BMW K bikes (Bricks)


You are not connected. Please login or register

View previous topic View next topic Go down  Message [Page 1 of 1]


1Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Mystery Nipple Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:06 pm

andy442

andy442
active member
active member
I pulled the radiator to fix the fan and I found a nipple on top of the block towards the front. Can anyone tell me what it's for or what it does?Mystery Nipple 20190217
Mystery Nipple 20190218Mystery Nipple 20190217
Mystery Nipple 20190218

    

2Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:47 pm

K75cster

K75cster
Life time member
Life time member
Thought it was an emissions nipple for the tank breather to go into the sump and avoid fuel vapour entering the air. Californiae invention perhaps.


__________________________________________________
Keith - 1987 K75c with r100rt replica fairing and half of a 1984 K100rt 1992 K1100LT a blue one

The Clever are adept at extricating themselves from situations that the wise would have avoided from the outset - QUOTE from david Hillel in Out of the Earth.
    

3Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:06 pm

Basic2

Basic2
Platinum member
Platinum member
Looks like a wiring connector to a coolant sensor that's not used.


__________________________________________________
K100 Basic 2
11/1987 6308319K100CJ
Marakesh Red
    

4Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:25 pm

Rick G

Rick G
admin
admin
K75cster wrote:Thought it was an emissions nipple for the tank breather to go into the sump and avoid fuel vapour entering the air. Californiae invention perhaps.
For a K100 yes and for a K1100 it is connected to the cyclonic oil separator.
Good idea is to put the model and year in the signature section that way you can tell all without typing it each time.


__________________________________________________
"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

5Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:37 pm

andy442

andy442
active member
active member
The bike is s 1988 k75s.

    

6Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:29 am

Rick G

Rick G
admin
admin
It will be the tank breather that was put on to keep the numpties in California happy.


__________________________________________________
"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

7Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:43 am

Laitch

Laitch
Life time member
Life time member
RicK G wrote:It will be the tank breather that was put on to keep the numpties in California happy.
It was connected by a hose to the rear pipe of a pair of stub pipes descending from the rear underside of the tank. It was a flawed idea but apparently satisfied governmental Californicators, as Rick G has indicated. Slip a short piece of vent hose onto it, fold the hose then clamp it to the pipe. If you don't block that pipe, you'll need to put a sticker near it warning people that the crankcase contents is poisonous and they should not suck on the pipe.

Is there a hose on either of those pipes at the rear of the tank?


__________________________________________________
1995 K75 90,000 miles
    

8Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:18 am

andy442

andy442
active member
active member
Thanks for the info. Sure sounds like something the commierades would do in this state Rolling Eyes. I'll just run a piece of hose to nowhere.

    

9Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:35 am

Point-Seven-five

Point-Seven-five
Life time member
Life time member
One of my bikes had a golf tee hammered into the stub on the front of the block.  Seems to work.


__________________________________________________
Present: 1991 K100RS "Moby Brick Too"
 
Past:
1994 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
1988 K100RS SE "Special Ed"
1994 K75S "Cheetos"
1992 K100RS "Moby Brick" R.I.P.
1982 Honda FT500
1979 Honda XR185
1977 Honda XL125
1974 Honda XL125
1972 OSSA Pioneer 250
1968 Kawasaki 175
    

10Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:45 am

duck

duck
Life time member
Life time member
What I've seen on a lot of Ks (and am guessing was done by dealers) is that the factory hose coming off it was snipped, folder over and zip-tied.


__________________________________________________
Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
http://www.ClassicKBikes.com
    

11Back to top Go down   Mystery Nipple Empty Re: Mystery Nipple Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:05 pm

Two Wheels Better

Two Wheels Better
Moderator
Moderator
andy442 wrote:The bike is s 1988 k75s.
It's easy to do, and makes sense too, go to Signature in your Profile. Add the bike's year and model,  so everyone can see what's being asked about - no guesses.


__________________________________________________
"How many cars did we pass today?" "ALL of them."
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
    

Sponsored content


    

View previous topic View next topic Back to top  Message [Page 1 of 1]

Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum