R1100GS, 2000.

gs1150MO

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Hello folks,
This bike is new to me so a few questions if you please.
It has a Remus exhaust with collector box, K&N filter and is running very well. Bike has just over 40K miles done.
Service just completed, first question after cleaning the filter with a proprietary oil cleaner, is the type of oil to spray on critical? I take that it does not need to be a K&N product? So, I'm wondering if a light machine oil sprayed on the outside would suffice? Saw a guy on Youtube use cooking spray.....
Second question, the date of manufacture is May 1999 so wondering also if the updated cam-chain tensioner would have been fitted at that time? It has no chain rattle.
Many thanks in advance, Séamus.
 
gs1150MO said:
Hello folks,
This bike is new to me so a few questions if you please.
It has a Remus exhaust with collector box, K&N filter and is running very well. Bike has just over 40K miles done.
Service just completed, first question after cleaning the filter with a proprietary oil cleaner, is the type of oil to spray on critical? I take that it does not need to be a K&N product? So, I'm wondering if a light machine oil sprayed on the outside would suffice? Saw a guy on Youtube use cooking spray.....
Second question, the date of manufacture is May 1999 so wondering also if the updated cam-chain tensioner would have been fitted at that time? It has no chain rattle.
Many thanks in advance, Séamus.
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Seamus if you use 20W50 grade they don;t rattle, most people exp[erienced this as they changed to 10W40 and it only will rattle for a couple of seconds once running after being parked up a day or two, a 1mm Head inidicates the later tensioner

Personally I ditched the K&Ns on all of mine, they are a red herring the original flows more air than they can use!

But a light spray of something like WD or 3 in 1 spray usually suffices
 
DrFarkoff said:
Seamus if you use 20W50 grade they don;t rattle, most people exp[erienced this as they changed to 10W40 and it only will rattle for a couple of seconds once running after being parked up a day or two, a 1mm Head inidicates the later tensioner

Personally I ditched the K&Ns on all of mine, they are a red herring the original flows more air than they can use!

But a light spray of something like WD or 3 in 1 spray usually suffices
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DrFarkoff said:
Seamus if you use 20W50 grade they don;t rattle, most people exp[erienced this as they changed to 10W40 and it only will rattle for a couple of seconds once running after being parked up a day or two, a 1mm Head inidicates the later tensioner

Personally I ditched the K&Ns on all of mine, they are a red herring the original flows more air than they can use!

But a light spray of something like WD or 3 in 1 spray usually suffices
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Thats great to know, many thanks.
Always thought that the K&N's were the bees knees. First bike that came with one for me.
Would there have been a re-tune required when it was fitted with the Remus exhaust? I have a paper one to put in if no bother.
Cheers.
 
gs1150MO said:
Thats great to know, many thanks.
Always thought that the K&N's were the bees knees. First bike that came with one for me.
Would there have been a re-tune required when it was fitted with the Remus exhaust? I have a paper one to put in if no bother.
Cheers.
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Must be a late one, on a 2000 registered bike
Is it Yellow & Silver ?
 
gs1150MO said:
Hello folks,
This bike is new to me so a few questions if you please.
It has a Remus exhaust with collector box, K&N filter and is running very well. Bike has just over 40K miles done.
Service just completed, first question after cleaning the filter with a proprietary oil cleaner, is the type of oil to spray on critical? I take that it does not need to be a K&N product? So, I'm wondering if a light machine oil sprayed on the outside would suffice? Saw a guy on Youtube use cooking spray.....
Second question, the date of manufacture is May 1999 so wondering also if the updated cam-chain tensioner would have been fitted at that time? It has no chain rattle.
Many thanks in advance, Séamus.
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You've also used the magic word "running very well" so do only what needs doing... And the Remus with collector box was the best non standard set up I used on previous 11s👍
 
DrFarkoff said:
Seamus if you use 20W50 grade they don;t rattle, most people exp[erienced this as they changed to 10W40 and it only will rattle for a couple of seconds once running after being parked up a day or two, a 1mm Head inidicates the later tensioner

Personally I ditched the K&Ns on all of mine, they are a red herring the original flows more air than they can use!

But a light spray of something like WD or 3 in 1 spray usually suffices
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Great to know, many thanks.
 
JohnnyBoxer said:
Aha …a Dakar limited edition then
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That was my 11GS number 4... Bought off UKGSer FS and a very underrated colour scheme... It was a a Belgian import given away by the fact it didn't have heated grips...!🤣 After being in BM sales that was a dead give away...😁👍
 
JohnnyBoxer said:
]Aha …a Dakar limited edition then
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gs1150MO said:
Kalahari yellow and silver I was told? No mention of a limited edition. I heard that they were put together with the left overs after the 75th anniversary models of 1998?
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The limited 'Granada/Dakar' edition was in Artic Silver over Dakar Yellow.
There were only 200 produced of which 37 were sold in the U.K.
This was mine, not sure where it is now.

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Must be a very late bike as I have owned two R1150GS's that had a build date on the same day in May 1999 (114 and 138 off the production line) and were on T plates , both were so early that DVLA did not have the 1150 on their system so both were registered as an R1100GS on the DVLA system
 
Neil W said:
Must be a very late bike as I have owned two R1150GS's that had a build date on the same day in May 1999 (114 and 138 off the production line) and were on T plates , both were so early that DVLA did not have the 1150 on their system so both were registered as an R1100GS on the DVLA system
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My 1100 was registered 1st July 1999, it was £9,070 with panniers.

By the end of July the 1150 was in the showrooms, it was £750 cheaper than the 1100.
 
Paul G (BHT) said:
The limited 'Granada/Dakar' edition was in Artic Silver over Dakar Yellow.
There were only 200 produced of which 37 were sold in the U.K.
This was mine, not sure where it is now.

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It’s still out and about - has a current MOT

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