Mounting a Kisan Pathblazer Headlight Modulator on a K75 By Rick Korchak June 2000 Mounting a headlight modulator is an easy procedure that will help…
Diagnosing K-Bike Fuel Economy Problems By Don Eilenberger June 2000 I have a 1985 K100RT with 110K on it. The bike runs OK but the…
Bypass the K1100 Sidestand Cutout Switch By Bruce G. Keahey June 2000 As one who has in the past repaired far too many butchered wiring…
Final drive pictures By REDLOH April 2000 I am wondering if there is some way these pictures can be posted, just as a reminder to check…
KRS/LT Mirror Glass Removal By: Bruce Keahey with some additions by Tom Coradeschi January 2000 Yesterday, I asked what the trick was for disassembling K1100…
Integral Bag Repair By Jonathan Jefferies March 1995 Mike Clark asked about Repairing BMW Side cases: Can any president out there offer a suggestion for…
The $1.98 Hardware Store Special GPS Mount for a Garmin III Plus by Sam Lepore During a discussion on the list about alternatives for mounting a…
K-Bike Ignition Timing By Greg Amy January 2000 I have an alternate method to timing K100s, alternate to the known methods posted on the IBMWR…
Adjust Valves on a 16V K Engine By Mark Holland January 2000 Firstly only one special tool is required & this can easily be made…
K Engine Output Shaft Noise Diagnosis & Repair Procedure By John A. Brown January 2000 Indications: A buzzing created at higher engine RPM (2000+ RPM)…
From: Ed Benson <FastEddieB@aol.com> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:06:37 EST As a less expensive alternative to a “Wrist Wrest” or Throttlemeister, consider this: A…
TIRE STUFF – here’s how works a tire From: Mike Padway <MMxyzp@aol.com> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:57:11 EDT I am thumbing though a DOT…
Rear Braking – sliding, and falling From: Janek Rebalski <janek@motorave.net> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:40:25 -0700 Whether to use front brake only or both:…
Staintune Exhaust Installation Guide on BMW K1200RS By: Bill Wright October 1999 Background First off, I consider myself a competent shadetree mechanic. I do most…
Is This The Right Oil For My Bike? By Jeffrey P. DiCarlo September, 1999 Introduction This report seeks to answer questions concerning use of the…
Early K Fork Noise Fix By: Michael Pabst August 1999 Here come the parts needed: 31 42 1 452 011 O-ring 4x 232 057 spring…
by: Doug Grosjean Pemberville, Ohio Day 1 – Cedar Rapids, IA Day 18 – Prince George, BC Day 2 – Western SD Day 19 –…
by Sam Lepore> Part 1, Barstow, California The road calls to many of us. For some, the call is a soft suggestion, a sweet whisper…
Fairing Repair By Richard Pass From: Richard Pass <richard.pass@anu.edu.au> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:50:18 +1000 How I repaired a broken K100RT fairing. Following a…
22L Top Case Installation By: John Brown May 1999 (works for Givi too, just substitute the Givi mount in place of the BMW mount) Lift…
Front End Wobble Diagnosis By: Don Eilenberger May 1999 I wonder if any of you have solved my problem before. My beemer (with an RS…
Showa Fork Rebuild By: Clarence Dold May 1999 At 68,000 miles, it was time to reseal the Show front forks on my 93 K75S. I…
Repairing Your Electric Vest By Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:14:48 All of us have problems now and then … Even me. I…
Bleeding Air Out Of Master Cyclinders By Roger Albert From: Roger Albert <ralbert@austin.rr.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 99 15:17:36 CST … issues with air in…
How To Fill and Charge a New Battery By Robert Fleischer Editor’s Note: This item was originally sent to the Airheads mailing list. It is…
Heated Grip Install Added Notes By: Ted Verrill Well, not only did I do the heated grip install on my K75S, I just did it…
PIAA 910 Installation By: Gary Harris March 1999 Over the weekend I installed a set of PIAA 910’s (110W) on my K11RS. I thought I’d…
Transmission Gear Position Switch Troubleshooting By: Brian Curry March 1999 A number of people have reported their transmission gear position indicator (TGPI) getting goofy after…
FI Fuel Pressure Tester By: Clarence Dold Don mentions “special tools”. The special tool that I used was an engine compression gauge. Mine was the…
Adding a Fan Indicator Light By: Clarence Dold March 1999 There is a yellow light on the tach face, alongside the red overtemp light, which…
Activating the Choke Warning Light on Late K’s By: Jeremy Bell March 1999 My 87 K75 had a Yellow choke (technically a Fast Idle)…
Electrical Box Contents By: Paul Glaves March 1999 I have sorted out the components in my K75 electric box. They do not match the chart…
How To Check a K Battery WITHOUT Disconnecting The FI Computer by Sam Lepore March 1999 Credit Due: The information for this article came from…
Adding a Wider Rim to an Early K100RS By: Mac Kirkpatrick March 1999 Try Kosman Racing in CA, 415/861-4262 for a widened rear rim. It…
