I've been having some problems with my r1100r recently. It's a 1994 model with 77000 km on it. bought it almost 3 years ago. it was all fine, till i decided to fix it up a bit
. A year ago or so i decided maybe it will be nice to clean the engine with the help of the cleaning tablets, fuell additives. do not remember the brand now, not so important. they dissolve all the accumulated dirt etc, and are supposed to add octans to the fuel. all in all , not a good idea to use them, at least in my case. what they did was dissolving all the dirt, that kept the bike together:) ok, maybe not entirely true, but the bike started consuming oil, which it had not before, many of the rubber tubes started leaking, and so on, so one can imagine the general effect. since i was used to not having to check the oil level (bad me!) , it happened that it run out of the oil a bit. the oil lamp didn't go on, but i could feel the engine working with more effort = more friction. took me a few hundred km to realize what waas going on. ssoooooooo stupid ! so, being at the time in a middle of a trip on sunday, i bought some oil as close to the one i should, so 10W40 or so, but not lightlauf (german word, meaning light operation or so, do not know how it's called in english). anyways, had it replaced with proper one at a inspection 2 weeks latert or so. had to add at this point, that since i got the bike, i always had the bmw place do the yearly inspection etc. they did one soon after i first used the addtitives, so i figure they adjusted whatever needed adjustement, like valve clearance and injection etc. anyways, since the oil incident i've noticed increased vibration of the engine, and what seems to be a steady decrease of performance. the bike won't accelerate as smoothly as before, and the vibrations just do not encourage me to rev it up beynd 5000 rpm. what used to be a smooth ride now seems a lot of effort for the bike, especially in the high revs, it just doesn't seem to enjoy it anymore. plus, whenever i let go of the gas i hear a clapping sound for a couple of secs, like the valves or so. so i'm worried i screwed it up for good and the bike would need a general engine overhaul to get back to where it was. i'm so upset with it i'm even considering selling the machine, although i really like it. or liked it when the ride was smoother, now it only reminds me by contrast how nice it used to be. hence my question/cry for help: what do you guys think? can there be a simpler solution to it? what can be the reason? does it sound like anything ffamiliar to you? i havent talked with the bmw people yet, since being short on sach i changed the oils myself and thought of skipping the yearly inspection this year. i know that in the light of what i just wrote it could be a good idea to give it to the bmw guys and have them check it out, and maybe that is what i will do , i just thought there are a lot of experienced people here that could give me a hint on what it might be. i greatly appreciate any info, thankscheers
babulin
balance tires and wheels, inspect, clean, and replace brake shoes, calipers if necessary; check for true rotors