Doing my own basic maintance?

[Steve Kolenda]

I am planning on starting to do my own basic (6,000 and 12,000 mile intervals) maintenance on my 2000 R1100RT. Where do I start? Tools required? Maintenance manual or video? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Boffin]

The Oilhead Maintenance Manual

 

I also recommend getting a copy of the BMW service manual on CD as this lists all the torques etc and can help get you out of unexpected tight-spots - cheapest place still seems to be Motobins

 

Best of all, look out for a tech-daze near you, ask in Ride and event planning.

 

Andy

[Sidmariner]

All the above.

 

Start with the manuals, both SELOC and the BMW ones you can buy for cheap on eBay, or you might even be able to find them for free on the internet. The .pdf manuals are useful because you can print out a few pages at a time and enlarge diagrams and photos when you need to.

 

Jim Von Baden's videos are a good confidence builder and handy if you can run or pause them from a laptop in the garage while you're doing the work. There are also a couple of excellent videos on the bmwmc.com site.

 

There are huge amounts of great information shared on this site which you can dig up with a quick search. As well, the Adventure Riders site advrider.com has links to superb tech articles such as the Valve Adjustment for Dummies (OVAD) guide. The BMWOA site also has very good FAQ articles.

 

As for tools, the special ones worth considering are 1/4 and 3/8" torque wrenches to cover the 8nm to 125nm range. If you are really keen, you can buy the cute little 10mm box wrench for doing valve adjustments. It is only slightly smaller than the one in the stock toolkit, but is good for "snerking" (see OVAD) the lock nuts.

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

I am planning on starting to do my own basic (6,000 and 12,000 mile intervals) maintenance on my 2000 R1100RT. Where do I start? Tools required? Maintenance manual or video? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

About five years ago I wrote a Tech Daze manual that contains a pretty good list of tools required, as well as some practical advice here and there. You might find it handy.

 

The Haynes manual (available at book stores) is pretty good for routine maintenance, too. Lots of pics, and a great full-color electrical schematic, the whole thing is sold at a bargain price.

[keithb]

+2 on attending a local tech day. You will learn firsthand how to maintain your bike which was paramount to me when I attended my first tech day 3.5 years ago. It's a lot of fun hanging out with passionate like minded people.

[Matts_12GS]

Steve,

I'll be up in MA in a few weeks for work and then doing some riding around the area before heading south.

 

If there's beer in the fridge and a couch to crash on I might be able to make the trip up that way once I get done working...

[Steve Kolenda]

Thank you for your most generous offer but I just had the 12K service done the other day. At this time I'm trying to figure out what I need to purchase so that I can do the next service. I think I have the required torque wrenches so it looks like the

Twinmax will be one of the more expensive purchases.

 

Thanks again for your offer.

[Boffin]

so it looks like the Twinmax will be one of the more expensive purchases

 

Instructions for making a home-made water manometer. Cheaper and more accurate. I use 2-stroke oil as the fluid in my manometer.

 

Andy