What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[The Dude]

Tongue biting can be a result of seizures. Been taking your meds?

Meds not working.Might have to bite a bullet and take a deep breath.
Just about to swap battery from Guzz to Beemer and go for a blast....then do the splines,ho hum.
Bought this from BMW.That's what their mechanics are using.Its white but no actual mention of molibdium disulphide....

[The Dude]

It's a fortunate, cryptic old fart who finds somebody's tongue to bite. Especially somebody who is devout.

I know,I've been lucky,that's what keeps me hopeful...And...curiously,I am wedd to a devout woman but who insists it's my tongue I must bite and in my case that is good advice.Especially if she's within earshot.
However,my devout less ness remains as if solid as a rock and kept safely under one,mostly.

[beemerphile]

Just wired as running lights at the moment though the final plan is to have them also flash with the turn signals.

Here is a wiring trick to consider when wiring up LED marker lights that works so long as you still have incandescent turn signal bulbs.  Wire the LED marker lights to TWO positive feeds:  The positive connects to a 12v(+) line that is powered any time you are running.  The negative connects to the positive of the turn signal.
In normal operation, the LED is lit because it grounds through the filament of the (not lit) turn signal bulb.  The turn signal is not lit because the current through the LED is insufficient to light the incandescent.  When the turn signal is activated, the LED goes out because it has 12V(+) at both terminals.   

The net effect is a marker light that alternates (wig wags) with the turn signal.

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I didn't do anything with my new K1100RS because I don't pick it up until next week.  I did, however, score a new Remus full exhaust to replace the overweight crusty crack-o-matic that BMW chose to hang on it.

[ICBMW]

I love you Techron!

[herseyb]

... ordered some guard dog moly grease in preparation for the first ever spline lube on my 22,222 mile 16 year old bike ...   looks like i'll be putting the labor in labor day.

[bizzaro]

I thought guard dog was out of business?

[Laitch]

I thought guard dog was out of business?

Going but not gone yet. Here's their notice.

[bizzaro]

Finally got around to calibrating my speedo! Thank You Frankenduck. Mine was pretty bad.  I realized this when traveling through those automated roadside radar speed checkers.  It was almost 15% fast.  I had to fix it!  I thought I had it nailed, but it is still a tad fast at lower speeds.  Within a couple of mph.  Not bad. And at 100 mph it is perfect!  I had a Garmin Nuvi and a hand held Garmin etrax both running for my test run. I got my speedo needle to just touch 100mph.  When I stopped and and checked, sure enough bot garmins posted top speed of 100mph. :clap:

This is the best freaken forum on the internet! I am doing things I could not even fathom without this site! :riding: I want to thank all of you that make it what it is.  Generously sharing knowledge and experience. Giving guidence, and advice! And a dose of humor thrown in for good measure! There is so much information here.

[TrueAce]

It ain't safe to go 100mph while holding a GPS in each hand........You gotta go before the K-Safety Committee.
But tell me again how you adjusted the speedometer to read 100mph?

[Laitch]

But tell me again how you adjusted the speedometer to read 100mph?

He used the throttle, Ace.

[bizzaro]

What Laitch said!   Err, is this what your looking for? http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,599.0.html

[TrueAce]

Oh, I can do that part, I just can't do it going a 100mph holding a GPS in my hand. Maybe if I rigged a foot throttle.........

[Chaos]

This is the best freaken forum on the internet!

Almost.  Needs more nakkid wemon!

[Laitch]

Oh, I can do that part, I just can't do it going a 100mph holding a GPS in my hand. Maybe if I rigged a foot throttle.........

Put the GPS in a harmonica holder and use a stylus attached to your nose, Ace.

[Nine80seven]

Riding ''85RS this summer, sorting out miss/hiccup that has been around since '14.  So, leave off stuff to fiddle.  Attached screen to keep grasshoppers, sand and deer, from getting stuck in rad.

[Nine80seven]

Wrong picture, try again.

[Nine80seven]

Right side.

[Laitch]

Riding ''85RS this summer, sorting out miss/hiccup that has been around since '14.  So, leave off stuff to fiddle.  Attached screen to keep grasshoppers, sand and deer, from getting stuck in rad.

That screen might be a little too fine, creating turbulence that restricts airflow through the radiator and into the intake. Keep alert for rising temperature and more performance problems. I vacuum the air box and shake out the filter a couple of times during the season. Hose off the radiator, too. I've got a naked bike so it's not much of a hassle.

[TrueAce]

Thinking the same thing, Laitch. Fine mesh can disrupt airflow significantly, even without being coated with bug debris. A pile of bugs on a normal radiator can definitely raise temps. Think of the screen as a finely woven air filter, less air getting through.

[herseyb]

Right side.

OOOOOoooOOOOOO...    shiny!!!  :clap: :2thumbup:

[Laitch]

OOOOOoooOOOOOO...    shiny!!!  :clap: :2thumbup:

I was so busy being critical, I missed that.  :2thumbup:

[Nine80seven]

You have a point there.  It's a standard course weave.  When I cleaned the rad this spring, off the bike, first a hose then air, couldn't believe the amount of grit, sand stuf, just the right size to jam between the rad fins.  The bike has 83K and had all body panels and standard grill in place.  Going for an '89 cylinder head transplant with a valve job and new seals.  That's only thing I haven't tried to eliminate the cranky barely noticeable knock.......knick..knock..........knock..knick......  It's driving me crazy and I think I got a burned valve that let unburned gas into exhaust manifold.  Installed a complete switched out injection\ignition from '87RS.  New HES.  All new rubber.  Still tick....tonk......knock.......nick.....  When cold runs like champ.  Hot, starts with the miss, tick, tock.  Moving or at rest, raise throttle, etc. timing not the problem.  So, off comes the head, on with an '89LT head with great clearances and the better valve seats, and the early cams if in spec.

Also will remove screen when standard nacelle is reattached.

[F14CRAZY]

This weekend I finally tried rotating my bars. My hands would get tingly after an hour or so and my wife and I were on a 4+ hour ride. I marked their starting position and rotated them forward just a couple degrees and now the tingling is gone. It's crazy how a couple degrees makes that much difference.

[beemerphile]

Riding ''85RS this summer, sorting out miss/hiccup that has been around since '14.

I'd be interested in hearing if you find a solution.   Mine does a similar trick.

[Nine80seven]

Mine runs strong, pulls like a freight train, idles perfect, for me being use to a slightly hotted old R90S, this K is a power stroker.  It had some strange things entered on old service records that have been rectified.  Valves were way out of spec, way too tight.  All dealer maintenance previous to me.  So, like any new used bike, have slowly gone through every bit.  After all, it's a machine, it was put together, can be taken apart and fixed. 

Last winter tore into it, put '87 front on with the nice integral brace.  Swapped out TBs, ECU, FICU, new HES, always following the niggling problem of that tick tick tick once it got warmed up.  Cold at start up, smooth as glass right through rpms.

All warmed up, feel it in the bars, just a little knock, hard to describe.  In neutral after a ride, twist the throttle up, 2-3-4-5k, and it almost seems like an ignition problem?  So, I think a lot about it.  New plugs, new wires, plugs always way nice color.  Gonna check the coils again tonight after dark, just for fun.  It's like a hobby, a mystery.  Ran very, I mean carbon black pipe rich.  Did lean drop routine and backed off the mixture.  Didn't stop the tick.

So now I'm thinking maybe just maybe there's a leaking valve or two since they were so tight.  Just glad I got something I like to do. 

Forgot to mention, compression is 161,153,156,156.