Worst design everrrrrr! Mine flew off on the freeway.

thank you for the excellent narration on this.... walked through step. Tremendous resource, thank you again!

Excellent

Hi Chris, Greetings from California. Well it’s time to replace the Battery on my R1150R. After a few years my memory fades. So Today I rewatched your excellent video describing the procedure and as always I found it instructive and just a funny F-bombs and all. (So many little fasteners to remove…for a battery!) So now you are getting me back on the road-again. I hope all is well with you and your family. All my best.

Excellent Chris 👍🏻 just found your videos. I’ve just started a restoration on a 1984 K100RT. Been sitting idle 5 yrs prior to my purchasing her. Engine purrs like a kitten but everything else rough. I’ll be using your videos to help me. Really appreciate finding you. I’ve subscribed to your channel 🙏☮️❤️ kindest regards, Allan From New Zealand 🇳🇿

Chris finally walk off the pir? Anybody know

iIs ridiculous how easy that came out for you, i'm seriously pissed off after 3 hours of trying to get the threaded cylinder out, the spring is too high and wont allow removal. also the large O ring on the TB is too large .....probably with age.

Morons

Lifesaver thanks Chris. I had to use a t40 bit, hammer it in, then repeat this process of heat freeze rattle gun twice for them to come out.

the thing is too loose and rotates by itself, is there a way to prevent this?>

Wow, this just worked for me!!! What a legend.

75-140???? No!!! That’s what ruined my FD

So who is Bruno?

Guys do i need to replace gasket after measurements? Or i could use old and some silicone?

Hi Chris, Watched your vid on carb balance but my Bike is newer, year 1993 a BMW R100rt .Heres my problem I did not understand the reason you short out the plugs and I did not pick up on what your thought processes were as that was happening.Can anyone clarify that part ?

im learning so much from watching ...Thank you

Will a wheel off a 2002 fit a 2004 BMW r1150rt

Can you tell me if the engine oil needs draining before removing. I've heard from others that the drive spigot sits in engine oil when it's attached to the bike. My BMW manual doesn't mention it for the R1200RT but I want to be sure! Thanks

I love this video so much 😂 pure honesty.

You're making me happy with my purchase of the same motorhome but a few year's older 😮. I paid $6500 Total and at 35000 miles all those little quirky thinks have been addressed lol. Although I sure someone got burned on the purchase of mine at some point? It was not me. And I'm now moving the front TV to the ceiling and on a flip up mount. Also 3d printed new mounts for switching all controls radio, climate, backup monitor to my preferred locations. I've also printed different little pieces to eliminate some of the road noise and rattling. Soon to be available for purchase. You've brought up all the reasons to not by new motorhomes.

why at just 800 miles?

I have a 2003 K1200GT and it is flashing the ABS and not even cranking. What do I have to do as I believe I don’t have that abs button?

Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliquer ?

Hey Chris. Not a mechanic here. But I have to wonder, based on your discussion about the 7Nm versus 10-12 Nm. if 7Nm seems appropriate (when you do not have the cutout on the socket) to tight it up? Said differently, without that tool, chances are that the internal pin will go above 7Nm when you torque the nut and so would likely end up at more than 7Nm (and hopefully not more) and perhaps below 12Nm. Just a thought. Geez, I just realize this video is 11 years old. Chances you would never read this (hopefully other savvy users do and provide rationale for-against this?

The sr belt doesn't stretch FYI. Don't cheap out and try some crap, you'll be picking out your scraps like this.

Bmw is like the navy. Every millimeter matters and if it takes skill or finesse they'll leave it that way on purpose.

It would be even better if he was eating cannolis while he was Blair witching the camera around lol. Brutal.

Thxs Chris all ur vids are a great help....

Thanks Chris, worked perfectly 👍😊

Mr. Harris, I've watched all your K-bike videos after buying a '95 K11RS, and please know that your work is much appreciated.

Hi Chris!! I just seen couple of your videos and i sed give a try to fix the bike by myself and i realise here in Germany on the crankshaft are two diferent simbols witch makes me confuse in calibrating the tappets and i have a Z letter with a horizontal line on top and SOT instead of TDC mark like i see on U.S. model. Can i ask how should i do, witch sign shel i set the crankshaft to calibrate the tappets before i take of everything?? Thank you very much for your help.

Selonoid

The reason I swear so much is because f### you Square mechanic and thanks

Mr.Ch😢ris Haris we miss you from hart! Dorel .

What windshield is that?

What to do when the screw holding the fairings just spins and won't back up?

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HOSES EXISTING?

LOL - In December 2022 I picked up a 1999 R1100S with 16,000 miles , Fluid changes, plugs, valves adjustment, air Filter. The bars have been raised above the Tree, I picked up a kit from Germany to lower the foot pegs. great bike !

Is this Spectro heavy duty oil or regular 20w-50 oil?

Dry diaphragm clutch in a motorcycle which shift hard more often than a car, van, truck, a cheaper solution for sure , but rarely does it give the durability of a wet clutch....even worse when you go cheap and don't use a pilot bearing to support the 1st motion shaft. I'm old and can remember R5 and R6 dropping splines on pressure plate and shaft and back then there was a recommended spline lube every year or 12k miles. It's a perennial issue. The 6 speeds never had a recommended spline lube, like a car. Strange diagnostic from this gentleman, but that's sometimes the way with a mechanic, not an R&D guy, when one considers it's a rwin cylinder and that itself causing 'chuggle' power on and off.

working on my 93’ with 6k miles, been a real pain to translate my experience to this quality engineering. thanks for making it simple for us 👌

Just picked up a 2006 in immaculate condition, just a dead battery. I’ve never taken the tank off a bike but this video made the operation easy. Thankfully my bike already has the SS disconnects. New battery in, buttoned up and ready to roll! Thanks for the vid Chris, much appreciated 🍻

It should start by the first stroke... 😊

Interesting to know that the early R1100S has the same head as the R1200C. I just replaced the head gasket on my R1200C but since I don't have a piston ring compressor. I just removed the cam bolt with the piston all the way down while supporting the S/OT top timing tab with a bent screwdriver through the timing hole. Everything else was done according to the Clymer manual procedure. Even zip tied the chain to the sprocket and reinstalled with the horizontal timing marks. Now it's not firing up although I got spark and fuel. But I'll try it with some starting fluid. Valves were closed when head was out and even though I did it with Bottom Top Dead Center instead of Top, what do you think, will it fire up as is? Or get that ring compressor and do it again?

thank you ,

Hello Chris. Thanks for your videos. I have a question. What does it mean R2S and R11S - is there any difference? Thank you for your (or others) answer.

Hi Chris, you good?

Motorworks uk sell a longer input shaft that is also of a harder material

Last year i bought a very clean first year R1100RS with very noisy gbox with 20k mls So with help from your excellent videos,I pulled the box,replaced every bearing,clutch was like new,so just re lubed the clutch spline, which was had a tiny bit of lube,and fired it up,bingo I thought no more noise! About a week later the noise was back,I thought wtf and said enough of this crap and sold it on cheap,a year on bike is going fine!

I have a 2002 bmw 1150rt and need to change the battery cables. Do you have a video on that, or let me know how to go about doing it?