Vibration in my rear....

[(RIP) Miff]

I'm after a little bit of advice.

I'm new to shaft drive, single sided swingarm bikes, that aren't of Japanese origin.

When I'm riding two up on my 05 1200 GS (9000 miles) Alloy wheels, if I lean the bike over (slightly, or boot scraping angle) I get a slight vibration that feels like it's coming from the rear of the bike. It feels like a wheel bearing in a car does when it's begining to fail....

It does it with the clutch in or out. It only does it two up. I can't feel any play in the rear wheel.

It didn't do it before. The tyres are in good nick (Conti trail attacks, 2000 miles on them).

Could it be the rear wheel bearing? Final drive bearing?

The bike has 2 months of warranty left at the dealers (non BMW dealers), which is 80 miles away, so I don't want to ride over there (boring A roads) for no reason, when I could be playing on twisty roads instead..... Or if it's something normal to these German things.....

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

I don't like the sound of that ............ FD possibly

Won't the warranty allow you to get the fault diagnosed by a BMW dealer?

 

[Gruffalo]

evening all,

i get this too, but only when fully loaded and/or 2 up, and mainly when leant over quite a way

put his more down to the tyres (tourances) that the fd but im no expert, cant tell if its make any more "noise" than usual as quite a clunky bike anyway.

chacked the rar tyre and no play in the wheel and no funny grinding/squeaking/crunching from the rear when turning the wheel by hand when bike on the centre stand

bime still runs ace and no concerns, other that the squeaky brakes!

due for a service next week so ill mention it then
hope its not a fd failier, going off to devon and cornwall soon!

 

[Mr K]

Tyre on the road.

 

[(RIP) Miff]

I rang my local BMW dealer, who reckoned it sounded like a wheel bearing. But obviously he'd need to see it to confirm.

I rang the shop where I bought it from (Webbs Yamaha, Peterborough) as that's where my warranty is from.

I'm taking it in on Thursday. We'll see what they say...