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Offline frankenduck

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #150 on: March 01, 2012, 12:29:24 PM »
Nice find there, CDB.  It does look like a good fit for the 22L.

Not sure what type of bag you're looking for but these are a good deal:
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #151 on: March 01, 2012, 08:34:25 PM »
Wow, a drill with a cord coming out of it!

Nice job on the mount and how in the world did you come up with HD '49-'65 rack.  See one on a bike somewhere?

Now, I have this rotary dial phone I'd like to sell....
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #152 on: March 01, 2012, 08:42:35 PM »
Installed the rear Galfer braided stainless brake line on the RS today:




Did the front lines last week:




Note that the front line to the splitter on the fork brace didn't fit but I'm working with a helpful tech guy at Galfer to get that resolved and get one that fits.
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #153 on: March 01, 2012, 09:15:55 PM »
Quote
Note that the front line to the splitter on the fork brace didn't fit but I'm working with a helpful tech guy at Galfer to get that resolved and get one that fits.

Too long, too short or wrong fitting?
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #154 on: March 01, 2012, 10:04:30 PM »
Quote from: mystic red on March 01, 2012, 09:15:55 PM

Too long, too short or wrong fitting?

Right length, wrong fittings on both ends.  I emailed their sales email address last Friday evening with some pictures of what was wrong with their kit versus the OEM lines and was kind of miffed that I hadn't heard back from them so this morning I forwarded the same email to their tech support email and the guy got back to me in 1.5 hours asking me to call him so we could discuss the issue and what I needed to make things right.  He'd already pulled up the BMW fiche and during our conversation understood that there was a difference between the ABS I and ABS II bikes and spent 15-20 minutes on the phone getting a clear understanding of what was wrong and how to make things right. Needless to say, I was very impressed by his attitude and if I owned a brake line company I'd want this guy on my staff.
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #155 on: March 02, 2012, 12:22:13 PM »
Here's some pics of what was wrong with one of the Galfer lines.

To start with, the fitting that connects to the metal line from the ABS modulator is convex on the Galfer line but concave on the OEM brake line.

Next, the banjo bolt that connects to the splitter on the fork brace is straight on the Galfer line while the OEM line is angled to go through the plastic cover that goes over the fork brace.
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #156 on: March 03, 2012, 08:53:22 AM »
Quote from: mystic red on March 01, 2012, 08:34:25 PM
Wow, a drill with a cord coming out of it!

Nice job on the mount and how in the world did you come up with HD '49-'65 rack.  See one on a bike somewhere?

Now, I have this rotary dial phone I'd like to sell....

I met a fellow K rider at the BMWMOA Cedar City Getaway last September, who had mounted the same rack on his top case, and found out what rack it was.  I had been looking for one to fit on my top case for sometime without success.  The rack was a Harley 49-65 Tour Pack, which fit the BMW top case perfectly.  I used “ebay” to find one (with some help from the Las Vegas BMW shop) and ordered it from The Hawgpit.com.

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #157 on: March 03, 2012, 09:50:08 AM »
Yesterday: New rear PR2 and a metal valve stem....
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #158 on: March 03, 2012, 10:13:39 PM »
Replaced my final drive ring gear seal.

To this fine document 

http://www.ibmwr.org/ktech/final-drive-seal.shtml

I would add the following:

1. Be sure you buy a replacement seal AND a replacement O-ring for the case (called a "gasket" in the document). I didn't notice the need for the O-ring before my seal had shipped from MaxBMW in New Hampshire, so the job cost me an extra 2.5 hours to drive to MaxBMW in Connecticut to pick up the O-ring.

2. Drain the FD oil before you take the FD off the bike (should be obvious, but the IBMWR document omits that essential step).

3. While you're at it, take the brake disk off before you take the FD off. Much easier than wrangling a loose FD while trying not to mangle your disk.

4. If you are doing this job, your FD has been leaking oil on your rear brake disk. Waste a can of brake cleaner on your disk, and replace your oil-soaked brake pads.

5. The half-used roll of duct tape (Step 11) is brilliant.

6. This is a great opportunity to clean the wheel side of your FD -- see the pics.
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #159 on: March 07, 2012, 11:57:51 PM »
Mounted new back tire and the damn thing seated on the first try!  Gotta love the little victories     :loopy:
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Offline DRxBMW

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #160 on: March 08, 2012, 09:46:06 AM »
Quote from: Chaos on March 07, 2012, 11:57:51 PM
Mounted new back tire and the damn thing seated on the first try!  Gotta love the little victories     :loopy:

Scored Michelin Mac 50 rubber in spite of the weird brick sizing this morning for the K 75. 

Been sitting for two years but the price was right, $110.00 for the pair out the door. 

