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Missing 6th gear on a K 1100 / installing different final drive unit? Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:34 pm
ffbikersa
Platinum member
Hello everybody,
A buddy who runs a BMW workshop approached me today with an unusual question: someone who owns a 1991 K 1100 LT complained to him how he's "missing a 6th gear" in his gearbox. I often had the same feeling while riding my K 1100 RS. The LT in question has the final drive unit marked with 31/11 - and my buddy asked me to check if final drive units with other ratios have been installed on the Paralever models. I had a look at the Motorworks site and found out that 32/11 too was installed on K 1100 LT as well, while 33/12 was foreseen for K1.
Has someone tried installing a 32/11 (or 33/12) unit instead of 31/11 - and if yes, what were the results? Is it possible to obtain just the different gear wheels and replace them, instead of the whole unit? Of course this question may be answered by K 100 and K 75 owners too, as there too final drive units with different ratios have been installed.
Cheers,
Tarik
A buddy who runs a BMW workshop approached me today with an unusual question: someone who owns a 1991 K 1100 LT complained to him how he's "missing a 6th gear" in his gearbox. I often had the same feeling while riding my K 1100 RS. The LT in question has the final drive unit marked with 31/11 - and my buddy asked me to check if final drive units with other ratios have been installed on the Paralever models. I had a look at the Motorworks site and found out that 32/11 too was installed on K 1100 LT as well, while 33/12 was foreseen for K1.
Has someone tried installing a 32/11 (or 33/12) unit instead of 31/11 - and if yes, what were the results? Is it possible to obtain just the different gear wheels and replace them, instead of the whole unit? Of course this question may be answered by K 100 and K 75 owners too, as there too final drive units with different ratios have been installed.
Cheers,
Tarik
