1998 Bmw R1100gs Problems

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1998 bmw r1100gs problems.

This review is going to be a little different than most on the bmw r1100 gs. 1999 42k miles private seller maintained at the local bmw dealer. Herein lie the virtues and the problems. Manufacturer make model year.

If the transmission is the m94 spec you should make sure it works well. 1998 bmw r1100r. My first post ever to a forum. This will be my second motorcycle.

Bmw r 1100 r 1998 motorcycle style. Seller is turning over this bike to purchase one of the new 1600 sixes. Looking to purchase an r1100s and trying to learn if there are known issues or things i should look out for when inspecting a bike pre purchase. There are many problems with owning the r1100gs as i have found.

Are there any dirty little secrets that i should know about this bike. 1085 cc 4 stroke liquid cooled boxer twin engine bore and stroke. The r1100gs is an excellent bike. Plugs and plugs and plugs.

A mo staffer commented that the r1100r is not as exotic as the bikini roadsters and for a competent standard he preferred a bandit 1200. But for those wanting something funky capable fun yet practical the r1100r is in a league of its own. Haynes repair manual bmw r850 1100 1150 4 valve twins 1993 2006. 80 hp 59 7 kw 6750 rpm.

At 50k miles shocks brakes hall sensor wiring driveshaft spline lube should be serviced if not already done. Im about to buy a 1998 bmw r1100gs 27 000 miles on it for 7200. I consider fuel consumption very low for a 1100cc bike with almost no fairing orher than a small windscreen i get around 4 5 to 5 5l per 100km average depending on my right hand s action. Chicago has better prices very slow shipping though.

Engine specs engine type. Max bmw has a good parts fiche on the web so you can get prices from there or chicago bmw you ll need part s for chicago bmw. I bought this bike when it was already 10 years old and it had 52000 miles on the road. 99 mm x 70 5 mm valves 4 valves cylinder claimed horsepower.

Does anyone have any problems with this. There are two for sale locally. However it was owned by the dealer and always serviced. Bmw original consume bits are cheap and it s very cheap to keep them on the road for daily communiting and travel they also have long maintenance intervals every 10 20k.

The bike is panzer. I just gave away my 1978 kz400 that i rode 4000 miles on around the great lakes last summer. Let me tell you more.