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My day
« on: February 20, 2015, 02:49:24 pm »
Picked up the K12S for its first run after its winter layoff.

New rear tyre to replace punctured tyre near its limit and managed 22 miles from the garage before filling a petrol station forecourt with steam and chucking coolant everywhere. Done more miles in the back of a transit than on the road so far in 2015.   :(

Ugh.

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Re: My day
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2015, 02:52:31 pm »
We hope you get it sorted Luke. Keep us posted.

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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2015, 03:02:43 pm »
Arrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

I came out of the pay kiosk at my local Shell station late one cold winter night two years ago to find a yoof of foreign origin delving under my bike.

Just before I gave him a TCX dental check-up, he lifted a finger to his lips, then looked up at me and said 'It's coolant!'

He had spotted it dribbling from the belly pan while he was filling his Corsa with cocaine. Nice guy though.

I managed to limp the 15 miles home without blowing it up and then spent 2 months trying to find a replacement radiator before giving up and buying new from BMW. Ouch!

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Re: My day
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2015, 04:04:40 pm »
Picked up the K12S for its first run after its winter layoff.

New rear tyre to replace punctured tyre near its limit and managed 22 miles from the garage before filling a petrol station forecourt with steam and chucking coolant everywhere. Done more miles in the back of a transit than on the road so far in 2015.   :(

Ugh.
Oh deary me not a great start but it can only get better from now on, can't it.
By the way what tyres are you running at the moment.
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Re: My day
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2015, 11:16:38 pm »
Michellin pilot something, but I didn't even get a chance to get home to look properly for what version it was!

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Re: My day
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2015, 08:48:41 am »
Surely that one belongs elsewhere.
No rads on ebay, but if you need and want I can ask locally might worth the try.
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Re: My day
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2015, 09:53:30 am »
I've yet to see a radiator on ebay for a K1200S. If you did come across a second hand rad it is likely to be knackered anyway. I think that you are going to have to bite the bullet and do what Brian and I had to do which is to buy a new rad.  :(
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Re: My day
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2015, 07:41:29 pm »
Well it is still under warranty from where I bought it last year. Hopefully it is something more trivial like a split hose or something?

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Re: My day
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2015, 11:56:12 am »
Wish is something simple like that. I have the tendency to always adapt the worse case scenario, in this way I'm better prepared for the bill.
Rad found here used taken from a bike involved in an accident. Might get it for a price close to 400e new one here goes for 800e.
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Re: My day
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2015, 11:58:59 am »
Well it is still under warranty from where I bought it last year. Hopefully it is something more trivial like a split hose or something?
If it is under warranty I would be hoping it was the radiator which you might have to replace eventually anyway.   ::)
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Re: My day
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2015, 02:55:27 pm »
Is the head gasket. :O

F*"k this, the dealer can take it back and give my money back.
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Re: My day
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2015, 03:15:03 pm »
If it is still under warranty you should be OK.

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Re: My day
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2015, 03:25:23 pm »
Is the head gasket. :O

F*"k this, the dealer can take it back and give my money back.
Would be interested to know if that is a common problem on these engines. I've not heard of it before.
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2015, 03:29:25 pm »
I've never heard of a head gasket failing, always a first time though.

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Re: My day
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2015, 03:41:40 pm »
Is the head gasket. :O

F*"k this, the dealer can take it back and give my money back.
Would be interested to know if that is a common problem on these engines. I've not heard of it before.

There have been 'lots' of case of the HEAD warping or even cracking if the correct vacuum method is not used to refill the cooling system. Lots of DIY'ers who didn't bother with the pump created air bubbles in the head which causes hot spots and can cause the warping or cracking. Hope they check the head and block for true and cracks when they change the gasket.

Brian (who hates hot spots at the best of times, but on a cylinder head?  >:( )

PS I (and perhaps Tom) have a bleed valve on the top, right corner of the cylinder head to allow air out when refilling with coolant so don't need the vacuum pump, but I always use it.