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Topic: LED LIGHTS |
QXEA
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Views: 11622
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Forum: Tech Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:53 pm Subject: LED LIGHTS |
+1 on the Eastern Beaver relay kit for the headlight.
Easy to install and it does give you a brighter headlight with the standard bulb.
Cheers,
Merle |
Topic: Whera that part of heat dam goes in? |
QXEA
Replies: 2
Views: 5895
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Forum: Tech Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:49 pm Subject: # 5 heat dam location |
Don't tell me let me guess, it fell out when you weren't looking!
On an RS that part goes under the right hand side panel.
The rounded part (on the bottom in your diagram) slides into one of the ... |
Topic: losing spark on cyls #2 #$3 intermittantantly |
QXEA
Replies: 21
Views: 21424
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Forum: Tech Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:45 pm Subject: Reference for HES testing |
What a great reference for troubleshooting and fixing HES!!
Thanks Ted
Merle |
Topic: Dumb Question, 2V or 4V? |
QXEA
Replies: 9
Views: 9779
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Forum: Tech Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:02 am Subject: 2V and 4V |
Your 85 K100 is a 2V (2 valves per cylinder). K1100, K1 are 4V and possibly some K100 around 91 or 92 not sure of exactly when they switched.
Cheers |
Topic: '92 K1100 RS Not Starting |
QXEA
Replies: 15
Views: 14008
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Forum: Tech Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:56 pm Subject: '92 K1100 RS Not Starting |
Mike,
Some of the information out there on how to check the fault codes for the later K1100 bikes is incorrect. The correct way to check is:
Ignition switch on
Ground pin 1 for 5 seconds
Re ... |
Topic: K1100RS Fairing |
QXEA
Replies: 5
Views: 6776
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Forum: Tech Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:03 pm Subject: K1100RS Fairing |
| That rubber piece you have left over baffles more people on where it goes than any other bit on the bike. There is a round barrel section to it and that section slides into the recess for the one of ... |
Topic: Strange question...pictures of clutch parts... |
QXEA
Replies: 45
Views: 43174
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Forum: Tech Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:17 am Subject: Strange question...pictures of clutch parts... |
tmoons
How hard is it to get the rear main seal out and back in again? Were you able to just pull or pry the seal out or did you need to fabricate a tool to pull the seal? I need to fix the oil l ... |
Topic: Ugly Cat |
QXEA
Replies: 16
Views: 14524
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Forum: Tech Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:02 am Subject: Ugly Cat |
| A good metal polish for stainless is Met-all aluminum polish. It works great on stainless steel in addition to being one of the best aluminum polishes around. You can hand polish with it but does ta ... |
Topic: Help, pics needed |
QXEA
Replies: 12
Views: 10876
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Forum: Tech Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:06 pm Subject: Help, pics needed |
| The stock BMW batteries come with plastic cover to prevent the positive terminal from contacting the motronic mounting plate/battery hold down. When I replaced my stock battery with a Westco battery ... |
Topic: Spline lube possible w/o removing ABS II unit? |
QXEA
Replies: 13
Views: 23570
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Forum: Tech Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:35 am Subject: Spline lube possible w/o removing ABS II unit? |
Duck,
The red rust I was referring to was all of the red colored metal fillings you see on splines that are run to long in between spline lubes and the splines are just trashed.
Your correct the ... |
Topic: Spline lube possible w/o removing ABS II unit? |
QXEA
Replies: 13
Views: 23570
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Forum: Tech Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:31 pm Subject: Spline lube possible w/o removing ABS II unit? |
Duck,
I do not think you can. When I did the splines on my 95 RS the thing that prevented me from leaving the ABS unit in place was the tray that is under ABS unit. You need to get the tray out of ... |
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