2001 BMW R 1100 R - Page 5 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Bleed the ABS system

You will need to specify which bike you have. On the older bikes it's possibly the hall sensors, on the newer bike possibly the fuel pump regulator.

What on earth is a dwalo ?

Check your emergency engine stop switch on your handlebar

Sticking float valve

Not leaking oil but sucking air.

Under the false gas tank.

Just your safety flasher switch. Always on

take the swtch apart

The ABS lights can come on for a number of reasons, not least of which could be the condition of the battery, although I can't think why it should happen after travelling 500 metres. You may just get away with resetting the ABS system, the attcahed link shows how ou can do this ith ABS1 and ABS2, what harm could you possibly do? (answer; plenty, but the narator seems to know what he's talking about) BMW Motorcycle ABS II Reset

A lot of carbon build up inside the cylinder can cause this. Try running seafoam through the engine.

On a 1997 and 1998 BMW K1200RS gearbox oil should be inspected each 20,000km. Changing the oil is very easy, and shouldn't take more than a few minutes as it down't look like the side panels need to be removed. As for the lever sticking at 3rd gear, try lubricating the selector. If it is a more serious problem then you may need to rebuild your gearbox. However I would put up with the problem for as long as you can.

replace

replace the fuel filter

1976

take out the old battery and put in a new one

Cold engine set valve clearance at: 0.10 mm intake or about .003" inch. 0.20 mm exhaust or about .007" inch. ---

flasher unit needs replaceing

replace rear stop light bulb

steering bearings