K1200LT Voorste remskywe

Ek en 'n kolega het in November 2008 elk 'n nuwe K1200LT gekoop. Na ongeveer 4000Km het hy begin kla oor 'n geraas voor op die motorfiets. Na verskeie besoeke aan twee verskillende agentskappe kon hulle nie die geraas opspoor nie.
Ek het na my 4 Corners trip 'n soortgelyke geraas begin hoor.

Na die kolega se 10000Km diens het die agente agtergekom dat die voorste remskywe los is en dat dit die geraas veroorsaak. Hule het die nuwe voorskywe plus die remskoene bestel en sal dit onder waarborg vervang.

Hy het my daarvan gesê en na 'n vinnige toets is gevind dat my remskywe ook losgekom het. Daar is ook nuwes bestel en sodra die parte hier is sal dit vervang word.

Volgens die agente is dit nogal 'n algemene verskynsel onder die swaarder fietse.

Miskien moet die manne met die swaarder fietse net voel of hulle voorste remskywe nog solied vas is. Die speling is nie sywaarts nie maar in die diameter.

On this subject of disc pads;

I have a business relationship with a brake pad manufacturer that also do OE. For some time I wondered what is the demand for pads amongst our Beemer fraternity? Maybe it will be viable for this company to make pads for us at a fraction of the retail price, at OE standards. The club can perhaps be the selling agent, - to members?

What you say? Must I contact them and get a proposal?

Sjoe Christo, dit is voorwaar kommerwekkend. My fiets se voorste skywe is sogenaamde "Floating Rotors" wat veronderstel is om te kan beweeg maar die beweging is slegs sywaarts en dus nie in die rotasie rigting nie. Dink die LT is dieselfde

Skrikwekkend om te dink dat 'n groot masjien soos die LT van bykans 400kg met defekte voorremme kan sit

Ja = is kommerwekkend. Eerste wat ek van so geval hoor en ek LT al van 2004 af. Wat nogsl opvallend is, is dat Bavaria die meeste LT's in die land verkoop maar ek sien feitlik nooit enige ander LT's op die pad of by klubrides nie???????????.

Hi all,
I have a K1200S 2008 and had the same Fr. brake disc problem. I complained since new about the "rattle" when on a corrugated road, or when braked hard, and the agent could not find it. Complaned on 1000km service, before 10000km service, on 10000km service and finally one evening in my garage. I held the front brake and pumped the front hard up and down, and heard it load and clear. At forst I thought that the front shock has got an "air-lock" or one of the valves inside seized, which sometimes happens with cars. Especially the older types.
Took my bike in the next day and showed the service manager. The technician phoned me later, informing me that they must replace the disc and fasteners.
I searched the net and follow the following link, having all the re-call and service bulletins listed for any BMW bike.
Interesting reading matter.
This problem started in 2007/8.
I just wonder why only Canadians got re-call/service bulletins done on their bikes, and SA not. Perhaps they way agents do it here, if the customer does complain hard enough, they do nothing......
Anyway, do any K1200 owner's K make a noise like valve clatter, when you start your K in the mornigs or whenever the bike is cold??. Mine does, and apparently there is a mod, the agent must replace I think the cam-chain tensioner with it. Mine has got the the replacement in and still does it every so often.

Apologies, see the link for bulletins below

http://www.allworldauto.com/tsbs/bmw_k1200_s_technical_service_bulletins_15-11217-1.html

welcome to the forum Ignosap

ignosap wrote:.....I have a K1200S 2008.......

at last........someone with great taste...........GS wêreld hierdie jong! but they tolerate me…….or is it the other way around

ignosap wrote:....Anyway, do any K1200 owner's K make a noise like valve clatter, when you start your K in the mornigs or whenever the bike is cold??. Mine does, and apparently there is a mod, the agent must replace I think the cam-chain tensioner with it. Mine has got the the replacement in and still does it every so often.

indeed there are more K owners here........lots of them and good people they are

serious......there is a fix to the rattle at start-up(after the chain tensioner has been done), a very simple one. They only need to fit two thicker washers. Simon of Bavarian East knows exactly about it because......I informed him . We (the K-owners) are fortunate to have an excellent and very knowledgeable site in BMWSuperbikesdotcom to our disposal. I’ll look for the link but in the mean time you can speak to Simon. The thicker washers sorted the start-up rattle om my K12's....all three of them.

Had the same problem with the timing chain tensioner on the LT - it got stuck and did not come out again. Luckily this happened in town - close to Bavaria - drove straight there. Apparently you can drive like that - at least to the nearest dealership. Bike was still under its 2 year warrantee - so it was replaced by Bavaria.

HI MadnohB, thanks for the "Bavaria" advise,I had contact with my dealer at Northside BMW, the service manager fortunately knows Simon and will contact him.
The baddie is that when I complained in the past, the dealer where I had my K serviced (and let me make it clear,not Northside, where Steve is the service manager) never did anything to get rid of my clatter complain, and I bought a new K1200S last year, hoping the noise is sorted by Germany. Expensive change for nothing!!!!!!!!! R146k later.
Anyway, complain or not, the K is the best of the best!!!!!!!!!!!, any model. I just wish that they imported the K1200S sport like for the USA.

to ignosap

managed to trace the link

http://www.bmwk1200s.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4757&highlight=rattle+startup

the part numbers are:

Part number 11 31 7 701 020 / 1 mm
Part number 11 31 7 702 113 / 2 mm

Hi Madnohb,
I went straight to Northside with the advice, Steve did the mod-on-a-mod with the washers, works so far.
Tx again mate

glad you are sorted........that noise is not a big deal but it's very annoying