BMW and Castrol have gone to great lengths in developing the right oil for these engines. It all boils down to very close machining tolerances and using any other brand with a different viscosity will without doubt lead to premature failure. It's the same with new motor cars, once of a day most...
Saw this bike at the NEC show and fell in love the instant I saw it. Sat on it and straight away I knew 'this is right' along with the styling and size suited me well. Bought mine July 2010 and have never looked back since. Didn't buy the bike for all the gadgets but in the event I do get things...
58yrs old. Full of metal 'titanium' after an horrendous crash in 2003 that should have left me paralysed waist down but miraculously managed to keep hobbling!!! Remember the good old Norton/BSA days when I was a rocker!!! What do I do but buy one of the fastest bikes on the planet and still...
Sorry to say this chaps but these damned switches are not just fitted to the S1000RR but to some other models throughout the BMW range. Feedback I got from the dealers is these things go wrong for fun and they have fitted A LOT of them!!!! Neadless to say that they cost £200 quidish, some...
Does anyone know where to get a full workshop wiring diagram for the S1000RR? I have the official CD for the repair/maintenance for these machines but the info given on wiring is virtually zilch! On these bikes some of the electrical systems operate on CAN and I would be interested on further...
Bike absolutely brill but had this niggling problem virtually from the word go. Within 6 months the high beam switch went faulty (had to hold it in to get it to operate). Put the bike in mothballs over winter and carried out an annual service checked it all out and found the new switch that I'd...