Throttle body to cylinder head rubber flange?...

[DrAlf]

It's not often you get to use the word flange.

The rubber inlet between the throttle body and cylinder head features a little rubber flange with a grommet. On the riders RHS, This stops the telelever bolt being inserted or removed without removed the inlet rubber. WTF is the flange for? I'm intrigued. Best guess is a possible fairing mount for another model - RT, RS.

Thoughts appreciated. Ta

 

[Slipperyeel]

I might be wrong, but on my previous, early 1150GS, the HT lead had a little cable clip fitted into that 'flange' your talking about to support the cable on its route to the head.

My current 1150 has the same detail, but plugged with a grommet as you describe. So same part but with a redundant feature...

I might have misunderstood so I could be talking rubbish . How about s photo?

 

[Ian J Hartley]

I might be wrong, but on my previous, early 1150GS, the HT lead had a little cable clip fitted into that 'flange' your talking about to support the cable on its route to the head.

My current 1150 has the same detail, but plugged with a grommet as you describe. So same part but with a redundant feature...

I might have misunderstood so I could be talking rubbish . How about s photo?

Spot on!

Well that's the way I understood the question. The same flange used on both sides to hold the HT cable, but only on the single spark. The cable routing for the dual spark stick coil is different so the flange has a bung fitted.

 

[DrAlf]

That's it - perfect. Thanks for the reply. Annoyingly it stops the telelever bolt being installed or removed. I think I'll cut it off rather than faff about with trying to remove the rubber inlets.

Thanks

 

[Aidan1150]

I think I'll cut it off rather than faff about with trying to remove the rubber inlets.

With the added benefit of saving a lot of fecking about with the throttle cables etc, resetting the TPS and balancing the throttles bodies.

 

[Riceburner]

Spot on!

Well that's the way I understood the question. The same flange used on both sides to hold the HT cable, but only on the single spark. The cable routing for the dual spark stick coil is different so the flange has a bung fitted.

It's so you can use the same manifold on both sides of the bike.