately with a Corbin and I got it when I bought the bike. If I can't get someone to meet me...

I learned something today!

I had heard Trumpet and Beezer before, but didn't have a clue what they were.

My God! 80% of this board dosn't have Whitworth's?? We used to have one, but I think J.C. Penney bought them out. What do you use to work on your Rudge's and Royal Enfileds!? Isn't this supposed to be a family-friendly board? I'd really rather not hear about your "Rudge" and your Royal-bl...

boxermania wrote:So that makes both 5th and 6th gears overdrives. Does anybody know what is the ration of the "optional" 6th gear?

Based on this, it looks like 0.70:1...
http://bmwducati.com/bikes/bike.aspx?m=1&bid=1037

I believe that 31/11 is merely the ratio for the rear (31 teeth and 11 teeth), resulting in a 2.82:1 ratio for the rear drive. The difference is in the 6th gear, which would be inside the transmission. http://TheMXTrack.com/BMW_Gears.jpg As far as I can tell, the std 6th gear is 0.8:1 and the overdr...

Even with the taller gear, mine still feels like it needs another gear. I definitely would recommend the overdrive gear.

My name is Mike Nyland. I just turned 40, live in Columbia, SC and work in Augusta, GA. The 94 mile each way commute is very boring (straight, almost level interstate), but the R makes it better. I had a couple of street bikes 20 years ago... 7? Yamaha 360 and 83 Kawasaki CSR750 (slowest 750 ever ma...

GJBushman wrote:My name is Jamie. I am 48 and work as a systems librarian at the University of Maryland.

I used to live in Annapolis and commute to College Park where I worked at the Administrative Computer Center as an operator in the early-to-mid 80s.