1 Hello from Northern Ireland Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:53 am
Lawson
New member
Hello All.
I've just bought a 1984 K100RS with about 55000 miles on the clock. My first BMW much to my brothers delight - he has been riding a GS 1150 for years. The previous owner had just done an oil change and some other maintenance.
I read about these bikes being a bit smokey on start up when left on the side stand so didn't worry too much when it smoked yesterday morning. However when I made a sharp left turn a few miles from home and gunned it up the road all behind me was obliterated in a cloud of smoke with following cars having to slow down to make their way through the smoke screen! I checked the oil level and the window with the circle and the dot was all oil.
When I got home yesterday I decided to drain out the oil and refill it to the correct level on the window - info that I got from this forum - very useful. So oil drained and out came about 7 litres! I refilled the oil - about 3.5 litres back in and level where it should be on the window. The result - enough oil left over for the next oil change!!!
Anyway - lovely bike and soo smooooooth.
Lawson.
I've just bought a 1984 K100RS with about 55000 miles on the clock. My first BMW much to my brothers delight - he has been riding a GS 1150 for years. The previous owner had just done an oil change and some other maintenance.
I read about these bikes being a bit smokey on start up when left on the side stand so didn't worry too much when it smoked yesterday morning. However when I made a sharp left turn a few miles from home and gunned it up the road all behind me was obliterated in a cloud of smoke with following cars having to slow down to make their way through the smoke screen! I checked the oil level and the window with the circle and the dot was all oil.
When I got home yesterday I decided to drain out the oil and refill it to the correct level on the window - info that I got from this forum - very useful. So oil drained and out came about 7 litres! I refilled the oil - about 3.5 litres back in and level where it should be on the window. The result - enough oil left over for the next oil change!!!
Anyway - lovely bike and soo smooooooth.
Lawson.