GS 1200 engine noise

It seemed a bit noisy today on the way around, i took my lid off as i
got home & it was making a definite rattle on the left hand cylinder
area. It sounded as rough as a bag of spanners. Any ideas before i take
it to BMW?

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

At this rate Lozzo is going to need a very big book.

 

Sounds very much like the engine, noisy as fook. A real 'death rattle'
type noise. Chatting to a bloke today who had the 1150, he has had no
problems in 69k on his. Couple this to the fact he is a Riding
instructor & is out in all weathers. I hope nowts fucked, or it's new
bike time. KTM, here i come.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Fucked innit, I'll give you a tenner for it.

BMW? Make that a fiver.

 

Try to identify where it's coming from for starters. Maybe that the valve
clearances are out, that can get quite noisy on the boxers. But it
shouldn't be a death rattle, either.

It's under warranty, take it back to the dealer and get it fixed.

And although I may begin to sound like Lozzo, it's not like you haven't been
warned.

 

Nige, how many bike purchases and disposals have you made this year?

 

The 1150 and the 1200 are very, very different bikes.

 

This year, sold two, bought two, I think.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

No, true, it has only got 300 miles on it, surely the valves can't be
out at that mileage.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

I think he's beat me by a comfortable margin and is going after TOG.

That's a fairly frightening number.

 

Ages, as in 5 weeks!! Been using the blade too. Yeah, I know it's due
one soon.

You where right about the throttle etc, it's abitch to keep smooth
progress unless you keep it around 2000 revs & just slip the clutch. I
reckon it's the throttle closed sensor telling the engine to slow right
down, couple it to the fact you get serious backwards compression. It
can lead to real spazzy progress. Drop the throttle too quickly on a 4
cylinder engine you get much less resistance & therefore feel it less.
The rev range doesnt help either. The blade revs to 11k, the BMW revs
to 7k. I have kind of mastered it.

I really do like the bike a lot, It is very quick (for it's type) &
handles well enough. The luggage make it great for work. I took a 25kg
battery charger to work in one of the panniers today, it was a tad
'intersting' at roundabouts, but good fun....


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

That depends on who did the PDI, for starters. Certain BMW dealers that I
had the pleasure to visit would manage to **** up the simplest job and
weren't too bothered that a certain customer had to call in every time to
complain about something...

 

Nige,

I have just had the exact same symptoms, but this happened to me early
Feb, and as it's still under warranty, I took it in to dealership to
get it checked out. They had it for over 4 weeks (waiting for parts
from Germany apparently?)! It needed: a new gearbox, new clutch and
while they were doing the work, found a crack in the bottom of the
rear frame, so they replaced that too (another known problem with
GS's!).

Then, early this week, the thing cut out on me @ 80 mph and stopped
sparking. Had to be recovered and bike taken straight back in to
dealership again. Got it back this morning. This time, it was the
fuel electronics that had failed due to water getting in (good job I
wasn't crossing a river in the middle of Africa!) So they replaced it
and used a 'modified' seal to prevent it happening again - was
obviously another crap feature!

I've now lost confidence in my GS and told them so. They weren't
overly receptive, even when I said I would return to Jap bike. To be
fair, they have met their side of the bargain and fixed everything so
far and provided me with alternative wheels for the duration, but good
job it's all under warranty still otherwise I would have had to extend
the mortgage to get that lot fixed.

Will be very interested to hear what your problem is.

 

'Cole Porter'

Shit the fucking bed. All I can say is that I will wheelie the fucker
thought the BMW garage window if it's this bad.... Get off it & walk
home.


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

<snip>

Lozzo's going to cum when he reads this thread.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Not on me I hope. It was so fucking noisy i thought it was dreaming.
Then, I got aboard the diesel LR & realised I wasnt' suffering tinnitus
after all.

OK, It's going back I reckon, I do not **** about with expensive metal,
when I have cheap, fast metal that is so much better.

I need a big trailie, help folks.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T FUCKING TELL YOU SO

<strokes heyooooge black book of BMW shitheap failures>

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

On 22/4/07 00:02, in article ,

Cut your losses and ditch it now , then head over to www.ukgser.com and buy
yourself a proper 1100 or 1150 GS.

Steve

 

You have such a way with words!
Why the reference to a gay musical monopod?
And what is Winnie doing in your sig?

 

'There may be trouble ahead....'

'Chill Winston' comes from a film, bet you can't get it.....


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)