R1100gs noisy gear

[lieberty64]

I recently bought 1100gs with only 5000km, I find the gear change very clancki, specialy to & from 2nd. Is this normal, I'm used to Harleys & expected a smoth german machine.

 

[Bigtwin]

Err - unlucky. They are all pretty "agricultural". I came from Hondas to these, and couldn't quite believe it for a while. BMW cars they are not!

That being said, make sure it's all serviced up with fluids in etc obviously!

But there are plusses.

 

[Vern]

Big boots and ear plugs work for me

 

[Vern]

I just read that again,1100GS with 5000km on it!Do tell more......

 

[motobiker]

I just read that again,1100GS with 5000km on it!Do tell more......

made me look twice too. 5000km in five years. wow.

 

[lieberty64]

It came from Spain & stood in a container for a long time.

 

[lieberty64]

It doesn't look it but the docs match, TV HD are selling a W/00 1150 that came from Gurnsey, 2700 miles & mint.

 

[ktmmark]

Not a gs ,but went out to a bloke who has just picked up a r60/6 off a mans family who passed away it is totaly mint 1975 with 1400 miles on it it had never run since 1982 & the fuel was like varnish .Real nice bloke who has it who wants to ride

 

[Tsiklonaut]

The smoother BM gear changing technique learning takes time Noobs usually can't change the gears smooth on boxers.

They are "clonky" on relatively high level indeed. And you can't expect that smooth gear chaninging on dry clutched and shaft drived machine as on wet clutched and chain drived machine.

So probably all normal. What's the bult year of yer 1100 btw? You probably have those regular bearings, that acctually do the thing more noisy but are more reliable.

Check it and spread the World: http://www.roadkill.com/~davet/moto/trans.articles.html

Cheers, Margus

 

[lieberty64]

Thanks for that, its a 98/9 S reg.
Regards
Lieber

The smoother BM gear changing technique learning takes time Noobs usually can't change the gears smooth on boxers.

They are "clonky" on relatively high level indeed. And you can't expect that smooth gear chaninging on dry clutched and shaft drived machine as on wet clutched and chain drived machine.

So probably all normal. What's the bult year of yer 1100 btw? You probably have those regular bearings, that acctually do the thing more noisy but are more reliable.

Check it and spread the World: http://www.roadkill.com/~davet/moto/trans.articles.html

Cheers, Margus

 

[motobiker]

Thanks for that, its a 98/9 S reg.
Regards
Lieber

Excellent Vintage...