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I ordered the Odyssey PC680 and installed it this weekend. The old battery was at the right voltage (12.88V), but something was wrong as the ABS lights still flashed in spite of all the diagnostics checking out. With the new battery in everything is working fine. No more ABS faults on startup. Go fi...

.... This may be way off base. I've noticed that if I hold off cranking the engine until just before the ABS lights light I never get a ABS fault on startup. I sit down, time the flashes, and right before the lights are due to turn on I nail the starter. Works like a charm. Hard to say whether this ...

Thanks Sara -

I lurk over at ADV, I'll dig around the site a bit.

Peter

Hello - I am trying to find information on properly gapping/cleaning the ABS sensors on my R1100R. I am having my ABS system lights go into fault mode about 50% of every start and I am trying to track down the culprit. I have tested the battery voltage, btw. The battery is Ok, though I am tempted to...

I checked the plugs and TPS voltage this morning. To get a baseline for doing a TB sync this afternoon. The plugs looked great. The TPS voltage was high, around 404mV. Drift from yesterday, maybe? My multimeter was all over the place on the voltages too. I couldn't tell what was going on. This happe...

The dealer service manager has fresh bite marks. Not too deep, I need him to make things right.... The bike is idling, if it can be called that, at 800rpm. I have to manually goose it to keep it running. Turning on the fast idle makes the bike idle at 2000rpm, but at least it doesn't stall. Lots of ...

I checked the bike out this morning. The plugs were fouled, so I replaced them with nicely gapped Autolite 3923s. I then went to look at the TPS to see what work had been performed. It was disconnected. The connector was hanging all forlorn! WTF, over? I connected the TPS and read the voltage. .870....

These are for a 1996 R, no SS lines on my bike now. I've ordered a set. They should get here in time for Christmas. Woot!

Has anyone else installed SS lines on their R? I have had them on all of my other bikes. The brakes on my R are great, but they lack feel of the SS lines on my Guzzi, etc. I found some at http://www.kneedraggers.com/details/Spiegler_Front_Brake_Line_Kit_Original_ABS_II_BMW_R1100R--12-SPIEG-21.html a...

I understand that nothing should have changed, but since I don't know what the wrench actually changed I have to do the full investigation. Time to pull out the trusty voltmeter and have a look. The bike has 25k miles on it. It runs rather nicely except for a nasty surge/stumble at 3500rpm. Nasty en...

Well, here's the thing. I spent about an hour doing a really good sync about a week before this happened. No buzzing, vibes, or surging. Really great stuff. Now I am getting occasional surging at 3500 and vibrations. So I'm going to redo the sync regardless. I am tempted to check the TPS voltages to...

This is a 1996 R1100R.

It is new to me, and I am in the typical process of finding out what needs fixing/adjusting.

The failure of the TPS was unexpected. I had expected the previous owner's kludge of the Hall sensors to go first.

Peter

Right - I was on my way home from work on Thursday when the low fuel light came on. About 4 miles later the bike gave 4 big surges and then died. I tried to coast to the nearest exit, no joy. It had juice, about a gallon of gas, plenty of compression. That is the limit of my troubleshooting skills a...

I changed the oil and air filter tonight. The oil looked like really expenive Amsoil with 250 miles on it. Sigh. Still, better safe than sorry. I performed a TB sync as well. The previous owner had really cranked up the idle. It was 3.25 turns out on both TBs. 1600 rpm. I have it back to the specifi...

I have a cunning plan to put about 200 miles on her and then change the oil. I need to do the plugs, airfilter, etc. seeing how bad the oil was. I'll bite the bullet and do the full series next week. In all honesty, I bought the bike to get my feet wet again after a few years off. Being down on powe...

Right, When I purchased my nifty used R1100R the owner said, "It needs an oil change, the last one was a while ago". The receipts should that it was about 6k miles ago, and the oil looked pretty bad. I ordered a oil wrench and put about 400 miles on the bike while waiting for it to come in...

I've been using the FAQs from IBMW org.

See http://www.ibmwr.org/r-tech/oilheads/index.shtml for info.

Regards,
Peter

jamais wrote:What's the reliability of the Guzzi?

They're Italian. If you have to ask....

I really liked my 850 T3, but it was murder to keep on the road. I understand that things are much improved since Aprillia took over.

Regards,
Peter

Hello guys and gals -

I just purchased a 1996 R1100R to replace my '79 Motoguzzi 850.

Very nice bike!

Peter