What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[K1300S]

Blitz, good to hear you're enjoying your bike.  Too much snow and ice on the driveway here to get out now, but the weekend is supposed to be better.

That temperature doesn't sound right.  How is your thermostat?  Have you checked your spark plugs lately?   Are they sooty?  How is the gas mileage?  Should be in the mid 40's.  My experience is that they still run at normal operating temperature in cold weather, it just takes a bit longer to get warmed up.

agree.  100 is WAY too low an operating temp. that is not even warmed up.

[BlitzenGruv]

Thanks. I haven't ridden that bike in a while. Perhaps the thermostat is stuck open. Ambient temps were around 50.
I'll see what the mileage is once I fill the tank. I haven't checked that since I refurbed the intakes.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Check the connection to the temperature sensor for the gauge.  A bad connection may give a low reading.

[BlitzenGruv]

I carried the bike to its new home. About the time I chickened out of riding the bike up the ramp into the moving van my landlord showed up and helped.
Once at my new place, with everything else off the truck, I was struggling with turning the beast around inside the truck to ride it off. Curious neighbor dude showed up just in time to help slide the rear end around and spot me as I rode down the ramp.
Gustav is in his new home and I can take the fairing off for repair before riding season.

Only downer is that I popped one mirror off to keep it from bumping the side of the truck during transport. Of course, it fell to the floor. Now I gotta find another discontinued turn signal lens.

[Martin]

BG try Max BMW I believe they now have them back in stock.

Merry Chritmas regards Martin.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Martin's right.  p/n  46 63 1 453 001 left    46 63 1 453 002  right   Only 30 bucks.  Each...

I think there is someone selling aftermarket lenses, and I think their price might be a buck or so less.

While you're in there, you might want to blow some cash on the clips that hold the mirrors onto the fairing.  I replaced some of mine and it made a BIG difference in how hard it is to knock them off.

p/n 46 63 1 455 047 "Clamp"  for the amazing price of only $6.63 each.

And you also want to make lanyards to hold the mirror when it gets a knock.  A couple feet of stainless steel fishing leader and some crimp sleeves.

[K1300S]

BG try Max BMW I believe they now have them back in stock.

Merry Chritmas regards Martin.

yup.  been back in production for a while.

[Supershooter]

Turned the key and nothing...dead battery...must be a slow drain somewhere, I guess I'll get the battery charged and disconnected for the balance of the winter season.

Merry Christmas!

Supetshooter

[Martin]

Probably worth getting a smart charger.
Regards Martin.

[Supershooter]

I had one and it ruined every battery I used it one. So I'm hesitatant to get another.

Supershooter

[Martin]

There are some pretty good smart chargers around. One of the stateside members should be able to steer you in the right direction.
Regards Martin.

[johnny]

greetings...

this is the one...

http://products.batterytender.com/Dion/Battery-Tender-Junior-12V-0-75A.html


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when mine steeds makes it into the barn i plugs them in while fully charged... they stay that way till i saddle them up for the next fieldmeet... 100% reliable over time...

j o

[Laitch]

I had one and it ruined every battery I used it one. So I'm hesitatant to get another.

What is meant by ruined—the battery wouldn't hold a charge, the battery's case cracked? What type of batteries were ruined—regular lead acid, AGM, GEL, lithium iron, lithium ion? In what range of air temperature was it charged?

The essential element in battery storage is that a battery within its functional service lifespan be fully charged when it goes into prolonged storage (like off-season storage)—in frigid or hot weather—regardless of whether it is to be stored simply with the battery ground cable disconnected from the transmission, or stored with its battery connected to a high-quality trickle charger. Using either technique, the battery should start the engine when the moto is eventually taken out of storage.

A slow charger, fast charger or trickle charger is unlikely to restore a chronically discharged motorcycle battery.

[natalena]

http://products.batterytender.com/Dion/Battery-Tender-Junior-12V-0-75A.html


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And, a bonus is the attachment dongles (sold separately for about 10 bucks) that have USB or fag holes to plug in accessories.

[Supershooter]

That's the one I had. I outfitted all my motos with the plugs to make them easily accessible for a quick plug in and un plug so, I could charge them off and on through out the winter while stored in the climate controlled shop. 45-50 degrees F. All of the batteries were lead acid batteries and mostly maintenance free models. It took out batteries on two HD's, 2 Hondas's, and a BMW. All batteries at different stages of their lives but all were not functional after the tender was attached for an extended amount of time. Nothing cracked or broke physically but they wouldn't hold a charge. An extended amount of time was a two week minimum length of time.

Supershooter

[Laitch]

All of the batteries were lead acid batteries and mostly maintenance free models. It took out batteries on two HD's, 2 Hondas's, and a BMW.

What is the product number on the charger case? Did you contact the manufacturer?

[rbm]

What were the Amp-hour (Ah) ratings on the batteries that were killed by your charger?  This charger is speced to operate only on 4Ah - 44Ah batteries.

I use this charger: 

[beemuker]

In my opinion, The best oil you can use is  oil you can get at a reasonable price. Our bricks engines are  basically car engines and I don't think they care one bit whether the oil came from dinosaurs or a lab. Wet clutches are pickier. I can be wrong.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Having suffered through many of these discussions I am forced to agree with Beemuker that as long as you change it at the proper intervals any oil that meets API specs will work.

[alabrew]

Just my humble opinion, after 28 years and 200k miles owning 6 motobricks, is that the seals seem to hold up better with dino oil.

[natalena]

Bricks are German, but they ain't a Porsche. Used AGIP Syn-2000 (all black bottle) in all the vehicles while living abroad, no issues or noted metallic wear from magnet plugs. Cost about 18euro for the big jug (5ltr) at the discount store. The brick will probably not know the diff from Mobil1 or Ollie's Eco-oil. Cheers! Now, back to making Scotch Eggs.

[Chaos]

In my opinion, The best oil you can use is  oil you can get at a reasonable price. Our bricks engines are  basically car engines and I don't think they care one bit whether the oil came from dinosaurs or a lab.

Ditto.  The only oil related failure I've seen with a brick is lack of it or in the case of a sticking sprag clutch, not being changed regularly.  I regularly use cheapest name brand 10-40 I can find and mix and match leftover oil from my other vehicles.  After 200k plus miles debating the pros and cons of oil is pretty much a theoretical dead end, imho.

[natalena]

Thank you. So I’ll go with the cheaper oil for my pocket. Oh, and you ever use duck eggs for scotch eggs? Very nice. Much richer. My mother makes them for me. More of a meal, as bigger.

Great idea! I'll try it with duckies. Making them again with venison and chicken eggs ... difficult to get the yolks perfectly runny. Cheers

[The Mighty Gryphon]

After cleaning up all the debris  in the yard following the New Year's Eve windstorm I went in the garage and fired up the bikes and let them warm up with the transmission in first gear until the fans auto cycled. 

Everybody eagerly leapt to life and idled smoothly making a garage full of that beautiful brick music.  Only issue is the gear position indicator switch doesn't work until the transmission warms up a little on Ilsa.  Looks like I have to go in there again.  I guess as long as I'm in there I'll clean the starter commutator and check the alternator monkey nutz since it's been clanking a bit of late.

[Laitch]

I looked st mine and scratched my head, again...

This might be a scalp issue rather than a mechanical one.  :giggles