[img][/img]What a wonderfull find your K Bike Forum has been for me. I have owned BMW bikes since 1982 my first being a 1982 R100RS ,1960 R50 ,1967 R50. I had the privelage of buying a brand new Baja Red K100RT in 1984. In 2002 the K had only done 12,000Km when I sold my other bikes as my wife and I moved into a retirement village and space was limited. At the moment the K has now done 116,000Km .I have done all the services and maintenance using the Hines manual . It has only been to the BMW agent once for recalls ,once for valve adjustment which they said was not needed and the last time at 112,000Km for the auxillary drive shaft to be re-furbished and that turned out to be a nightmare. They accidently let the bike fall off the work bench causing extensive fairing damage. It took 4 months to find parts and re-spray But alls well that ends well and she back to as good as new.

I am carefully going through the various have to do's and maintenance tips on the Forum and have made a list of what has to be done NOW (Spline Lube) and then the less urgent maintenance. I have not been able to trace Honda Moly Lube in South Africa .Honda agents did not seem to know about it . Have been advised to use Spanjaardt CV Joint Grease or Copper Slip. ANY COMMENTS ?

Thanks for the Great Effort that has gone into compiling this Forum

Ronnie

Welcome to the forum Ronnie, like you said there is plenty here to keep us oldies of the streets.
With regard to a spline lube DON'T use a copper or aluminium base stuff it will not take the pressure exerted by a spline.
I have a gearbox main shaft here that I had to replace a while ago when it tore the centre out of the clutch because of copper base junk. Actually it is good antisieze.
Castrol and Shell make an Optimol grease which is every bit as good and Molybond GA50 Assembly Compound & Guard Dog moly paste GD-525.
If you read this thread there is some good info http://k100rt.aforumfree.com/t2828-spline-lube.
Some of the moly greases are OK but try to get one that has at least 10% moly as most have 3-4%.
You could try the Marine shops as they use the optimol grease on Propellor splines of outboards.

Thank you K Freak for the advice. I am due for new tyres so I will make sure that I have the correct Lube on hand when I do the tyres next week.

Hi Ronnie, ex Durbanite here, good to hear from a fellow Saffa. I bet you get that K to growl on some of the motorways, I use a product called Staburugs on my splines, it may be available from BMW over there, alternately send me a pm, as there are 2 brick owners Jhb and Harrismith who use other forums and may be able to help.

welcome ronnie

Hi Ronnie welcome to the forum.

BIG D

Welcome aboard Ronnie.

Welcome Ronnie. Nice part of the world you are in. Your bikes got about the same mileage as mine but I bet yours is rust free being in S.A.. Enjoy the forum lots of great help from people very knowledgeable on the bricks.
88KE

Hi Ronnie,
Good to have you on board. If you have questions about working on your bike post them in the relevant section where you stand the best chance of an answer as some don't scan the into section. This section is for you to post a personal into only.
Regards,
K-BIKE