once the "Cardanshaft" splittered into pieces on my K100.
Every 10k KM the rear axle leaked all its oil (R1150). "Radialwellendichtring" the bill said.
The same R1150 had serious engine knocking probs. Couldn't be solved. Occured so often apparently that
bmw decided to introduce twin-spark from 2003 onwards... Bad luck for those with models '99-'02.
Two friends missed a motorcycle holiday respectively, because of a broken bmw gearbox (one R80, one R1150).
Another friend also needed a new R1150GS gearbox.
Unfortunately we trusted bmw, and didn't know the essential info that the only reliable bmw twin, is the R1100 built after '97.
Last edited by uganduro; 14 Aug 2008 at 12:07.
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