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Afternoon fellow riders...hmmmmmm some have all the luck in being on the road....
Beryl beemer has been on the operating table for over a week now....damn these public holidays that take away the slave labour....they should abolish these PH's when there's real work to do.......
Beryl has a burnt out exhaust valve on #2 cylinder.....and would you believe that BMW do not have an exhaust valve in Oz at all for a K12LT motor?????????
BMW tech measured all cam/shim bucket clearances and all were fine, within specs....
The only difference in the last 6 months of riding was that I have changed fuels from Shell Optimax to Caltex 98.......would that have made such a diff???
I think that my mode of economy riding may have some bearing in this....I remember having to do a top end rebuild on my XS1100E at about 120,000kms cos of low compression problems.... plus the cylinder head on the XS was pretty well coked up.....
I did ask for the BMW guys to take some pix of the head which has been sent off to be rebuilt etc etc....just need this pesky exhaust valve....
The dealer says they have to order one from the fatherland being a number of weeks...huh?????????????????????
I'm getting a bit peeved at being the forerunner of BMW K12LT hiccups here in Oz......it's about time someone else had a go at this...hehheheheheheh
What a PITA.....
cheers
Phill
1999 Beryl Beemer 129569kms
1978 XS1100E 194,000kms
Beryl beemer has been on the operating table for over a week now....damn these public holidays that take away the slave labour....they should abolish these PH's when there's real work to do.......
Beryl has a burnt out exhaust valve on #2 cylinder.....and would you believe that BMW do not have an exhaust valve in Oz at all for a K12LT motor?????????
BMW tech measured all cam/shim bucket clearances and all were fine, within specs....
The only difference in the last 6 months of riding was that I have changed fuels from Shell Optimax to Caltex 98.......would that have made such a diff???
I think that my mode of economy riding may have some bearing in this....I remember having to do a top end rebuild on my XS1100E at about 120,000kms cos of low compression problems.... plus the cylinder head on the XS was pretty well coked up.....
I did ask for the BMW guys to take some pix of the head which has been sent off to be rebuilt etc etc....just need this pesky exhaust valve....
The dealer says they have to order one from the fatherland being a number of weeks...huh?????????????????????
I'm getting a bit peeved at being the forerunner of BMW K12LT hiccups here in Oz......it's about time someone else had a go at this...hehheheheheheh
What a PITA.....
cheers
Phill
1999 Beryl Beemer 129569kms
1978 XS1100E 194,000kms