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Clunky gearboxes - they all do that sir?....
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Stewart H
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Ahh CABs
Those are German paratrooper boots, double leather almost everywhere, Metzeler soles, those were my regular riding and working boots for five years and have just come out of retirement.
Stewart
Those are German paratrooper boots, double leather almost everywhere, Metzeler soles, those were my regular riding and working boots for five years and have just come out of retirement.
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I went through many boots before i settled, all the bike boots, even the BMW Pro boot, but nothing cames close (for me, calm down) to my Lightweight Police, law enforcement, assault boots. (PLEAB size 10)
both my 97-98 1100's have been/ are not at all bad.
no real nasty clunking- just feel solid
the later boxes have better syncro tho' i think.
guzzi boxes remind me of what you're describing about clunking - but they weren't that bad.
no real nasty clunking- just feel solid
the later boxes have better syncro tho' i think.
guzzi boxes remind me of what you're describing about clunking - but they weren't that bad.
aaroNZ
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sorry for resurrecting an old thread...but I just wanted to say thank you!
I have not had a BMW before my now much loved 94 R1100GS. I have to admit, I have been eager to ride another to compare my old girl to. She makes a lot more noise than anything else I've ridden...but a friend (a retired BMW owner) told me that all his previous bikes also sounded like a barrel of nails.
Eager to try the oil change in the future, and still hopeful of a ride on someone elses baby just to make those comparisons.
cheers
I have not had a BMW before my now much loved 94 R1100GS. I have to admit, I have been eager to ride another to compare my old girl to. She makes a lot more noise than anything else I've ridden...but a friend (a retired BMW owner) told me that all his previous bikes also sounded like a barrel of nails.
Eager to try the oil change in the future, and still hopeful of a ride on someone elses baby just to make those comparisons.
cheers
When you come and do your obligatory "walkabout tour" of Europe, I am sure you will get to ride several machines, for comparison.
If you want to try a new oil, have a look at Redline oils, they do a heavyweight shockproof gear oil.
Its a 75W90 viscosity oil, with a pressure rating of an OEP 250, I have run it in my Harley boxes for years and it transformed them.
nikos
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My 02 1150GS seems to be smooth quick and slick going up the box (1st to 2nd excepted) now that I have mastered the technique of slight pre loading the lever but coming down to 1st is OK ish when near stationary and a real swine/impossible when stationary without that huge clunk... Tend to pull off in 2nd now - doubtless I shall be changing the clutch some time soon 
Stewart H
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My 02 1150GS seems to be smooth quick and slick going up the box (1st to 2nd excepted) now that I have mastered the technique of slight pre loading the lever but coming down to 1st is OK ish when near stationary and a real swine/impossible when stationary without that huge clunk... Tend to pull off in 2nd now - doubtless I shall be changing the clutch some time soon
Getting the box into first at a standstill is not a clutch fault, its just that you are meshing stationary gears, some folks reckon that pulling in the clutch a couple of times gets things spinning, have you lubricated your gearlever pivots (easier than clutch replacement)
Stewart
nikos
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Stewart
The technique at standstill appears to be boot it with the clutch half engaged - hence the clunk... anything more gentle proves futile.
My reference to clutch replacement was due to wearing it out by repeatedly pulling away from standstill in 2nd!
N
The technique at standstill appears to be boot it with the clutch half engaged - hence the clunk... anything more gentle proves futile.
My reference to clutch replacement was due to wearing it out by repeatedly pulling away from standstill in 2nd!
N
aaroNZ
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Thanks for your replies.
King Rat - that obligatory tour is sounding more and more like it needs to happen.....if only the kids would leave home and find employment that would suitably fund their parents dreams
Bowser - thanks for the info on oil, worth a shot when I am due for some maintenance there. I'll have to research the availability in NZ.
I have to admit I have tried to preload -but it feels like I am going to time it all badly and ruin something....more practice required I guess.
King Rat - that obligatory tour is sounding more and more like it needs to happen.....if only the kids would leave home and find employment that would suitably fund their parents dreams
Bowser - thanks for the info on oil, worth a shot when I am due for some maintenance there. I'll have to research the availability in NZ.
