www.boxertrix.com

For a project , just seeing what might be out there , mileage and condition totally irrelevant just as long as it runs ... pref with alternator ,starter etc attached but consider anything , any year ,
can travel to collect , but pref its not a billion miles away ! as i will have to get there and ...

on a long run back from oop north on my r1100s , the return spring on the rh throttle body snapped and left the butterfly wide open ,
Now riding everywhere with a wide open throttle wasnt a good idea, and on a closed throttle it ran as a single ! badly
at the time i had long hair , one layby , one ...

The clutch, well either only replace the friction plate or replace the hole lot inc flywheel , they come balanced , or they should so no need to align paint marks ,
remember to use all new bolts also, the 5 for the flywheel and the 6 holding the plate on , i think its 6 lol

as for the gearbox ...

Gotta love BMW

Basically their checking all there records for any and all outstanding campaigns, from braklines on 1150gs's to the throttle stub screws on 1100's , leaking fuel clips , possible sharp eges on boxercup belly pans. the hole nine yards
its not a "your about to die recall" just a ...

You mean you read 1 to 69 !!! :shock:

Or go straight to 70 the whole thing makes quite interesting reading

Some things are a bit confusing like the headlight must show a white or yellow light but if too white or too yellow it's a fail?

Thats all for car mot's , different standard totally ...

Dai wiskers wrote:
The only problem with doing this is you will only get a daylight MOT

no such thing anymore . stopped existing back in 2001 ish you will get a bog standard MOT with advisories that they were unable to test various things

howdy

just a quick link to the official MOT testers guide book , bit of a hard read but its all there
http://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/crt/doitonline/bl/mottestingmanualsandguides/mottestingmanualsandguides.htm

Only real mention is in section 1.2 right in the middle , the head lamp must emit a ...

blimey my memory works! thats surprising

i have run a few bikes like you have through winters and for some reason the ones fitted to bmw's do seem to fall apart worse than most ! you only seem to get the spongy feeling after replacing a set of seals and not making the seal seats pristine! almost ...

Alright chap
good to see your still on a rocky , Not destroying landrover defenders anymore (i think that was you) but it was ages ago!

good to see you have fixed the problem , i never understood why BMW ever fitted the tokico calipers to bikes , there no better and just fall apart in the winter ...