K11 Owners Group

The rims on my RS are pitted from 20+ years of riding. I have found that Slime can be put on the outside of the tire and the seal works! Used to be the air would ooze out. However this year the tires ...

Panic on what to get that favorite friend who rides with you? Or wanting to have something to read while the winter keeps you inside?

Then "Have I got a deal for YOU!"

I purchased t ...

I have written a book that you can find on www.smashwords.com It's a tale or a time line from purchase in July of 2007 of a 1995 K 1100RS. At the time of purchase it had only 22,600 miles. By July of ...

Is the exhaust repaired? I have an extra pipe from a 93 k1100LT waiting

Some times I think these bikes have the same problems through out the bmw K1100 kingdom! My brakes acted up or the flexbile brake line wore out this past weekend.
I come to this web site first and th ...

replaced the original with injectors for the Ford 300 6 banger. ibmwr.org had the replacement numbers. headed to the local napa dealer with the original and purchased all 4.
2 of the things were mi ...

Still interested in CB communications? I have mounted large antennas on 2 bikes. mainly for amatuer radio equipment.
Can be done. Noise from engine is nil. SSB that was.

Did do some vibration pr ...

I had pulled the everything back to do that engine spline. This was 2 years ago and found damage to the threads for the inner Allen bolt that holds the Final Drive.
However did manage to get it back ...

I am forturnate enough to have a perfectionist who is also a machinist! he did all the bobbins last year. Used aluminum.
I think the originals are plastic?

Yep, I replaced the bearings with the brass bushings. Works great! I had purchased a bearing set the cages around the bearings seemed frail. Better idea.

That was last spring or over 25,000 miles ...

A week ago on a trip to Alabama the coolant guage and the sensor for the water pump both went red! Found a gas station on the edge of nashville and hydrated myself while letting the black RS cool off. ...

Thursday evening I tried bump starting the K bike. However it didn't start. Checked web site information on this web site I think. Have to hit the starter button as that also starts the fuel pump, whe ...

I had seen a post on the IBMWR web in regard to the 85 K's and the use of Risoline or some thinning agent to clean up the gum.
Also the person said its from short rides in winter.. which I do.

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this morning I pulled the faithfull 95 out of the garage. Hit the starter button... starter motor was turning, no engaging of the sprag clutch.
Figure tonight I remove the starter motor and see if t ...

Great to be back home.. rode the RS over 10,000 miles in 5 weeks...However the radiator fan died somwhere in Tennessee on friday the 7th of August... then a terrible collision between semi trucks drop ...

I am planning on riding around the nation this coming month. Did the major spline check in April and had to replace one needle bearing race on the inside Final Drive pivot.
However June 15th I notic ...

Yep.. did you pull the alternator? That's the noise right? I had that problem last month due to removing the tranny to check the spline and relube... then the bike rattled at start and stop... Sooo p ...

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I removed the starter and checked it by running it off the battery. Works. Took another 2 evenings to get the bike back together.
Fired right off!

Thanks for all the ...

Scott,
Thanks for the schemetic! Cool!
There is this label on the starter. its at one end of the round barrel part.
When taking the starter apart I can switch the barrel part...
Meaning it will ...

Howdy
I need a refresher course on rebuilding the starter motor. I had taken it apart while waiting for the exhaust pipe from Rydor.
However in my haste of taking it apart... Does the label on the ...