R100GSPD known problems?
 

Hi all
My name is Scott, new to this forum and hoping to tap into some knowledge out there.
I have a work mate who is selling his 89 (or 90?) R100GS Dakar. It has 100,000 Klms on it, and knowing John, I doubt a lot of maintenance has been going on, and I know he is hard on his gear. But, I am visiting him next week and will look at the bike and try to get a good idea of it's history.

My questions are, what are the known problems with these bikes, how much life can I expect from engine, clutch, trans, final drive and are there any chasssis problems to be aware of? Also, the reference I have read of, Airheads and Oil heads, I assume airheads are only air cooled (oil as well, but no cooler?), and oil heads are cooled by bothe air and oil (with cooler).
Can anyone shed light on this for me?
Thanks, Scott

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Simon

lol must me a honda verses bmw thing? :eek3:

There is a vast store of information on 'what goes wrong' with airheads .. as they have be en around for decades and their riders tend to do distances .. where have you looked?
http://www.airheads.org/
http://home.jps.net/~snowbum/techindex.htm
http://www.ibmwr.org/
http://www.motobins.co.uk/services.php
http://www.euromotoelectrics.com/enduralast.html

and many more ...

thanks frank, have only been looking here in the last day or so. thanks for those links, will be sure to check them out
scott