The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Bob_Roller on February 08, 2010, 02:59:44 PM

Title: Fork Seals
Post by: Bob_Roller on February 08, 2010, 02:59:44 PM

A lot has bee said about how complicated the newer BMW bikes are to work on .

I just got done replacing the right fork seal on my oilhead .

I did the left one about 2 years ago, so the steep learning curve was not present this time .

Total time from first putting a wrench to the bike, until the last bolt was torqued, was 38 minutes .

They did get some things right with the latest generation of bikes .

Title: Re: Fork Seals
Post by: nhmaf on February 08, 2010, 09:53:53 PM

How long would it take to change the "spring" on that telelever front end, though  ;-)

I'm not razzing on the oilheads - I think that they are good motorcycles - but they just don't have the character of the predecessors.

Title: Re: Fork Seals
Post by: GrimReaper on February 09, 2010, 12:02:49 AM

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I'm not razzing on the oilheads - I think that they are good motorcycles - but they just don't have the character of the predecessors

That's why a 30 years old R100rs is the same price like 10 years old r11rs ;D