Cubic Capacity

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:05 am

andy griff wrote:If anyone cannot stand the suspense of knowing how this turns out i have just painted a door that you can watch dry

Yes, very funny, but people in glass houses.......

I think maybe you over rate your own abilities when it comes to writing a ripping yarn.

Heckling in an attempt to halt a thread, just because you happen not to like it, is just a tad selfish. Imo.

Looks like you were successful on this occasion.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:35 am

Corvus wrote:
andy griff wrote:If anyone cannot stand the suspense of knowing how this turns out i have just painted a door that you can watch dry
Yes, very funny, but people in glass houses.......

I think maybe you over rate your own abilities when it comes to writing a ripping yarn.

Heckling in an attempt to halt a thread, just because you happen not to like it, is just a tad selfish. Imo.

Looks like you were successful on this occasion.

I read it in a more light-hearted view...........

Everyone is different, I guess.

Al

mikek_7 · Post by **mikek_7** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:25 am

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:18 pm

Blackal wrote:
Corvus wrote:
andy griff wrote:If anyone cannot stand the suspense of knowing how this turns out i have just painted a door that you can watch dry
Yes, very funny, but people in glass houses.......

I think maybe you over rate your own abilities when it comes to writing a ripping yarn.

Heckling in an attempt to halt a thread, just because you happen not to like it, is just a tad selfish. Imo.

Looks like you were successful on this occasion.
I read it in a more light-hearted view...........

Everyone is different, I guess.

Al

Me too, didn't see it as being anything other than banter.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:57 pm

eyore wrote:
Blackal wrote:
Corvus wrote: Yes, very funny, but people in glass houses.......

I think maybe you over rate your own abilities when it comes to writing a ripping yarn.

Heckling in an attempt to halt a thread, just because you happen not to like it, is just a tad selfish. Imo.

Looks like you were successful on this occasion.
I read it in a more light-hearted view...........

Everyone is different, I guess.

Al
Me too, didn't see it as being anything other than banter.

<nods>

Boxered · Post by **Boxered** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:31 pm

This has been covered here before some years back:

viewtopic.php?t=4768&highlight=1130cc

viewtopic.php?p=45874#45874

viewtopic.php?t=7903&highlight=1130cc

I think it was just an admin error on behalf of Motorrad UK.

Steve

bikemad99 · Post by **bikemad99** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:24 pm

Steve,some of us have been around too long,heard it all before,but it managed to get a comment from Chris so not all bad.
Reg.

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:19 pm

Come to think of it, I bought a new bike first registered to me, V5 it sed was red but to be true it woz Blue! Dunno what these pieces of paper represent.

davidsuffolk · Post by **davidsuffolk** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:47 am

To bring this sorry saga to an end I did finally get an answer from BMW .

Thank you for your e-mail.
BMW R 1100 S has only been produced with an engine with 1.085 ccm ex factory. The engine with 1.130 ccm has only been used at the R 1150 models. For this reason we are not able to confirm the information given to you by BMW UK.
Kind Regards,
Steffen Kraft
--
BMW Motorrad Direct
80788 München
Mail: motorrad@bmw.de
Web: http://www.bmw-motorrad.com

So, as stated quite correctly by many posters above, my (and many other) V5s are wrong but what really irritates me is that, having gone to the trouble of checking, BMW Motorrad UK gave me written but wrong information and because of this (as I do try to do things correctly if I can) insured the bike as having 1130cc which being non standard cost me more than necessary.

Anyway, regards to all the posters and the paint is now dry.

roadburner · Post by **roadburner** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:36 am

It might be dry, but more importantly, what colour is it?

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:48 am

davidsuffolk wrote:....having gone to the trouble of checking, BMW Motorrad UK gave me written but wrong information....

I disagree. She didn't go the trouble of checking - at least not properly. It sounds like she's checked the UK system that had the incorrect info in the first place!

andy griff · Post by **andy griff** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:19 pm

David,

Right, paying too much to insure is damn annoying - especially when you took the trouble to declare what you thought was right - strong case for refund form any reasonable insurance company. The paradox is you are now possibly not covered - dooh !

And, the paint is white. Except its not dry, as for some weird reason the undercoat reacted with the door or topcoat and peeled off, so we are now re-painting ( divine intervention some would say)

davidsuffolk · Post by **davidsuffolk** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 2:50 pm

No. I am still covered. All the brokers refused because their system only showed (correctly) 1085cc so I went directly to insurance companies where they make their own decisions and ended up with LV. They band machines into capacity groups, in this case 1050 cc to 1150 cc so on that basis I am still in the correct band.

It did rather irritate me having gone to all that trouble so I wrote to Motorrad UK expressing that and asking if they plan to refund the £50 difference. I won't hold my breath but you never know!

freez76 · Post by **freez76** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:23 am

The bore diameter is also casted in the cylinder, the 1100 says Diam 99 and the 1150 has Diam 102 so i am told.