K11 Owners Group

I used to live in Manitoba, Canada, where temperatures sometimes dipped lower than -40. I always used a 50/50 coolant mix and never had a problem.

I burn about .75 of a quart every thousand miles it seems... but she's allowed with this mileage.
Yup, at only 106,000 miles, it's not really broken in yet. Keep riding it hard and the rings will se ...

When (if) it next locks up, see how much movement there is at the rear wheel. If there's absolutely none, it's probably brakes or possibly (but highly unlikely) the final drive. If there's a tiny bi ...

Sounds like sticking brakes, and are you sure it's the rear wheel? Could be failure of a master cylinder, sticking brake calliper, or a collapsed brake hose. I've had, on one occasion, two of the th ...

i have a feeling it's just cause the engine is running at a high temperature cause i ran it with a high idle accidentally for a couple days. Does this engine simply use water to cool or can i get actu ...

Might be the electrical connector to the tank. It carries current to the fuel pump, and has rather undersized and prone-to-corrode connectors for the job. When it starts to go, intermittent cut-outs ...

I used some of the same tub of general-purpose grease I use for everything, then protected the works with new gaiters. 10,000 or so miles later, everything seems fine. (Knock wood.)

At the moment the bike is doing two 30 minute trips every 12 hours every day so it could just be condensation Wink

It's probably condensation. I do about the same commute - two 20 minute trips tw ...

What engine oil are you chaps using in the UK ? Is there something i can get from Halfords or a local Motor discount centre as these bikes have a dry clutch ?
I've been using Halfrauds synthetic 15W5 ...

So far, I'm only kinda liking it. The biggest fault I'm finding is the handling. It takes a lot of effort to countersteer it, especially on left handers. It also wants to stand up unless the heavy ...

Dave, I agree with Malcolm.
Choc Block (so named, coz when I was a lad it wasn't plastic, it was Bakelite & looked like a chocolate bar) is a prove it, not a permanent repair. If that is all you ...

So how do you unhook that when you need to remove the tank?
I use a small screwdriver. It adds an extra ten seconds or so to removing the tank, but I don't do it often enough to mind and the added r ...

The tank connector is a common point of failure. Replace it thusly:
http://shark.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/TankConnector.jpg
I bet that will cure it. It worked for me.

It's the hole in front of an engine which points to the bottom. Normally hidden by lower fairing.
Weep hole. See my post above re seals.

There is no drain. Coolant coming out a weep hole probably means failed seals in the water/oil pump.

the four way connector under the fuel tank,which connects the fuel pump/sender etc.Due to wear and age, heat and vibration it was causing an infrequent,but annoying cutting out.
A common problem, it ...

How do I test for bad valves. I do have a compression tester. I thought I had a problem with a suzuki I owned a few years ago and bought a compression tester. Would a burnt valve be indicated by bad c ...

It got progressively worse, but I started replacing items after a couple of weeks. The bike was actually running pretty good but started to stumble between 4 and 5k on the tach and has gotten progress ...

Ok it's not the plug wires.
I replaced them and get the same thing. I finally pulled the cover for the HES sensor. I see no obvious signs of any issue. What is an effective test for the Hall Effect ...

where can I get hold of a wiring diagram?
Here: http://shark.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/K1100/