The Great Dyno Test – in which certain parameters are changed on a 1985 K100RT Motivation: The motivations for this series…
A long and winding road … Autocom + Radios From: David Brick <dbrick@armory.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:07:22 -0800 (PST) Summary: This was a…
Spline lube for R100GS Dan Dunphy dunphy@spt.com Becasue of a transmission failure I dissassembled my GS at about 45K miles. Here’s what I learned. Having…
The Case of the Sticking Fast Idle Cable or How to Replace Throttle Cables and Service the Cable Junction Block on a Late Model Oilhead…
R11 and K bike Transmission Gear Position Switch Checking by Brian Curry – bmwbrian@voicenet.com A number of people have reported their transmission gear position indicator…
Timing a ’79 R65 by Don Eilenberger – deilenberger@mail.monmouth.com 1. Disconnect battery ground (I’d recommend taking it off at the battery – since the bolt…
Front Fluid Quantity and Suspension Response by Brian Curry and Tom Bowman Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:33:15 My latest K75RT, a 92, had Showa forks.…
This is a combined post on installing heated grips, including stuff from Ted Verrill <ted@verrill.com>, Cissie Myrick <smyrick@web-access.net>, and me, Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com>, so they…
Modify, Don’t Replace Your Centerstand! By Don Hamblin November 1998 Minding my own business, I rocked my ’85 K100RT up on it’s centerstand. And then…
Basic K1200RS Shock Tuning By James Pellenbarg November 1998 I am ashamed to admit it, but it was 10 months before I started to fool…
Non OEM Spark Plug Options by Rob Lentini The BMW Internet lists have been ablaze lately over spark plugs! Why has a simple item…
From: Al Olme <BMWLibrary@aol.com> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:23:03 -0700 To: BMW Airhead Boxer mailing list <airheads@micapeak.com> I thought about publishing this a while…
by Jon Diaz Has it really been a year since I wrote a trip report?We just got back from a week on the road. As…
Tires, Plugging, Patching, Means & Inflating Contents: Tire Repair, by Brian Curry Additional Comments After 7 Years of Working With Tyres, by Graham Smith More comments…
ABS I Sensor Removal By Brian Curry September 1998 How do you get the ABS sensors off?… Well, I did it (at least on the…
ABS I Diagnostic Methods By Brian Curry September 1998 Generally when the ABS lights start flashing, people start seeing dollar signs since there seems to…
Staying Cool on a K-bike By Don Eilenberger September 1998 OK.. you will NEVER be “cool” on a K-RT or K-LT except in the middle…
Integral Bag Leak Repair By Ross Brown September 1998 Since new my integral cases leaked. The lid pressing on the seals in time caused them…
Repairing Integral Bag Latches by Steven Huber <shuber@terracom.net> The subject of re-attaching Integral bag latches occasionally comes up on the list. Repairing the latches is a…
Jump Starting or Charging Oilheads with the Battery in Place by Brian Curry – bmwbrian@voicenet.com Jump starting an R11 with the battery in place appears…
by Robert Trevellyan Introduction I was delighted to receive a personal invitation from Christian Lehnen to a private rally in Argenschwang, Germany. The rally was…
“The Electricity’s Gotta’ Be In There Somewhere!” By Don Hamblin August 1998 That faithful old “K” of yours won’t start when it’s hot, the battery…
K-Bike Electric Windshield Tech By: Anton Largiader August 1998 My notes on installing the electric windshield for the K-RT/LT. Although good instructions are provided, here…
K1200RS Exhaust Heat Shield Replacement By Charlie Goodspeed August 1998 I recently replaced the aluminum cover part of the exhaust on my K1200RS. I had…
Air Filter FAQ and Information From: Richard Bernecker <rbernie@erols.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:04:38 -0400 Subject: FWD: Air Filters – A LONG ONE In…
by Tom Bowman Follow Tom Bowman and Ian Schmeisser as they work their way from Georgia to Alaska, to the BMW MOA Rally in Montana,…
R11 Bag Lock Modification Removing the key while unlocked by Joe SennerThis article will (hopefully) explain how to modify the locks on your R11…
by Don Eilenberger Folks, while I was on vacation recently (with F/C as a second vehicle) – I noticed that I had a tiny leak…
by Ian Schmeisser Follow Tom Bowman and Ian Schmeisser as they work their way from Georgia to Alaska, to the BMW MOA Rally in Montana,…
by Tom Hansen Dedicated to the Memory of Tony Lange For the past couple of months I’d been trying to get some old riding buddies…
K100/75RT Headlight Relay Installation by Don Eilenberger, NJ-Shore-BMW-Riders, deilenberger@monmouth.com (Editor’s Note: this method will work on many kinds of bikes, as you build a custom wire…
How to make K1100 Handlebars Almost Rigid By: Bruce Keahey June 1998 The rubber-mounted bars on my K1100RS (converted to “C” bars) just don’t cut…
Fork Spring Installation Tips By: Rob Scott June 1998 This past Saturday I installed Progressive forks on my ’91 K75 and thought that I’d write…