I have to admit I have tried to preload -but it feels like I am going to time it all badly and ruin something....more practice required I guess.
kirky1298
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The boots....
British issue "Combat assault boots"
CAB's
Shit boots, Made from compressed cardboard. Infantry got issued Pro Boots, which were much better
look like german paratroop boots to me mate !! bought a pair , walked 3 miles and had to phone the wife to pick me up in the car , no skin left on me heels , feckin shit boots , a pair of british army dms woulda been better
Just to through a spanner in the oil works etc, I've only had my GS for a month or so having had a a couple of BMW's before; so I was used to the 'classic' BMW gearbox off a muck spreader
The GS just seamed so much clunkier than my early R or both my K's (not the same box) preload changes were not good and it was just 'orrible
Decided that I'd do the oil 'thing' and sort it out later but got stuck into servicing, first on the agenda was a valve adjustment, oil change and new plugs (Iridium) and air filter. Now the gearbox changes sweetly even clutch-less changes are quiet.
I'm still going to change the oil as 4th is noisy, it won't help but I'll feel better.
So before changing oil, sacrificing virgins (terrible waste!) try a bit of TLC particularly on a bike new to you, with the engine running smooth the rest follows suit!
The GS just seamed so much clunkier than my early R or both my K's (not the same box) preload changes were not good and it was just 'orrible
Decided that I'd do the oil 'thing' and sort it out later but got stuck into servicing, first on the agenda was a valve adjustment, oil change and new plugs (Iridium) and air filter. Now the gearbox changes sweetly even clutch-less changes are quiet.
I'm still going to change the oil as 4th is noisy, it won't help but I'll feel better.
So before changing oil, sacrificing virgins (terrible waste!) try a bit of TLC particularly on a bike new to you, with the engine running smooth the rest follows suit!
Spotless
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quiet gear changes
....I now use 75/140 grade oil sold by the local farmers store, it's the correct SAE spec, the farmers use it in their combine harvesters.......they are very much like a GS......large, heavy, agricultural equipment.
...however the best thing I ever did to get the quietest gear changes was to start wearing ear plugs!
Safe riding,
Spotless
....I now use 75/140 grade oil sold by the local farmers store, it's the correct SAE spec, the farmers use it in their combine harvesters.......they are very much like a GS......large, heavy, agricultural equipment.
...however the best thing I ever did to get the quietest gear changes was to start wearing ear plugs!
Safe riding,
Spotless
I said.....
Air filter was as black as black thing on a black day, but once serviced the engine ran sweeter and the gear changes were better, I'm not saying that the air filter changed the gearbox, but servicing did.
You just picked one thing out of the whole list, are you being a troll or a pedant?
Boon
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Strangely enough .........boots do make a difference.
My summer weight shortie bike boots are pretty thin and gearchanges have plenty of 'feel'
but when I go touring I prefer a pair of matterhorns........unburstable,waterproof and easy to walk in.............
gearchanges tend to be a bit 'clunkier' though...........
oil changes every other year helps too.............
My summer weight shortie bike boots are pretty thin and gearchanges have plenty of 'feel'
but when I go touring I prefer a pair of matterhorns........unburstable,waterproof and easy to walk in.............
gearchanges tend to be a bit 'clunkier' though...........
oil changes every other year helps too.............
Am on my third GS and dont know what you lot are gobbin on about. Plus I have three mates who have GS`s of all varieties that I regularly ride after servicing and I have never come across this clunky gearchange thing.
Mind you I have no feeling below knee level and people have to shout at me in the face for me to understand `em.
You lot need to have a word with yourselves ... ! ..
Mind you I have no feeling below knee level and people have to shout at me in the face for me to understand `em.
You lot need to have a word with yourselves ... ! ..
D6
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mine was a bit clunky compared to a jap, it disapeared when i lengthened the lever
Stewart H
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look like german paratroop boots to me mate !! bought a pair , walked 3 miles and had to phone the wife to pick me up in the car , no skin left on me heels , feckin shit boots , a pair of british army dms woulda been better
I bet you never peed in em to break yours in
Either that or I might have German feet Stewart
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