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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: New Fairing Motorsport
« on: December 04, 2019, 12:06:11 pm »
I lost my footing and leant the bike on its side at an alpine pass a couple of years ago when stopping on my K1300S 30th Anniversary. The price for the panel/painting/decals from my local dealer who I rate was from memory £1000+ which was quite a lot.  Asked them who did their touch up painting when needed and got contact details of a local custom bike painter in Berkshire, dropped in to see them and got the panel re-painted for ~£250 which relatively was a bargain and they did a great job...  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Lamp F !!
« on: May 15, 2019, 10:19:44 am »
I'm running "normal" bulbs and had the Lamp F warning while touring when the dip beam bulb died.  Simple short term solution till I got home was to swap it with one of the high beam bulbs - at least still legal and not attracting more attention than necessary!  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: K1300S tarty rear set - adjusting angle/height of rear brake lever
« on: May 10, 2019, 09:21:45 am »
Quote from: sudolea on May 09, 2019, 09:32:27 am
Easy for short people, to raise the pegs. But I guess for Richard, it feels already now as if he's riding with his knees touching his elbows...

Bit "heightist" :-) I'm 6ft 2", however it sounds like it is case of choosing which poison you prefer...  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: K1300S tarty rear set - adjusting angle/height of rear brake lever
« on: May 09, 2019, 05:45:32 am »
I have used the method you describe on a number of bikes in the past for the same reason, however if you have the Motorsport footrests easiest solution is to lift the pegs up.  I raised mine just "one stop" and it made the relative physical position of the brake pedal so much better for me and did not decrease riding comfort.  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: BMW HP Dash Retrofit - Guide
« on: January 31, 2019, 09:35:50 am »
Quote from: richtea on January 30, 2019, 01:34:40 pm
Phenomenal detail - good stuff!


Amazing info:-) and very cool I have to say!  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: battery charger
« on: January 14, 2019, 09:17:39 pm »
Went the optimate route now too:-) works a treat via the Canbus socket.  It was a badged version in Nippy Normans sale at £59...  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: battery charger
« on: January 06, 2019, 07:47:16 pm »
I see the consensus is to direct connect:-) however has anyone brought one of those expensive :-) BMW chargers and used it via the Canbus socket with success?  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: BMW Alarm on K1300S with RDC (TPMS)
« on: December 12, 2018, 11:02:16 pm »
My first K1300S did not have an alarm which I wanted to paid for the upgrade, local dealer did the work (put in the new box and reset a few software bits) and all was good.  Even got the old TPMS block as a present!  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Hilltop ECU re-flash
« on: November 08, 2018, 06:27:49 pm »
Would you be willing to post or PM the before and after curves please?  I have the slip on already and am considering a hill top re-map... Thanks, Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Solving the loose Shift lever on BMW K1200 s
« on: October 14, 2018, 10:21:20 pm »
Tom, that Is creative, good to see such an original engineering solution, thanks for sharing, Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Akra db killer removal
« on: October 12, 2018, 07:58:59 am »
From memory on my bike a good quality open ended spanner on the two sides of the nut was enough to brake the weld, as others have said it is loud with it out and I have it like that about 2 weeks of the year:-) Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Recent K1300S + extra loom still = hot start problem
« on: October 11, 2018, 07:21:00 am »
Quote from: TomL on October 08, 2018, 02:56:51 pm
Time to take it back and get it sorted before it kills you.

Agreed, when BMW did the extra loom on my K1300S it was night and day starting when hot, it can't be done correctly or you have another problem:-) Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: 18,000 mile service
« on: October 03, 2018, 08:22:07 pm »
I'm guessing a 2008 model is out of warranty already:-) and given the low mileage I can't see BMW splitting hairs over the interval.  Will be interesting to hear what they say.  Typically I understood BMW to give quite a lot of leeway if you have it regularly serviced.  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Oh deer!
« on: October 03, 2018, 08:14:35 pm »
Oh that is a sad, involuntary way to leave a marque, double bummer!  Peter

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: The end is in sight!
« on: September 09, 2018, 12:11:42 am »
I'll be having the same dilemma in 2019 so please keep us updated. 

The GS 1250 is on the way within a few weeks I think and that will roll down to the RS too I guess within a year.  I've seen reports the current R1200 can be mapped to pretty much 140ps so if the 1250 comes with that as standard I'm guessing it should be able to get over 150ps with a remap.  If they put a decent faring/screen on the RS and get rid of the crappy black and white LCD that is the route I would look to.  Peter

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