bikes done 5.5k, when coasting in 5-6th gear at a steady 2.5 to 3000rpm and gently rolling the throttle on and off you can feel the engine grinding through the bars and pegs, very unpleasant and it sounds like a bag of spanners any ideas?
strange noise from engine
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Georgeeboi
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Back to the dealer ASAP I reckon let us know how you get on.
bikes done 5.5k, when coasting in 5-6th gear at a steady 2.5 to 3000rpm and gently rolling the throttle on and off you can feel the engine grinding through the bars and pegs, very unpleasant and it sounds like a bag of spanners any ideas?
Demo I tried done the same and had 5500 miles on it too. Put me off owning one just yet
jonnyp
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Oh, they all do that sir, nothing to worry about.....!
mcinlb
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Is this not the previously mentioned "surging" effect in high gear/low revs???????
there's also excessive clutch noise with the lever extended, surges forward when trying to start with the lever in and lurches forward on selecting first, so could the noise/grind be related to a shagged clutch?
Captain Beaky
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They all do that too sir...
( welcome to the world of the wet clutch )
( welcome to the world of the wet clutch )
That's a pretty strange thing to say since I doubt there's a rider on this forum who's not from that world
The wet clutch on my Honda XR250R doesn't do that and it snicks into gear like a good'un
No clunks or clanks
A finer gearbox would be harder to find and certainly far superior to the 6 speed one fitter to the 12GS WC
I can't understand how BMW could get it so very wrong
Georgeeboi
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So you keep saying JB!! Mines alright!!!!!
I sadly confess, that sometimes while riding I think about issues raised in the forum
Friday I went for a play with two work colleagues, one of whom test rode the new GS. (t'other was on a 990 adventure).
Three? four hours of good solid riding on a mixture of moss strewn B roads and fast A roads ...? My gearbox is as good as any bike I've ever had, and I have absolutely no problem getting any gear at any time, including neutral.
Friday I went for a play with two work colleagues, one of whom test rode the new GS. (t'other was on a 990 adventure).
Three? four hours of good solid riding on a mixture of moss strewn B roads and fast A roads ...? My gearbox is as good as any bike I've ever had, and I have absolutely no problem getting any gear at any time, including neutral.
Sooty09
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My 1200GS 09 model gearbox varies from rubbish to so slick depending on the weather?
I can have a good ride out on fast sweeping bends and the box is sooo slick.
Next day I can do two up ride on back lanes and every change has a clunk, with surging on the throttle at 2500 to 3000. How can a gear box so good one day be so bad the next? Its not good and after so any different bikes without this problem I cannot excuse BMW.
I can have a good ride out on fast sweeping bends and the box is sooo slick.
Next day I can do two up ride on back lanes and every change has a clunk, with surging on the throttle at 2500 to 3000. How can a gear box so good one day be so bad the next? Its not good and after so any different bikes without this problem I cannot excuse BMW.
The wet clutch on my Honda XR250R doesn't do that and it snicks into gear like a good'un
No clunks or clanks
A finer gearbox would be harder to find and certainly far superior to the 6 speed one fitter to the 12GS WC
I can't understand how BMW could get it so very wrong
Nowt wrong with mine either
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