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

Hi, It's been a while since I posted here. To much to do, to little time... Still enjoying my '04 LimeRockster. A bit. I have a son now. A year and a half he is. Milage went down from 10,000 to 500 miles a year... :D But this is not the reason for my post. Yesterday evening we (the Dutch) lost from ...

The rear fender of a r1200r is about the same size as a chopped r1150r rear fender...

Maybe the r1200r isn't designed for riding in the rain?

PA Rider wrote:I went ahead and ordered a replacement mud flap from a local BMW dealer.

Why?

Flashdog wrote:... Because the speedometer is off then my odometer is off so I have accrued more miles. So I guess my bike has more like 25K miles. ...

Nope.

My speedo is about 5-10% optimistic, but my odo is 4% pessimistic.
Both compared to a Garmin GPS.

bikermeow wrote:of the things i love about the Roadie is the "timeless" design.

The bike in the pictures is a customized Rockster, not a Roadster.

combustor777 wrote:The beak is in fact functional because it directs cooling air into the oil coolers mounted on the side of the tank. Without it the oil cooler(s) would have to be bigger.

The Rockster doesn't come with a beak, but has the same oil coolers.
I must have a problem...

I weighed the cat and muffler a few months back. Muffler = 5.6kgs (12.3lbs) Cat (with stuffings) = 6.9kgs (15.2lbs) Does anyone know the weight of the Y-piece and the average weight of an aftermarket muffler? It would be nice to compare the following options: - stock (cat and oem muffler) ==> 6.9 +...

Look here: http://www.worksperformance.com/pdf/app_guide/street.pdf It's a good place to compare. My guess was wrong. :( Not only a different size, but also a complete different setup: I visually compared the two here: www.realoem.com So it seems BMW used a unique size shock and spring for the rear...

And another example of a diy rear fender chop job: http://www.r1150r.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4782&p=44951

My local Ohlins guy looked up the specs for Roadster versus Rockster rear shock. Why does everybody compare Roadster and Rockster shocks? When I'm not mistaken BMW borrowed the front and back suspension from the R1100S (the only two unique Rockster thingies are the steering bar and the lighthousing...

Hey Javama, are you talking about the speedo or the odo? I ride an '04
Rockster and my wife an '04 R1150R. Our speedo's are a match, but I always
have 4% less KM's on the odo...

PS a bike produced in 2003 is refered to by those american guys 'n girls as
an '04 model...

I am losing my (ABS) religion. Don't. It's not the ABS that sucks, but all that crap BMW added to it. ABS itself is in most circumstances a life saver on panic emergency breaking. My previous bike was a R1100RT with ABS and I liked it. It did exactly what it should. I needed it just once on a wet b...

Very nice seat Gypsy! Now de color of the luggage-rack makes sense...

Four years without that can now and never experienced any problem. Dealer is ok with it too.

Here's a nice thread about removing both weels at the same time (with a pic):

http://r1150r.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=7659

BTW I tie the center stand to the telelever.

This may be a stupid question, but if I understand this correctly there should be a 50mm difference in the two levels of fluid... which one has to be 50mm higher than the other? The left (cilinder) one or the right? I want to be able to sync my TB myself and I like the homemademanometerthingie, but ...

Centerstand strapped to the telelever. Front and rear strapped to the ceiling. Simple and stable. It looks a bit wierd though. :wink: http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3332/zonderbandjeseb0.jpg (Yes, 4 photos 'glued' together. Not enough room in my garage to get the whole setup in 1 picture...)

sjbmw wrote:Smashing DJ! Absolutely Smashing!

Great pics!

My '04 Rock came OEM with Dunlop D207RR front and rear. Very, VERY, scary tires! Huge grip - no grip - huge grip - etc :shock: Had Bridgestone BT012 an BT010 after the Dunlops. Liked them a lot, but not much milage before the flat spot syndrome... (6/7000mls) Now on Bridgestone BT020 to get more mil...

This fairing which is photoshopped on the R1200R is the fairing of the new K1200R Sport:

http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/com/en/bike ... _main.html