by Jay Martin, Spring 1998 My daughter, Libby, and I needed to leave-one way or another–Tuesday morning. Monday night it was snowing hard, dampening our…
K100 Rattle Fix By Greg Hertel April 1998 My 1985 K100 developed an infuriating rattle at 25000 miles. The rattle was a ticking sound and…
Starter Electrical Problems By Richard Meltz April 1998 Yes I can explain this and it’s a very obscure aspect of the bike’s wiring system. Here’s…
Clearing ABS-I (and possibly II) Faults By Richard Paton April 1998 Well, I’ve now tried disconnecting the battery for over 1/2 hour … the ABS…
K-Bike Speedo Calibrator By Jack Hawley April 1998 Last summer I built a speedo calibrator which puts out very accurate rates of pulses per second…
K1100 Crankcase Vent Repair By Dave Soine April 1998 “Say, what’s that oily, spooged up tube sticking out of the backside of my KLT airbox?”…
K-RT Foot Warmers By Brian Curry April 1998 Sometime back David Norton popped up with the statement that if you pulled the baffles out of…
K1200RS Transmission Drain Plug Seal By James Pellenbarg April 1998 The problem is slow leakage from the transmission drain plug. There is no washer of…
K-Bike Sidestand & Clutch Adjustment By Brian Curry April 1998 Here is how I do it. Note that the presetting of the exposed cable length,…
by Graham Pryce PART 1 – PROLOGUE Followers of the Internet BMW Riders (IBMWR) mailing list may recall recent pleas from “Bikeless in Mexico” requesting…
Did it always lean over that far? By Don Hamblin April 1998 WARNING: Yep, this is another one about the famous BMW sidestand. But this…
A Method To Prevent Melting Accessory Sockets By: Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> There have been a few reports of melted accessory sockets/plugs, and the resultant cold…
by John Arnold Background: For a few months prior to leaving for DVD III, I’d been keeping the Village Idiots and my internet wrench-consulting team…
Changing a Top Case Lock Cylinder and Rekeying Info by Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> This definitely applies to the BMW 22 Liter Top case. The info…
K-bike Oil Sight Glass Replacement By John McClellan January 1998 Replacement of the oil sight glass is not covered in the Clymer manual, so, based…
Subject: BMW: Wheel Bearings Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 From: Tim Bond <WireWheels@aol.com> Prez Bob sez: > I need some help. I’m going to (since…
Subject: BMW: Speedometer calibration Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 From: Wes Jackson <wjackson@mail.island.net> > Does anyone have an idea on how to calibrate the speedometer?…
Checking Your Rims for True Before Changing Your Tires by Tim Bond This post applies to all rims but in particlular the commonly dinged 3-spoke…
High Output Voltage Regulators and How Mechanical Regulators Work From bmwbrian@voicenet.com (Brian Curry) Thu Jun 6 23:55:59 1996 At 01:17 PM 10/13/95 PDT, joe@advamedi.com wrote: >On…
Checking Wheel Alignment From: Rob Lentini <lentini@AZStarNet.com> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 12:48:16 MST OK, here’s how to check wheel alignment on a motorcycle. We’re…
Octane Rating Systems by Larry Cann As consumers, we use the pump octane and manufacturers recommendation to determine which gasoline to buy. Octane is a…
Converting to a 12 Hour Clock on R11’s – and Restoring a Blank LCD in the RID by Joe Senner I’ve done some research into the…
Installing Mirror Leashes by Rob Taylor Due to overwhelming demand I have laboriously typed out these instructions to install mirror leashes. I’ll say this to…
by Dr. Junji Yoshida It has been fairly dry in Kanto (in and around Tokyo) this fall. Tokyo had the lowest amount of rain in…
by Jeffrey Harth I was sitting in a restaurant in New Stanton, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh, with my hands cupped around a mug of hot…
by Pat Roddy “My son, either carry your shield home, or be bore home upon it.” – Patrician Spartan, in his last words to his…
by Tom Bowman The Iron Butt preoccupies some, football some others, and various late summer/early fall rallies many of *us* at this time of year.…
K-Bike Stand By: Don Eilenberger September 1997 First some ascii art work.. then an explanation and the attached photos.. (FAQ follows): My K-Bike Stand (with…
by Gene Dalton On August 1, 1997, I completed a 14,000 mile round trip to Alaska. I was accompanied much of the way by Ken…
by Karl Rosenbaum I started the trip on Thursday the 17th of July from Woodbridge, Va. Since I wanted to get to Connecticut as quickly…
by Dr. Junji Yoshida Did you know how much it cost me to make this trip? The conference registration fee was 350 Ir pounds, which…
by Jon Diaz Trip report anyone? 🙂 We arrived in San Jose on Wednesday night, July 9th. My R1100RS had been there since January 1…
Carbon Canister Removal and Airhorn Installation on a 1995 R1100RSL by Gary Wasserman Removing your Charcoal Canister (US Models ONLY) Installing Hella Dual Tone Air…