K11 Owners Group

BMW_Mick · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: Performance chip?

Anyone ever heard of such a thing for the k1100? I ask as someone on eBay uk is claiming to sell them for early K11's. Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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SugarHillCTD · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:41 pm Post subject:

Have you ever heard of "snake oil"?

Any of the eBay performance chips I have seen do very little good for a K bike but increase the seller's wallet size.

Something about a red light......
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BMW_Mick · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:09 pm Post subject:

I thought that was the case, but I thought I'd ask as I know that there are chips (I.e. power commander) for some of the R types.
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jarnbak · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject:

I have one of these http://web.dimsport.com/rapidbike/index.php?DS=0dd0facfe9136a896309b6061dcee274 on my k1100lt 92
I also have k1200rs cams(eu) and k1 t/b and aircleanerbox + k1 f/d.
Regards Palle.

drikko · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject:

jarnbak · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:17 am Post subject:

Yes,it pulls harder beween 5k and redline but i loose a bit in the buttom.
The old k1100(no cat) is dificult to get(mixture) right both at the bottom and at the top
at the samme time.Now i can adjust it with my laptop.
Regards Palle.

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:43 am Post subject:

Mick, you could research it a little closer but I have read that the 1985K100 has a "hotter" european cam setup than later years. Not sure how easy to find them now but its been reported to be around 10hp increase over the now stock cam.
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Phil Marvin · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:50 pm Post subject:

Hi, Scott,
The 1985 K100 bikes came in 2 flavors - 49 state version and CA version. The 49 state version was rated at 90 horsepower and the CA version at 82 horsepower. One of the differences was the cams.
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Rafal · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:12 pm Post subject:

Hello!

You are referring to "hot cams" i.e. 284 cams, K1 K100RS 16 V and K1200RS in Europe, full list of possible scources:
http://realoem.com/bmw/partxref.do?part=11311461691&showus=on&showeur=on
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BMW_Mick · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks for all the info, it's much appreciated. I was asking as I had never heard of a 'power chip' for the early K11's until I saw the ad. I'm not really bothered about upping the power as I'm happy with the performance of my bike as it is.

Interesting about the cams though. I had an '85 model K100RS that did seem a bit quicker than a friends that was an '87. And why was the CA version of the '85 K100 less powerful? Legal reasons?
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Phil Marvin · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: