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Just fitted a brilliant 180 degree rear view mirror to my 1998 K1100LT SE

It's a Riderscan and cost me approx. £40 - a small price to pay to stay alive !

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Maybe I am missing something but sprag clutches are used in automatic transmissions and in motorcycle starters instead of a bendix gear but how by using WS2 in the engine oil does it get to the starte ...

Is the sprag clutch statement from experience or a belief? This is a very old thread for no one to have brought it up before with it sounds like numerous people doing it.

Very much experience. In ...

Don't put 'friction modifiers' or reducers in the engine oil, the starter sprag clutch needs to have friction to work!!!

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I commute up the A2 into London daily on my K1100LT which is fitted with a top case and the small city panniers which most days is enough for the good lady and myself.

If you have ever been ...

I just finished tearing mine down for the same reason, mine was full of some rtv sealant and lots of carbon flakes. Had no other issues bearings were clean and showed very little wear. Overall I am ...

Nice fix, instead of JB weld, I would have selected the hole saw size to match a blind grommet (bung). How did you keep the swarf out of the crankcase?

Few blind grommets are big enough and the cas ...

OK I'll warn you now, it ain't pretty, but against BMW service's cost for doing it, or two days stripping and rebuilding after, it works for me...

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Check your wheel sensor cable's, both that they are fully plugged in on the loom and that the connections are clean, also check the cable's are good, my rear one was worn through (mice?) and broken, a ...

New helmet, fairing spider, some paint, and 2 month's off work due to the skin on my knee tearing and the hospital acquired infection... Yes I was wearing full leathers with armour.

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Rene, my BERU original leads (both sets including one bought new in Feb this year) have 5k OHM marked on the cap. The plugs may also have resistance, it makes little difference, except for surpression ...

Has anyone here "di-sected" the spark plug wires on our K1100s? I know that some Honda cycles have copper wires with a 5K resistor molded into the plug "cap". I can buy these &quo ...

Rode to and from work today, having replaced the shaft last night.

Total parts cost, box and shaft, less than the diesel to fuel my Land-Rover for commuting since it all went t*ts-up!

'New' (use ...

Sheared and looking at the replacement started to flow due to the heat!

Rode to and from work today!

Had my son over-balance me and the bike once, and dropped it all by myself once, both times it went completely flat down and needed two to pick it up.

My worst experiences were with a Martini Yam, ...

Neil

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K1100LTIC, first bike in ~20 years, ex-police as were most of my R's in the past.

Do most of my own spannering, just finished doing a gearbox swap as the original locked ...

Nice job on the trans too BTW.

Not yet its not, looks like the drive shafts torsion damper rubber has sheared...

About all you can do is to visually inspect it for evidence of heating/blueing, notchy u-joints, tearing rubber insert, condition of splines.

How common is the rubber insert failing?

Just fini ...

If it's got original blackened aluminium bobbins changing them for either of the aftermarket steel ones will probably bring them back to only just floating... Mine were rattling until I changed the bo ...