Are there any issues with the BMW K1200R?
The K1300’s gearbox can take a quickshifter, the K1200’s can’t. As the R is a naked bike it has a few unique issues that the fully-faired S is less prone to, the main one of which is its radiator rotting. Road crud collects in the rad and stores water, causing the core to rot through.
Is there a problem with the BMW K1200 clutch?
No clunk no hassles no worries. That bearing was fine at 112,000 miles when I inspected the clutch. Here’s the full list of clutch videos by John Sykes, and two more I found informative, listed by date and subject. They mostly affect K12 clutches, but due to frequent superceding of parts by the factor, there’s a continuum of troubles.
Are there springs in a BMW K1200?
Springs are not available separately nor are they shown on the parts fiche. You have to buy the “Coupling cap” P/N 21217700501 as BMW calls the basket, according to my fiche which is keyed for my 2010 K13GT, although several K12 models are listed there.
What makes the clutch noise in a BMW?
The simple version is: the clutch basket lives adjacent to another gear and there are a set of springs that cushion the relative motions between the two. The springs are known to suffer from shortening with age, and when this happens the limited range of rotational motion between the basket and gear increases.
The K1300’s gearbox can take a quickshifter, the K1200’s can’t. As the R is a naked bike it has a few unique issues that the fully-faired S is less prone to, the main one of which is its radiator rotting. Road crud collects in the rad and stores water, causing the core to rot through.
No clunk no hassles no worries. That bearing was fine at 112,000 miles when I inspected the clutch. Here’s the full list of clutch videos by John Sykes, and two more I found informative, listed by date and subject. They mostly affect K12 clutches, but due to frequent superceding of parts by the factor, there’s a continuum of troubles.
Springs are not available separately nor are they shown on the parts fiche. You have to buy the “Coupling cap” P/N 21217700501 as BMW calls the basket, according to my fiche which is keyed for my 2010 K13GT, although several K12 models are listed there.
The simple version is: the clutch basket lives adjacent to another gear and there are a set of springs that cushion the relative motions between the two. The springs are known to suffer from shortening with age, and when this happens the limited range of rotational motion between the basket and gear increases.