Switches touching the tank

It is an MOT failure. Hard to believe that a dealer supplies a new bike in this state.
 
When I bought my scrambler last year it had been PDI’d at Bracknell not by my dealer .... first time I rode it in the dark the headlight was at 90 degrees to horizontal..... it had never been checked....
 
Smogbob said:
Any updates Engineer I :nenautook my bike to pieces would be handy to get an update.....................
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OK back from NYC still jet lagged but been into the garage and given the bike a good gander - left switches defo touch tank when set to 0 degree position, not good!, in fact bad, very bad, the baddest :D

So I got out the Torx set and me torque wrench and set then bars to half way between 0 and 10, now there is acres of space.

Conclusion- the scribed 0 degree position leaves the possibility of the switches touching and marking the tank - this needs to be pointed out in the manual, maybe standard bikes with fewer switches are OK?

P.S. It only takes a tiny adjustment to make a big difference.
 
Engineer said:
OK back from NYC still jet lagged but been into the garage and given the bike a good gander - left switches defo touch tank when set to 0 degree position, not good!, in fact bad, very bad, the baddest :D

So I got out the Torx set and me torque wrench and set then bars to half way between 0 and 10, now there is acres of space.

Conclusion- the scribed 0 degree position leaves the possibility of the switches touching and marking the tank - this needs to be pointed out in the manual, maybe standard bikes without fewer switches are OK?

P.S. It only takes a tiny adjustment to make a big difference.
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Told you so, mine is set a 10 from the shop floor
 
Smogbob said:
Told you so, mine is set a 10 from the shop floor
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The width of the scribed 0 degree line is enough to make a significant difference, so if the BMW factory technician has a bit of parallax error in his eyes :) when setting it up it is enough to make the difference between hitting and not hitting - so the obvious thing for BMW to do is to move the 0 degree line on the bars to avoid the problem altogether.
 
I used to dispatch in the City in the 80's on a Kwak GT550. Handlebar muffs in the winter, and full lock to the left your horn went off, and full lock to the right you'd hit the kill switch.

Worse case was full right lock, engine cut, fall off bike, bike lock flicks to full left as it falls over and it lies on the floor with the horn on full chat and every body looking at you .... :D
 
Giles said:
I used to dispatch in the City in the 80's on a Kwak GT550. Handlebar muffs in the winter, and full lock to the left your horn went off, and full lock to the right you'd hit the kill switch.

Worse case was full right lock, engine cut, fall off bike, bike lock flicks to full left as it falls over and it lies on the floor with the horn on full chat and every body looking at you .... :D
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Nice one Giles was it a blue and white one............
 
Smogbob said:
Nice one Giles was it a blue and white one............
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All Blue! Carbs used to ice up in the winter first thing until I got into the Blackwall tunnel which always sorted it out !
 
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