1100 Gearbox woes, Help!

[Welshman]

Dont know if anybody can help, not my bike.
I got a mail last night, it does not sound good, to quote "R1100GS it is jumping in 3 rd gear like a loose chain skipping teeth, once it starts it continues same rhythm only in 3rd no other gear".

Sounds to me like 3rd is stuffed, the description sounded like UJ or the flexible joint in the driveshaft but that would not be just in 3rd.

Welsh

 

[Big Lad]

Trouble!

 

[Welshman]

Trouble!

One assumes so.

Welsh

 

[Big Lad]

One assumes so.

Welsh

Did you click on the link?

 

[Welshman]

Did you click on the link?

No, I am an Old Welsh fart in africa, that was too complex/simple for me, but I worked it out now. There is a link.

Thanks, but not the news my mate was hoping for I think. He sold his KLR to get this marvel of german engineering.

Welsh

 

[Yogi Bear]

3rd

Hi

The exact same happened to mine...
Despite the previous owner spending the best part of £700 to have it fixed..

Apart from that the bike was minted

 

[Tsiklonaut]

Which year, 1995 or 1996? (a small chance it can bw 1994 as well)

If this true, he needs box change. One bloke here just replaced his with the same symptoms - kicking out third etc. When he opened the box it was full of biiig metal pieces

Blame the noise suppressing bearing gearboxes the 95-96 models had. Lot of them higher mileage bikes were replaced with M97 ('97-'99 spec) gearboxes under warrantee by BMW, but lot of them low mileage didn't reach the mileage to give trouble, and now after 10 years they do...

Maybe first ask from BMW if in some magical way maybe the M97-replacement warrantee policy still works in SA? Highly unlikey tho...

If not, eBay is his friend to find nice bargain second hand M97 gearbox off the wrecked bike any 1100 (GS, RT etc, not the S!) that works forever compared to the 95-96 ones

 

[Welshman]

Which year, 1995 or 1996? (a small chance it can bw 1994 as well)

If this true, he needs box change. One bloke here just replaced his with the same symptoms - kicking out third etc. When he opened the box it was full of biiig metal pieces

Blame the noise suppressing bearing gearboxes the 95-96 models had. Lot of them higher mileage bikes were replaced with M97 ('97-'99 spec) gearboxes under warrantee by BMW, but lot of them low mileage didn't reach the mileage to give trouble, and now after 10 years they do...

Maybe first ask from BMW if in some magical way maybe the M97-replacement warrantee policy still works in SA? Highly unlikey tho...

If not, eBay is his friend to find nice bargain second hand M97 gearbox off the wrecked bike any 1100 (GS, RT etc, not the S!) that works forever compared to the 95-96 ones

Quite right a 96 model!!!

Welsh