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tanneman
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After 5 years of ownership I would have thought that I knew the bike quite well. I have had it apart, done a few mods, service it more often than needed and washed it countless amount of times. But today while giving it a foamy bath I spotted something that for some reason never caught me eye. It lives at the back of the gearbox with a line coming in at the top and what looks like a pipe from the right hand side. This is zip tied to the frame with a protective foam cover over it. On the back it reads Magura, upside down. I have looked at the BMW parts fiche but the only thing that came close was the clutch slave cylinder but it looks different on my bike or the pipe is routed different.

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the clutch

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this thing

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'Let me check my concernometer.'
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Post by Corvus »

Pure guess

Gearbox position indicator?
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Post by gus »

Hi
It is the speed bleeder line to bleed the clutch.
Gus
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Post by metropolis2k »

gus wrote:Hi
It is the speed bleeder line to bleed the clutch.
Gus
We have a winner! :D

I had the same question when I first got my 1150GS.
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metropolis2k wrote:
gus wrote:Hi
It is the speed bleeder line to bleed the clutch.
Gus
We have a winner! :D
And a loser.

Go on, you can say it. ;)
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Post by tanneman »

Thank you very much. The bike was at the dealership the other day for the annual service and all fluids change. I guess they rerouted the bleed pipe.
'Let me check my concernometer.'
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Post by metropolis2k »

Corvus wrote: Go on, you can say it. ;)
A runner up :wink:
tanneman wrote:Thank you very much. The bike was at the dealership the other day for the annual service and all fluids change. I guess they rerouted the bleed pipe.
I guess so, I don't recall it being there on my S - actually for the next few weeks I can say "either of my S's" :lol: Apparently it's routed wrong on my GS.
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metropolis2k wrote:
Corvus wrote: Go on, you can say it. ;)
"A runner up :wink: "



Do I get a banana?

Ooo matron!

Warm it first!

:shock:

(would prefer a custard pie in the face tbh. Given a choice.)

:D
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