What is the BMW name for the r100gs engine?

[bernardofeio]

What is the BMW name for the r100gs engine?

thanks

 

[Rob Farmer]

Type 247

 

[bernardofeio]

Thanks

Is there any code that makes reference to the number of cylinders, displacement,…

 

[Rob Farmer]

The R designation tells you it's a twin cylinder flat twin. followed by a number representing the capacity (R65 etc)

Wikipedia has some info here --> Link

There is a number stamped on each cylinder to show the capacity - 10 for 1000, 80 for 800 etc

 

[BillN]

Type 247

I always thought that type 247 was the Bike not the engine notation
i.e. Type 247 is a GS
BUT Wikipedia, (and Rob), says that I am incorrect
( and I have just looked at my R80 mono - and that has Type 247...stamped on the Frame plate)

I did not think that BMW Bike engines has series numbers, like say Merc, (i.e. a W124 can have a number of different engines with say designation M103, M104 etc), or BM cars

 

[brassmonkey001]

I always thought that type 247 was the Bike not the engine notation
i.e. Type 247 is a GS
BUT Wikipedia says that I am incorrect
( and I have just looked at my R80 mono - Type 247...)

I did not think that BMW Bike engines has series numbers, like say Merc, (i.e. a W124 can have a number of different engines with say designation M103, M104 etc), or BM cars

It does say 247 on the chassis plate so I assumed it referred to the bike as a whole rather than just the engine.

 

[BillN]

But if my R80 mono is Typ: 247, and your GS is Typ: 247, and my G/S was Typ: 247, then as Rob says it must be the engine.

Although it seems illogical to me as, as you have said, the Typ: number is recorded on the Frame plate

 

[Rob Farmer]

It's even got type 247 stamped on your camshaft.

The R45/65 engine is a type 248/1

/5 bikes are 246

 

[brassmonkey001]

You live and learn, eh?

 

[BillN]

It's even got type 247 stamped on your camshaft.

The R45/65 engine is a type 248/1

Oh, I believe you - I am not disputing it - just saying that I was always under the wrong impression

 

[Rob Farmer]

I'll wear you down yet Bill

Talking of 247. Can I tempt you with a 90/6 (in the for sale section) For a modest outlay you would have a very nice bike and the potential for a tidy profit.

 

[BillN]

I'll wear you down yet Bill

Talking of 247. Can I tempt you with a 90/6 (in the for sale section) For a modest outlay you would have a very nice bike and the potential for a tidy profit.

No Rob......although it looks a nice Bike.

I am trying to "cut down" to about 4 or 5 "mint" Bikes.......getting rid of all the others that I have. I have just sold my last R80GS Basic and R80G/S plus quite a few of the related stuff that I had.

Just out of interest, I do not think that a GS will be included.

My "first love" is my 1985 R80 mono - ride it most days out here and just prefer it to the GSs that I have had, as most of my riding is on road although the R80 mono is not bad for knocking around the vines and green lanes in France.
I have an R90S, use it only very occasionally as it is now part of my "old age" investment pot, together with my R100RS Motorsport.

I still have a few Bikes to sell and although I would like an R69S, (maybe too expensive), I fancy a K1 for this autumn/next year. Never had one and they are completely different to the GS.

Good luck with your sale.......at that price any new owner can have a great time on an airhead for little money.....and even if it is not for him, he will always get his money back......unlike any of this modern stuff!

 

[bernardofeio]

Hello

In my engine bellow the engine number it’s written 102VD

What is the meaning of that number?

 

[Paul Rochdale]

Hello

In my engine bellow the engine number it’s written 102VD

What is the meaning of that number?

No reply after three years? I've had a search on the Net and can find no answer to this question. I also have '102VD' on the raised block on the left side of the crankcase. My engine number is '25/89/0262' which I/Ds it as an R100GS-Paris Dakar built in June 1989.