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DTI = Dial Test Indicator. Let's you measure things like rim or disc runout with a precision of 0.01mm. You mount it against the rim and it measures the wiggle.

One other step in the RepROM is to push the brake pads back in before you try and wiggle the wheel, presumably in case the caliper is holding the wheel in position.

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According to RepROM, the spec is 0.5mm (total) sideways movement at the wheel rim @ <35 degrees C on the centre stand. I have a DTI if you want to borrow that and get the reassurance of some actual numbers. I'd agree that the backlash (back and forth) movement is entirely normal.

Replacing looks quite involved, as you need to heat various parts to get the bearings out. If you're going abroad, I assume you've got BMW recovery in case it gets suddenly worse while you're away.

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If you want some of the wheels, it looks like they come from Australia.

https://www.rotacaster.com.au/

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What?! 51 minutes of advertising?
Are you absolutely positive you have the correct link?

If so, please state the minute to start watching from, since I only have another 24 * 365 * 20 lots of 51 minutes to live.

5:03 to 5:51. It's a pair of paddock stands with goofy wheels so you can push the bike around like it's on swivel castors. They say it's for Ducati, then show it being used with a KTM.

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Re: Corbin Seat + Smuggler trunk
« on: May 14, 2024, 03:30:08 pm »
In daylight the trunk is more grey than the mudguard, but I think it looks OK anyway. It's easier to swing my leg over than the Q-bag I had on the other seat too.

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K1200 / K1300 Forum / Corbin Seat + Smuggler trunk
« on: May 14, 2024, 11:40:12 am »
In another thread, Richard had the front half of this fitted but the trunk wouldn't go on with the grab rails.






This on my K13S with the standard grip rails. The only downside is that the BMW side cases won't go on, as the trunk is slightly too wide. Longer bolts and a 15mm spacer should be enough to fix that though.

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Apparently the really ugly GSA version isn't out until next year, or sometime. A shortage of aluminium Tupperware and scaffold poles perhaps. Anyway, weren't you expecting a K1600?

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The Euro K Club Lounge / Re: Fuel shortage in France
« on: May 12, 2024, 09:32:06 pm »
https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/
Handy French government petrol prices website, that’s also good at finding where they are.

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fjtwelve's Bikes / Re: K1300S
« on: May 12, 2024, 05:12:04 pm »
I've had it for a few years, so not the current version, but it's a 4 channel PicoScope automotive oscilloscope. It's a Box that you connect to a laptop PC with a USB cable, then there's a PicoScope Windows application.

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fjtwelve's Bikes / Re: K1300S
« on: May 11, 2024, 06:11:00 pm »
Just playing of course. But the idea was to get a waveform while it was working so I'd have something to compare with at a later date.


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fjtwelve's Bikes / Re: K1300S
« on: May 10, 2024, 06:06:01 pm »
While playing with my oscilloscope I did manage to get an ignition waveform from my K13 using the COP probe. I just took the side panels off and there was enough space to get the probe onto the top of the coils. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XE8LuQUXhw

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Special challenge:
- Click on image to spot the K oddity

That'll be the rather non-standard seat on the Motorsport. Did you get that off a cruiser?

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Other (K) Bikes or anything else! / Re: New to me Bike
« on: May 02, 2024, 02:08:11 pm »
Tail End Charlie

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I need a longer bar.


...or a Torque multiplier. Assuming you could find something to put the arm against. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/laser-6948-mini-torque-multiplier-34-to-1/


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Places to Eat / Re: The Rising Sun, Shaftesbury, Dorset'ish
« on: April 18, 2024, 05:03:02 pm »
if you're down that way you should also pop into Compton Abbas Airfield. You could go via ZigZag hill, for no other reason than to say you've done it. Nice view from Spreadeagle hill too.

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