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #161 on: March 10, 2012, 06:05:40 PM »
That should keep those damn aliens from messing with your brick's brain.  Don't forget to put some in your helmet. 
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Offline frankenduck

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #162 on: March 12, 2012, 02:14:08 AM »
Some tire wear....
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #163 on: March 12, 2012, 08:03:03 AM »
Quote from: johnny on March 10, 2012, 05:56:46 PM
today... i replaced my broken heal toe shifter with a new old stock unit...

and... i installed the modern era johnny blanket...

been waiting for a calm day... crazy hours this week so we are resting up for tomorrows motoforestmadness...

the nesting burd...


going with 2mil mylar... wanted 5mil... butts the dope farm shop only had 1mil and 2mil...


the motobrick garage...


the instant i got it cut steering head to bung... the wind started whipping up...



trimming...


foil backed foam bottom seat pan...



buttoned up...


yeeeeeehaaaaaaa...

j o











Hey Johnny, where did you get the mylar?
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #164 on: March 16, 2012, 08:52:59 PM »
This should be interesting.  Beemerboneyard had a complete 75S fairing for 3 bills, solid but needs painting.  7 years ago I trashed my fairing in an incident with a deer, and improvised a kawagpz550 minifairing.  But I want a little more protection, so I figure this will be a good project.  Can't decide whether to do a nice paint job ($$$) or something creative (ME 262?)  Should be able to sell the tank, fenders and belly pan & headlight to more than recoup the 300.
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Offline billday

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #165 on: March 17, 2012, 08:14:10 AM »
The tank looks like it came out on the bad side of a dogfight with the ME-262.

I have the same fairing, and I just scored a radiator shroud from Motobricker Rich Honey from Oz... pictures coming one of these days...
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #166 on: March 17, 2012, 11:29:21 AM »
I forgot I can sell the K75C radiator shroud too.  I might make enough off this to actually paint the thing decently!
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Offline mystic red

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #167 on: March 17, 2012, 12:40:00 PM »
nice
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Offline billday

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #168 on: March 17, 2012, 08:23:41 PM »
Steering head bearings.

Can't believe how sad my bike looks with everything off the front.

When I saw the bearings and races, I thought, I can't believe I rode it like this.

I was able to get replacement bearings and races at MaxBMW in CT. Three hours in the cage, but what the hell.

But now I am totally stumped as to how to get the cage off the stem. Clymer says to heat up the stem and lower tree, then use a hydraulic press to push the stem out a bit, presumably so you can get under the cage to pry it up. I looked around the house for a hydraulic press but couldn't find one, so I tried heating it up then trying to pound the stem out using a screwdriver handle as a drift. No joy -- could only get it to move maybe 1/16". What now? Any suggestions?
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #169 on: March 17, 2012, 09:32:39 PM »
cut most of the way through the bearing with a dremel, then a good whack with a cold chisel will snap it off.  That stuff with presses and pullers is for the birds. 
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #170 on: March 17, 2012, 09:41:17 PM »
Thanks, Chaos.
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #171 on: March 17, 2012, 10:39:29 PM »
Dang, those are some funky looking bearings!
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #172 on: March 17, 2012, 10:47:22 PM »
If you freeze the stem and heat up the new bearing with a heat gun or blow dryer, it will magically drop right on.  Mine looked good but were notchy as all hell. 
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #173 on: March 18, 2012, 07:18:20 PM »
Quote from: johnny on March 18, 2012, 01:10:08 PM
drained the 140 + installed the 90...
j o
dunno, I have close to 150K on a K 75 FD using 75/140 full synth.

Under the impression K 1200's & the Open Hole R FD's were most affected by the excess "drag factor" of 140 weight.

Since there is no preload to worry about on the new rear drives (the ones with the big hole in the axle), replacing the ball bearing is far less troublesome than on the previous generation rear drives that had to have their preload set up (using shims) EVERY time a bearing was replaced. I did it on my old K100RS, and it was REAL touchy!

K 1200 FD leak below



The newer BMW FD's had numerous failures regardless of what friggin oil was used. Reason BMW re-engineered to a beefier design for the K 1600.

K 1600 FD below, note the difference in the lugs



The two major dealers in Gauteng now change the rear drive unit oil at every major service interval, disregarding BMW SA's instructions. Surprise, surprise... the number of final-drive failures has decreased dramatically!

NO BIG deal either way is my opine. If I resided a colder climate 75/90W makes more sense over 140. (maybe)  Viscosity chemistry is wunderbar magicKal stuff.

Mobil 1 Synthetic Gear Lube
LS 75W-140

Designed to meet the requirements of light trucks and SUVs where an API GL-5 75W-140 gear oil is recommended.

For the record,it's Don Eilenberger JO.  :bmwsmile
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Re: What Did You Do To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #174 on: March 18, 2012, 07:22:56 PM »
FWIW: Here's an MOA thread on it: http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=58695
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