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To answer your question the brakes on this beast can best be described as “Interesting”. Compared with the R1100 they are an absolute joke. You need a huge heave on the leaver to bring her to a halt especially in the rain. As the discs are just plain lumps of metal as soon as the discs get wet they ...

Had this from new in '78 Hence my nic name... Only comes out now on High days and Holidays..

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Thanks for that Soggy, on further investigation I can see the small groove at the top of the retaining pin (Was covered in grunge!!) that a small circlip should be fitted in. God knows where that went or even if it was re-fitted. Any hoo decided to take the calliper off and refit the new pads.. This...

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on replacing the rear brake pads. I have the BMW style callipers on a 2005 1100S and everywhere I read it seems to state that there should be a retaining pin or clip that needs to be removed to allow removal of the pads. But for the life of me ...

I cannot vouch for the truth of these funny quotes, allegedly collected by staff at London's Islington Council Housing Department sometime towards the end of the last century. According to legend the quotes are taken from letters written by council tenants to the housing department, requesting maint...

Now..if you could only shoe horn this into a frame it would give the Boss Hoss a run for its money

When someone puts in for Child Support, the proper thing to do is find out who the father is and see why he is not providing support. The following are all replies that women have written on Child Support Agency forms in the section for listing the father's details. Or putting it another way..... Wh...

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often. 3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car. 4. Artificial intelligence is no match for...

Just got back from SPC and as youve guessed no deal, no warranty claim, Bummer! Argued with them till i was blue in the face but no deal. What I did manage to get out of them though was a full days loan of a R1200ST for nothing and whilst im out on the bike they are going to fully valet my 1100 and ...

Thanks for that Gents. Ill try and batter SPC tomorrow failing that i supose its out with the polish and plenty of elbow greese. Does anyone happen to know if there are any products out there that can be used to coat the plastics that is also petrol proof! Ill let you all know how I get on with the ...

Hi there, Am new to the forum and finally took the plunge last Thursday and got myself a 2005 R1100S. Superb bike Love it to bits. Bit on the slow side but ive yet to start tinkering with it.. One thing that has surprised me is that yesterday I was filling the bike up and yes you guessed it splashed...