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BMW R 1150 GS

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  • #52
    Detritus70
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Detritus70


    Update on the bike being reluctant to start and ABS warning lights.
    It used to be a pain starting the bike, had to hold the throttle, it was conking out and ABS was complaining. Turned it off and on again after a few km and all was well.
    Turns out I'm an idiot and I hadn't RTFM.
    On the left there's a small lever for raising the rpm for a cold start. It can't be a choke, since the bike has fuel injection. When you engage the lever, the throttle moves slightly. Which is very odd, since when do you get fuel injection that requires you to engage some form of choke lever? I've never seen that.
    The lever is very small, the writing has faded, so it's just a small, black know that is easy to overlook
    Bike starts and runs perfectly when using the lever.

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  • #53
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,516 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Years ago I bought a new CBR600, had awful trouble starting it on cold days, was thinking there was something wrong with it.

    Turned out the choke mechanism was quite stiff when new and up until then all I'd been doing was taking the slack out of the cable and not really applying any choke at all :o

    But yeah having a fuel injection system that doesn't automatically look after cold starts is very weird.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #54
    Sir Galahad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Sir Galahad


    Detritus70 wrote: »
    Update on the bike being reluctant to start and ABS warning lights.
    It used to be a pain starting the bike, had to hold the throttle, it was conking out and ABS was complaining. Turned it off and on again after a few km and all was well.
    Turns out I'm an idiot and I hadn't RTFM.
    On the left there's a small lever for raising the rpm for a cold start. It can't be a choke, since the bike has fuel injection. When you engage the lever, the throttle moves slightly. Which is very odd, since when do you get fuel injection that requires you to engage some form of choke lever? I've never seen that.
    The lever is very small, the writing has faded, so it's just a small, black know that is easy to overlook
    Bike starts and runs perfectly when using the lever.

    It is a choke. Use it until you have “one bar” on the RID then turn it off.


  • #55
    Detritus70
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Detritus70


    Sir Galahad wrote: »
    It is a choke. Use it until you have “one bar” on the RID then turn it off.

    I've just never seen a choke on anything fuel injected

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  • #56
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,479 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Detritus70 wrote: »
    I've just never seen a choke on anything fuel injected

    I've two fuel injection aprilias with a choke or cold start as its called.


  • #57
    Detritus70
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Detritus70


    Well, now I know. :D

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  • #58
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Sir Galahad wrote: »
    It is a choke. Use it until you have “one bar” on the RID then turn it off.

    it's just a fast idle really, no choking's involved. Just raises idle rpm until it's warm enough to not needed.

    OP - one thing all that Gen of BMW's need is a good battery. When I had RT's 1100/1150 and up to GS12, I always fitted an Odyssey PC680 battery.

    If they ECU on those doesn't get enought juice at power-on, it just throws a hissy fit.

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  • #59
    Detritus70
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Detritus70


    No real update yet again, been driving Pepper more than fixing her. The speedo driver broke, you have to pull the front axle halfway out to replace that and later I adjusted the valve clearances.

    I am always blown away by the absolute minute NM figures for all the nuts and bolts, like 20 or 30 NM for the bolts holding the front wheel in place an 8(!!) NM for the counterlock nuts for the tappets. I forgot to check that beforehand and apllied rather a lot more force, like a lot.

    I had the bike on the main stand and kept the rear end in the air with a broom handle (I only use the most professional gear) and I turned the rear wheel in neutral. No crunchiness or play whatsoever. I then started the bike, put it in first and let the clutch out.

    There is definitely something not quite right, there is something sounding a bit rough, but I can't figure out if it's the shaft or if it's coming from the gearbox direction. I don't have any problems when driving and she's now sitting at nearly 95000 km, so I put a good few miles on that bike.

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  • #60
    Colm Cummins
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Colm Cummins


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117797162#Comment_117797162

    Not advised to run the bike on the main stand. They will all make a bit of noise.



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  • #61
    Detritus70
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Detritus70


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118011555#Comment_118011555

    Yes, I googled around a bit and found out that doing that will result in noise.

    Bike is going very well so far and have been commuting on it a fair bit

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